AI-assisted summary Longtime Boston Celtics and USA Basketball athletic trainer Ed Lacerte has been diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia. Lacerte needs a blood stem cell transplant to beat the rare and aggressive form of blood cancer. The NBA, Celtics, and USA Basketball have partnered with the NMDP registry to find a donor for Lacerte and others. As Ed Lacerte started ...
Women’s soccer stars Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr married in a New Year’s Eve ceremony near Kerr’s hometown of Perth, Australia. The American Mewis, 34, and Kerr, 32, waited until Australia’s summer before tying the knot, which they did in a ceremony at the Villa Dionysus estate in the Swan Valley region. The soccer power couple went public with their ...
Pete Carroll is the NFL’s latest one-and-done coach. The Las Vegas Raiders on Monday fired Carroll after posting a 3-14 record that tied for the league’s worst in his lone season at the helm, marking the latest reset for a franchise that now will be in search of its fourth full-time hire for the role since 2022. ‘The Las Vegas ...
Jonathan Gannon’s time as the Arizona Cardinals’ coach has come to an end after three seasons. The Cardinals fired Gannon on Jan. 5 after the team finished a 3-14 season, according to multiple reports. Gannon’s firing comes after the Cardinals failed to build upon the 8-9 record the team generated in 2024. Arizona started the 2025 season with a 2-0 ...
It was just one week ago that the Denver Nuggets suffered a massive injury scare when star center Nikola Jokić went down with a left knee injury. Yet, already, the team is reportedly pleased with the pace of his recovery. During the Amazon Prime Video broadcast of Denver’s five-point loss Jan. 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, sideline reporter Cassidy Hubbarth ...
DURHAM, N.C. — The second quarter had just started and Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo called out to her teammates: “Lock down!” What happened next against Duke wasn’t what the Fighting Irish star envisioned. Beginning with a steal and driving layup from Blue Devils sophomore Toby Fournier, the Blue Devils went on a 17-8 run to take an 18-point lead. ...
The Cleveland Browns are firing Kevin Stefanski after a six-season stint as the team’s head coach. The Browns announced the decision Jan. 5 in a statement from Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam. ‘We have tremendous gratitude for Kevin’s leadership of the Cleveland Browns over the last six seasons,’ the statement read. ‘He is a good football coach and an ...
The Arizona Cardinals have fired Jonathan Gannon after three seasons as the team’s coach, per multiple reports. Gannon posted a 15-36 record across his three seasons with the Cardinals. The team entered the 2025 NFL season hoping to build on their 8-9 record in 2024. Instead, after a 2-0 start, Arizona dropped 14 of its final 15 games to finish ...
So, this is why they brought Aaron Rodgers to Pittsburgh. Prayers. Karma. Magic. Rodgers did everything he could with his 42-year-old body and soul to lift the Steelers to victory in the winner-take-all showdown on Sunday night. He threw 47 passes for a season-high 294 yards. He went tit for tat against Lamar Jackson during a classic fourth quarter. On ...
Canada and Finland fell short in Sunday’s world junior hockey championship semifinals, but there’s still a medal up for grabs on Monday, Jan 5. The two countries will play for a bronze medal, starting at 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. local time) at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Canada lost 6-4 to Czechia on Sunday and Finland lost ...