We now know each of the 24 NBA All-Stars. On Sunday, Feb. 1, during an NBC pregame show leading up to the premier of “Sunday Night Basketball,” the NBA revealed the 14 reserves (seven per conference) to round out the rosters for the Eastern and Western Conferences. This came after the NBA on Jan. 19 announced the 10 players who ...
We’re less than two months from non-fake baseball. And almost every gain to be had over the winter has been spoken for. With that, USA TODAY Sports rolls out its first power rankings for 2026, an alignment with many nods to the year that passed, yet allowances for all that transpired since the Los Angeles Dodgers converged in a disbelieving ...
Three U.S. Olympic winter sport national governing bodies have changed the name of their Milan hospitality space over concerns about ICE protests in Italy during the Olympics, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports on Sunday afternoon. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. U.S. Figure Skating, USA Hockey ...
The number of Black head coaches in the NFL is decreasing in 2026. During this year’s hiring cycle, the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans all had vacancies for head coach positions. In total, 10 head coaching positions were available. One week before ...
WNBA All-Star Caitlin Clark made her debut as a basketball analyst on ‘Basketball Night in America’ on Sunday, Feb. 1. Clark, who served as a special contributor for the Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden, weighed in on the continuing WNBA labor strife. The next meeting between the WNBA and players’ union to reach a new collective bargaining agreement will ...
Two of the biggest names in the Big Ten took it outside this weekend as Penn State hosted Michigan State at Beaver Stadium. The Spartans got the ‘W’ and put a stamp on matters by winning on the Friday indoors, as well. But it won’t be the only time we see them in a marquee match-up: Michigan State is slated ...
The Boston Bruins’ Jeremy Swayman and the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy squared off in the second period with Boston up 5-2 and tensions high. During the Lightning’s second consecutive power play, a scrum broke out as Tampa Bay’s Brandon Hagel slashed Boston’s Charlie McAvoy. Swayman jumped into the fray, which led Vasilevskiy to start skating down the ice. Swayman ...
One of the most impressive records in NBA history lives on. The NBA announced this year’s All-Star Game reserves before the debut of NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Basketball’ and LeBron James – not voted a starter for the first time since his rookie season two weeks ago – kept his record streak going and was named an All-Star for the 22nd ...
The unseasonably cold Florida weather was probably a sign that the 2026 NHL Stadium Series would be anything but usual. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins delivered in 40-degree weather at Raymond James Stadium with a wild, back-and-forth game that featured a goalie fight and a 6-5 shootout win for the home team. Tampa Bay’s Brandon Hagel set an ...
The wait continues. The 2026 NASCAR Cook Out Clash exhibition race was postponed even further due to inclement weather. After originally being postponed until Monday, NASCAR announced the race will now be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4 due to a second winter storm in as many weeks blanketing Winston-Salem, N.C., with up to 8-10 inches of snow, according to the ...