Veteran right-hander Zach Eflin is returning to the Baltimore Orioles on a one-year, $10 million contract, the team announced on Sunday, Dec. 28. The deal also includes a mutual option for 2027. Eflin, 31, made several trips to the injured list surrounding his 14 starts for the Orioles in 2025 before undergoing season-ending back surgery in August. He posted a ...
If it’s going to happen, it’s going to require a full 17 games for Cleveland Browns DE Myles Garrett to take possession of what is perhaps the NFL’s most coveted and well-known defensive record – the single-season mark for quarterback sacks. He needs just one to eclipse the standard of 22½ set by Hall of Famer Michael Strahan nearly a ...
The Buffalo Sabres have won eight games in a row. They have risen 12 spots in the latest NHL power ranking. The Colorado Avalanche remain No. 1. The coaching change bump is well known in the NHL and other sports. But the Buffalo Sabres might have discovered the general manager bump. The Sabres, whose 14-season playoff drought is an NHL ...
In Birmingham they love the governor – and afternoon football apparently. In all honesty, this Monday matinee in Birmingham, Alabama, is a college football bowl game that only a certain group – dare we say committee – of diehard followers of the sport will be awaiting with anticipation. Regular visitors to these pages might recall that we ranked this contest ...
AI-assisted summary James Franklin’s move to Virginia Tech is considered the top coaching hire of the cycle. Lane Kiffin is expected to make LSU an immediate contender for the College Football Playoff. Several coaches, including Billy Napier and Neal Brown, are returning to more familiar territory after difficult stints at larger programs. One of the most dramatic and certainly one ...
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 ...
Much of the NFL playoff picture has been resolved after Week 17, but there’s still a wild chase for the top seeds in each conference. The NFC South could come down to a Week 18 meeting between the Panthers and Buccaneers … provided the Falcons don’t throw a wrench into things. The AFC North champion will be decided by the ...
The world junior hockey championship is in full swing right now and we’ve already seen some of the big names rise to the top. In my previous round-up of NCAA talents repping their nations at the tourney, I highlighted players such as Penn State’s Gavin McKenna, the likely first overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, and Vaclav Nestrasil of ...
The college basketball season is less than two months old, yet it’s already becoming clear who is capable of winning a national championship. As conference play begins in earnest, there’s no more easy victories against cupcakes, and you find if your team is the real deal or not. Some squads have already proven themselves and look like they’re on a ...
AI-assisted summary Simone Biles was on the sidelines as a credentialed photographer for the Chicago Bears vs. San Francisco 49ers game. Biles’ husband, Jonathan Owens, is a safety for the Chicago Bears. The decorated Olympic gymnast often travels to support her husband at his games. When she’s not winning gold medals, Simone Biles stays busy. Her latest quest? Becoming a ...