Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot’s resume includes two WNBA championships, five All-Star selections and first-team All-WNBA nods. In the WNBA offseason, she’s adding actress to the list. The 36-year-old guard will make a guest star appearance as herself on NBC’s ‘Chicago Med’ on a Wednesday, Jan. 21, episode titled ‘Frost on Fire,’ the show announced on social media Wednesday. The ...
Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese and Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson are taking their talents to the big screen. Reese and Wilson will make cameos in the animated movie, ‘GOAT’, produced by NBA star Stephen Curry. The film features a star-studded cast, including the Golden State Warriors guard, ‘Stranger Things’ star Caleb McLaughlin, actress Gabrielle Union, musicians Jelly Roll ...
Notable changes are coming to men’s and women’s college basketball. The NCAA announced on Wednesday, Jan. 14 that the Division I Cabinet approved the immediate implementation of a 15-day transfer window in women’s and men’s basketball that will begin the day following both sports’ respective NCAA Tournament championship games. The NCAA Women’s Tournament championship will take place on Sunday, April ...
AI-assisted summary The LA Bowl, a lower-tier college football postseason game, has ceased operations. While its closure was rumored for weeks, the game said no decision had been made until now The LA Bowl was known for its unique naming rights, once being named after comedian Jimmy Kimmel. College football is losing another lower-tier postseason bowl game. The LA Bowl ...
The U.S. State Department is indefinitely freezing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries. The State Department has not released the full list of 75 countries, but the names reportedly include Somalia, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Thailand, Yemen and others. The freeze will only impact immigrant visas, which are for those who wish to live in the United ...
Preparations for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles are ramping up, though not without a snag early in the process. Multiple posts on Twitter indicate that fans have waited their turn in the queue and when it’s their turn to register for tickets, the link takes them not to the registration page, but back to the homepage where they’re ...
The NFL’s divisional round has a lot to live up to after a thrilling start to the playoffs during wild-card action. The opening four games all came down to a final possession, with fourth-quarter heroics needed by the Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers in order to advance. The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks join ...
The No. 2-ranked South Carolina women’s basketball team will have a new addition when it takes on No. 4 Texas on Thursday night. Midseason add Alicia Tournebize will be available to play, coach Dawn Staley confirmed in a media availability on Wednesday. The 6-foot-7 forward played professionally in France for a few years before announcing she would join the Gamecocks ...
Josh Heupel is a skilled quarterback developer, but his inability to acquire transfers lurks as a liability. Tennessee’s quarterback issue intensifies if Joey Aguilar does not get another season of eligibility. Lane Kiffin revives past as Tennessee villain, boxing out Vols for Sam Leavitt. Call it the Big Orange conundrum. The mystery of East Tennessee. The insoluble problem of Vols-ville. ...
The NWSL Players Association (NWSLPA) has filed a formal grievance challenging the league’s High Impact Player rule. The NWSL announced the new rule last month. The mechanism allows teams to exceed the NWSL’s salary cap by up to $1 million for certain ‘high-impact’ players, with the aim of keeping some of the league’s biggest stars from seeking out bigger paydays in ...