Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant said that he is playing on an ‘old head’ team at the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, but said there isn’t a concern about how hard his team will play. Durant will suit up for the USA Stripes team in the All-Star Game, which features a U.S. vs. the World format. Other ‘old heads’ on the ...
Utah Jazz forward Jaren Jackson Jr. is likely to miss the rest of the regular season with a knee injury, the team announced. The team said Jackson will undergo surgery to remove a localized pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) growth in his left knee, and the injury was identified after an MRI. Jackson, Jr. will have surgery in the coming days ...
We know who will start from the front row of the 2026 Daytona 500. Now it’s time to sort out the rest of the starting grid. Wednesday night’s pole qualifying session ended with Kyle Busch and Chase Briscoe securing their spots at the front of the field for the 68th running of the biggest event in NASCAR. That also means ...
MILAN — Jessie Diggins, the most decorated cross-country skier in U.S. history, is adding to her collection of Olympic hardware. Following two disappointing results to start the 2026 Winter Olympics, Diggins returned to the podium and claimed a bronze medal in the women’s 10km freestyle interval start on Thursday following a gutsy performance that ended with her wailing in pain. ...
Croix Bethune’s trade from the Washington Spirit left her teammate Trinity Rodman ‘sad’ after their potent partnership was dismantled. Bethune was traded to the Kansas City Current in a blockbuster move on Wednesday, Feb. 11, with the Spirit receiving $1 million in return for the playmaker. The 24-year-old emerged as a star during two seasons with the Spirit, winning the ...
Tang ripped his team following the Wildcats’ 91-62 home loss to Cincinnati — a third straight home loss by 24 or more points and fifth straight loss overall. ‘This was embarrassing,’ Tang said. ‘These dudes do not deserve to wear this uniform, and there will be very few of them in it next year. I’m embarrassed for the university, I’m ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Breezy Johnson is coming home with more than an Olympic gold medal. The newly minted downhill champion got engaged Thursday, Feb. 12 after the super-G, her last race of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games. With Johnson’s teammates surrounding them in the finish area, Connor Watkins got down on one knee in the snow and proposed. ...
Unlike college athletes, Olympic curlers often remain loyal to their national teams for multiple Olympic Games. U.S. curler Tabitha Peterson is also a pharmacist. Olympics medalist Cory Thiesse is a lab technician. Put college basketball on hold, in favor of Cory Thiesse at Olympics. So, I hear fans say they’re a bit exhausted by the number of transfers in college ...
MILAN ― What an awful message the sport of figure skating just sent to sexual abuse survivors and victims, and parents who want their children to participate in a safe sport. Figure skating just put Olympic gold medals around the necks of a French ice dance team that exists only because of the investigation and subsequent suspension of an alleged ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Simply getting to the Milano Cortina Olympics was a triumph enough, and Federica Brignone arrived with no illusions about her medal chances. Ten months ago, the Italian Alpine skiing star was simply hoping to be able to walk again, her left leg shattered in a crash during the Italian national championships. Even now her leg is ...