MILAN – The days have been a whirlwind, from arrival to a first practice, photo shoots, pin exchanges, an interview with Sesame Street’s Elmo, round-robin games, attending other events, soaking up every experience. Now comes the pressure part of participating in the 2026 Winter Olympics. The USA men’s hockey team heads into its first elimination game on Feb. 18 both ...
Connecticut has replaced Houston as a No. 1 seed in the latest bracketology update. Michigan, Arizona, and Duke join UConn on the top line with a combined 35-6 record in Quad 1 games. Iowa State moved up to a top-rated No. 2 seed after key wins against Houston and Kansas. Connecticut is in and Houston is out on the No. ...
MILAN — The U.S. men won the Olympic silver medal in the men’s team pursuit in speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics Tuesday, Feb. 17. The Americans fell to host nation Italy in the finals after beating China by a whopping 7.93 seconds in the semifinals. Italy defeated the Netherlands, the speed-skating powerhouse, in the other semifinal race. The ...
The U.S. men lost out on the Olympic gold in the team pursuit event of speed skating, with Italy edging them out in the gold medal race. That wasn’t the only L the Italians handed out on Tuesday, Feb. 17, inside the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan. As Italy celebrated its ninth gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics, ...
Tony Clark, who led the Major League Baseball Players’ Association through two collective bargaining agreements and was preparing for what is expected to be a highly contentious CBA battle in 2026-27, is resigning as executive director Feb. 17, according to a baseball official with direct knowledge of the situation. The official spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of ...
The bout is scheduled for May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, and will be broadcast exclusively by Netflix, the streaming site’s first-ever live MMA broadcast. It will be contested at the featherweight limit of 145 pounds, with five, 5-minute rounds using 4-ounce gloves. Rousey, 39, (12-2, 9 Submissions, 3 KOs) was at one time the face of ...
MILAN — The quarterfinal scenarios for the men’s hockey tournament will be set as the qualification round has four games on the slate at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Canada, USA, Slovakia and Finland await the winners of the Feb. 17 matches. Germany knocked off France, and will play Slovakia. Switzerland defeated host Italy, and will face Finland. The winner of ...
‘I don’t think people should be dying in the streets just for existing,’ Gauff said Feb. 16 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. As one of the top competitors in the world, the 21-year-old spends much of her tennis season overseas. She said it’s hard to watch developments in the United States related to President Trump’s immigration policies. Renee ...
The bout is scheduled for May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, and will be broadcast exclusively by Netflix, the streaming site’s first-ever live MMA broadcast. It will be contested at the featherweight limit of 145 pounds, with five, 5-minute rounds using 4-ounce gloves. Rousey, 39, (12-2, 9 Submissions, 3 KOs) was at one time the face of ...
Instead, they met with Iowa State senior associate athletics director Shamaree Brown. Brown told the athletes the remainder of the ISU gymnastics season was canceled. “After a careful and thoughtful review of the program over the last week, it became apparent that we do not have enough student-athletes available to safely compete, and thus have made the painful decision to ...