Damian Lillard was a shocking addition to the NBA’s 3-point contest during All-Star weekend, given that the 35-year-old, nine-time All-Star hasn’t played a single minute of NBA basketball this year. His inclusion in the event was head-scratching to many fans. Still, there’s no denying that Lillard is one of the best shooters in NBA history. Not only has he shot ...
MILAN – The seeding for the qualifying round and the quarterfinals will be known at the end of the final day of the preliminary round of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Canada and Slovakia have already won Group A and Group B, respectively, and the Group C title will come down to the USA-Germany game at 3:10 p.m. ET (USA Network, ...
The selection committee for the women’s NCAA Tournament has given fans their first glimpse as to what seeding might look like when March Madness rolls around. Ahead of the clash between SEC contenders South Carolina and LSU on Feb. 14, the committee unveiled its first of two projections for the top 16 seeds. Members of the committee met in Indianapolis ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn will be headed home soon. Vonn said in an Instagram post on Saturday, Feb. 14, that her fourth surgery went well and she can finally return to the United States. Once there, she will need another surgery to repair complex tibial fracture in her left leg, suffered in a crash in the Olympic downhill. ...
MILAN — For the second game in a row, the USA faced adversity in the first period. For the second time, a big second period led to a victory as the U.S. men’s hockey team rallied to win 6-3 on Saturday, Feb. 14, and improve to 2-0 at the 2026 Winter Olympics. In the Latvia game, the USA had two ...
The 2026 NBA Slam Dunk Contest was an exciting finale to NBA All-Star Saturday Night, held at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on Feb. 14. It was a dunk show featuring San Antonio Spurs forward Carter Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes, Miami Heat forward Keshad Johnson, and Orlando Magic guard Jase Richardson. A second-year forward out of ...
Keshad Johnson won the 2026 NBA slam dunk contest at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on Saturday, Feb. 14. Johnson, a second-year player for the Miami Heat, did enough with his two dunk attempts in the final round to beat out San Antonio Spurs rookie Carter Bryant. Bryant produced a perfect score on his first dunk attempt of the ...
Damian Lillard hasn’t played in a single NBA game this season, but he returned to competition to participate in the 3-point shooting contest during All-Star Weekend at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on Saturday, Feb. 14. Lillard found familiar success in his return and joined Larry Bird and Craig Hodges as the only players in NBA history to win ...
MILAN – The American men’s hockey team improved to 2-0 in group play with a victory against another underdog. The U.S. men’s hockey team, loaded with 25 NHLers, won its second preliminary game of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 14, defeating Group C cohort Denmark, 6-3, at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. The Danes scored first, led twice ...
When asked if he and the “old heads” team, which also features LeBron James, would play hard in this year’s NBA All-Star Game, which is once again debuting a new format, Durant called out Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic for their efforts in recent All-Star games. He wondered why they don’t face the same criticism his generation of Americans do. ...