Sometimes, NHL teams must search for the final piece of the puzzle to complete their Stanley Cup masterpiece. The Edmonton Oilers felt compelled to do precisely that when they traded for Tristan Jarry, offloading Stuart Skinner to the Pittsburgh Penguins. While it’s still too early to know whether Jarry will help the Oilers clear the final Stanley Cup hurdle, clutch, ...
Jake Paul insists he’ll box again despite suffering a broken jaw when he got knocked out by Anthony Joshua. How fast he returns to the ring could hinge on potential complications after recent jaw surgery, according to medical experts. It does not take a medical expert to envision the potential challenge for the 28-year-old Paul. People recovering from jaw surgery ...
Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki, the most decorated golfer on the Japan Golf Tour, has died at age 78. Ozaki won 94 titles on the Japanese circuit and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. Before his golf career, Ozaki was a professional baseball player in Japan for three years. Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki, the winningest golfer on the ...
AI-assisted summary Ten NFL teams have already secured a spot in the postseason after Week 16. Multiple teams have the opportunity to clinch their division titles in Week 17. The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks could each clinch their conference’s No. 1 seed. The Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers are among the teams that can clinch a playoff berth ...
So much of the focus when looking at any NHL draft is on the players at the top of the rankings. While so many of the league’s best players are drafted in the top five or 10 picks, there are plenty of elite players drafted outside of that range. David Pastrnak, Nikita Kucherov, Jason Robertson and Nick Suzuki were all ...
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams married actor and model Andrea Preti on Saturday, Dec. 20. The pair met during Milan Fashion Week in 2024, and it seems they were hooked on each other from the get-go, getting engaged in January 2025 — just six months later. The pair enjoyed five days of celebration, a few pool parties, and even a ...
Following his team’s win over Toledo in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 23, the Cardinals’ coach appears to have removed his name from the mix for the head coach opening at Michigan when asked by Alexis Cubit of the Louisville Courier-Journal — part of the USA TODAY Network — about his name being linked to the Wolverines. ‘I ...
AI-assisted summary A letter allegedly from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar was included in a recent Justice Department document release. The letter’s authenticity is questionable as it was postmarked in Virginia three days after Epstein’s death in New York. Both Epstein and Nassar were convicted of sex crimes involving young women and girls. (This story has been updated to include ...
The College Football Playoff’s first round served two competitive games and two blowouts. The reaction to that: Many fans and media types are demanding a change to the playoff bracket format. Is that an overreaction to two lopsided games, or a worthy response? Let’s remember, last year’s playoff served up four first-round duds. So, at least this year provided an ...
Thanksgiving is behind us but that’s not stopping the NFL from having a holiday triple-header. Once again, the league is holding three games as millions of Americans celebrate a holiday, this time on Christmas. The NFL’s triple-header on Christmas is still a new concept for football fans. The league avoided the holiday for decades with one brief exception in 1971 ...