The 2025 NCAA women’s college volleyball tournament is down to the Final Four with Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin and Texas A&M advancing to the semifinals, but it’s never too early to look ahead to next season. As the NCAA crowns a national champion this weekend, some of the biggest names in the sport have entered the transfer portal in search of ...
For the 48 nations participating in next year’s World Cup, it will be a lucrative windfall whether they win a game or hoist the trophy for winning the tournament. The FIFA Council approved the financial contribution each nation will receive, with a record $727 million distributed to participating teams. The Council also announced Wednesday, Dec. 17, the launch of a ...
Nearly two months into Major League Baseball’s free agency period, plenty of elite talent remains ‒ though the overall depth available has been significantly hollowed out. Most significantly, a run on relievers ‒ often the last class of players to come off the board ‒ has left clubs scrambling to fill key roles in their bullpen, even as top-shelf sluggers ...
Professional wrestling legend Mick Foley says he’s cutting ties with World Wrestling Entertainment over the organization’s support of Donald Trump, citing the president’s ‘incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death’ as the ‘final straw.’ In a post on Instagram, Foley said he no longer wishes to represent ‘a company that coddles a man so seemingly void of compassion as ...
For the New York Knicks, the NBA Cup is nice. The $530,933 each player pockets will fatten bank accounts. The franchise that hasn’t won an NBA championship in 52 years got to outlast all other 29 teams for a trophy. They got, as center Karl-Anthony Towns told reporters after the game, the chance to wear “this dope-ass shirt on with ...
Would you look at that. Everybody’s so happy, and committed, no less. Except there’s one teeny-weeny problem with Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer and Crimson Tide athletic director Greg Byrne this week expressing their undying love for each other and the Alabama program. The loud and proud on the periphery with more power than you’d think — the influential and wildly ...
It has been more than two decades since an expansion franchise was awarded in the NBA, and commissioner Adam Silver says that a decision will be made next season on whether the league will end up at 32 teams. Silver laid out the league’s possible expansion plans at a press conference before the NBA Cup final on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and ...
The UConn Huskies look to keep their undefeated season alive against Big East rival Marquette. The No. 1 seed Huskies (10-0) are set to host the Golden Eagles (7-3) on Wednesday at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut. It will be the 24th matchup between the teams, with UConn holding a 22-1 advantage. UConn is coming off a 79-51 win over ...
The big business of youth sports has reached the U.S. Congress. A House subcommittee says it has created a “crisis” for kids and their parents. “The youth sports industry generates more than $40 billion in annual revenue,” Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), the chair of the subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, said to open a hearing on Tuesday, ...
The big business of youth sports has reached the U.S. Congress. A House subcommittee says it has created a “crisis” for kids and their parents. “The youth sports industry generates more than $40 billion in annual revenue,” Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), the chair of the subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, said to open a hearing on Tuesday, ...