MILAN — The men of figure skating take their turns at the 2026 Winter Olympics, and it’s time for the ‘Quad God.’ The short program will kick off the men’s singles Tuesday, Feb. 10, starting what’s expected to be a successful discipline for the United States. Three American skaters are in the field, but the star of it all is ...
With a trivial event like the Super Bowl finally over, much of the American sports public can fixate their attention on a sport that truly deserves it: college basketball. The 2025-26 men’s college basketball season has been one of the best in recent memory, with a pair of undefeated teams entering February, a handful of elite teams behind them and ...
One powerhouse. And a whole lot of parity. That figures to be the theme throughout what should be a tightly bunched Major League Baseball season, and USA TODAY Sports’ projected win totals for 2026 reflect as much. Our five-person panel’s aggregate rankings suggest it will be another late September of scoreboard-watching, tiebreaker-computation, gut-wrenching baseball as the season enters its final ...
MILAN — Team USA has its first cross-country skiing medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics. American cross-country skier Ben Ogden captured the silver medal in the men’s sprint classic on Tuesday, finishing with a time of 3:40.61, less than a second behind Norwegian star Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. Norway’s Oskar Opstad Vike finished with the bronze medal with a time of ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn is feeling well enough to text with friends. Italian skiing star Sofia Goggia, one of Vonn’s closest friends, said Tuesday, Feb. 10, that she and Vonn had texted a day earlier. ‘I’m really sorry for her. She didn’t deserve this,’ Goggia said after crashing in the downhill portion of the team combined event. Goggia ...
It’s no longer a whisper; the NBA has a brazen and embarrassing tanking problem. The Utah Jazz closed the third quarter Monday, Feb. 9 against the Miami Heat up by three. They had been dominating Miami in the paint on both ends. Their size was the big reason why. Forward Jaren Jackson Jr., the prized acquisition Utah made just one ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — An American team made the podium at women’s team combined skiing in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, but it wasn’t the one everyone expected. Austria’s Ariane Raedler (1:36.65) and Katharina Huber (45.01) won gold with a time of 2:21.66. Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann (1:37.33) and Emma Aicher took silver in 2:21.71. Wiles (1:37.04) and Moltzan (44.87) ...
The NBA All-Star Weekend is not only an opportunity for the league to showcase its biggest and brightest stars, but also its future. The NBA’s Rising Stars Game will feature the league’s young stars, including rookies Cooper Flagg (Dallas Mavericks), Kon Knueppel (Charlotte Hornets) and VJ Edgecombe (Philadelphia 76ers). The trio also makes up the top 3 in the NBA’s ...
Spanish skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté’s Minions-themed Olympic program almost didn’t get cleared due to music copyright issues. Music licensing has become a significant challenge for figure skaters since lyrics were allowed in programs in 2014. Sabaté’s music was eventually cleared after public outcry and intervention from a licensing platform founder. Some skaters try to avoid copyright problems by directly contacting ...
The biggest rivalry in women’s hockey resumes on Tuesday, Feb. 10, when the USA and Canada meet in a preliminary round game at the 2026 Winter Olympics. And as it often does, the game has major meaning. The 3-0 USA has nine points and the 2-0 Canadians have six points. If the USA wins in its final game in group ...