Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd was ejected with 5:44 left in the first quarter during a game against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday. Kidd had exchanged words with veteran NBA official Scott Foster, expressing his displeasure about a call. It was just the second time that Kidd had been ejected from a game since taking over as coach of the ...
AI-assisted summary At the time, hiring Curt Cignetti, fresh from James Madison, would have been seen as a wild choice for a program like Alabama. Many other potential Nick Saban disciples were either unavailable or not considered viable candidates when the GOAT retired. Kalen DeBoer came off as a solid choice when Alabama needed to replace Saban. Imagine, for a ...
Michigan men’s basketball rolled its way to No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, throttling some of the best teams in the country on its way to a 14-0 start. That immaculate record is no longer unblemished. Behind 26 points from John Blackwell and 22 points from Nick Boyd, Wisconsin went on the road and knocked off the ...
AI-assisted summary Jake Canter won the men’s slopestyle at the U.S. Grand Prix, securing his spot on the Olympic team. Canter landed a rare 1980 backside twist to earn the top score in the competition. Hunter Hess also qualified for the Olympic team with a second-place finish in the men’s freeski halfpipe. New Zealander Finley Melville Ives won the freeski ...
Move over Audi Crooks. Make room for Maggie Doogan. The Richmond Spiders forward now owns the single-game scoring mark for the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season after pouring in 48 points in a triple-overtime 91-84 home victory over Davidson on Saturday. Iowa State’s Crooks previously held that title by scoring 47 points in a win over Indiana. Doogan, a 6-foot-2 ...
The Los Angeles Rams entered the 2025 NFL playoffs as one of the favorites to win Super Bowl 60. They suffered a scare in the wild-card round of the playoffs, edging the Carolina Panthers in the final minute of a tight, 34-31 victory. Early on, it seemed like the Rams would be able to cruise to victory. They built an ...
The Ottawa Senators took the unusual step this week of denouncing internet rumors about goaltender Linus Ullmark’s leave of absence. Captain Brady Tkachuk took it another step on Saturday, Jan. 10, in an expletive-filled media session in which he said, ‘It’s not true. It’s just a (expletive) story.’ General manager Steven Staios had put a statement on Jan. 8 about ...
It’s beginning to look a lot like the NFL playoffs. The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers are set to renew the NFL’s oldest rivalry in the wild-card round of the 2025playoffs, but the conditions will be far from favorable for either team. In fact, Soldier Field already looks like a snow globe ahead of the matchup under the lights. ...
The Los Angeles Rams are heading to the divisional round of the 2025 NFL playoffs despite getting a scare from the Carolina Panthers to kickstart the league’s wild-card weekend. The Rams earned a 34-31 victory after a back-and-forth fourth quarter that saw four lead changes. Matthew Stafford rebounded from a mid-game lull – which was exacerbated by the 37-year-old quarterback ...
On the day where he earned his first All-Pro honor, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford battled through injury and led two fourth-quarter touchdown drives to secure a 34-31 victory over the host Carolina Panthers. Stafford started the game hot before he appeared to hurt the index finger of his throwing hand in the second quarter. Carolina made the most ...