The 2025 NCAA volleyball tournament intensifies as the Final Four begins with two matches in at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City on Thursday and the national championship on Sunday. All four No. 1 seeds (Kentucky, Pitt, Texas and Nebraska) swept their opponents in the Sweet 16. In the Elite Eight, it was a different story. Kentucky swept No. 3 Creighton, and ...
Want to hit a slam dunk with your holiday presents this year? Look no further than our gift guide for women sports lovers and fans of women’s sports. Whether you’re shopping for a fashionable fan that turns any stadium into a runway or a homebody that loves to show their support from the comfy confines of their house, USA TODAY ...
While at least 55% of youth ages 6-17 appear to be playing sports, a potential threat to the rising rate hovers over it, according to the Aspen Institute’s national State of Play 2025 report. The percentage, according to the latest available data, pushes youth sports participation toward the 63% target set through the Healthy People 2030 program administered by the government ...
Michigan inched few more steps toward panic mode after Kalen DeBoer swats away Wolverines, but it’s not dire yet. Not a shock that a coach wouldn’t want to leave Alabama for Michigan. Sherrone Moore’s messy exit not the red flag about Michigan. Imagine Michigan’s coaching search as that game off the “Price is Right,” where the contestant must stop the ...
The NBA Cup championship game is set and Victor Wembanyama helped the San Antonio Spurs crash the party. The Spurs set up a fascinating championship game for the NBA’s in-season tournament by upsetting the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Wemby and company will face the New York Knicks on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in Las Vegas with $530,933 awarded to each ...
Playing in nearby Cary, N.C., NC State clawed back from a 2-0 deficit and tied the score at 2-2 with three minutes left in regulation to force overtime. But the Huskies managed to get the winner in dramatic fashion, scoring a few minutes into the first overtime period. ‘We told them it was going to be hard… there are going ...
AI-assisted summary Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes underwent surgery to repair a torn left ACL. The injury occurred during a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, which eliminated the Chiefs from playoff contention. Dr. Dan Cooper, a Dallas-based orthopedic surgeon, performed the procedure. Mahomes is expected to begin rehabilitation immediately and has about nine months to recover for the ...
Every week for the duration of the 2025 regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the NFL’s ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting Sunday afternoon and then moving forward for the remainder of the week (through Monday’s and Thursday’s games or Saturday’s, if applicable. And, when the holidays roll around, we’ll be watching then, too). What just happened? What does it ...
Rookie Cooper Flagg scored a career-high 42 points, but it wasn’t enough to help the Dallas Mavericks avoid a 140-133 overtime defeat against the Utah Jazz on Monday, Dec. 15. The performance set a new single-game scoring standard for NBA players under the age of 19. Flagg, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, was the game’s ...
OK, so that first bowl game was a gutter ball. They won’t all be that way, right? Well, we’ll try again Tuesday. College football bowl season rolls on with an all-Alabama matchup, fittingly taking place in the state capital. It’s a bit of a consolation prize for both participants, each of whom came up short in its respective conference championship ...