When Michelle Akers boarded a flight from New York to Italy for the USWNT’s first international match in 1985 at 19, she didn’t understand the gravity of the moment. ‘I literally was just there to play. No money, no fanfare, no audience, nothing. It was just because we loved it,’ Akers, a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, ...
AI-assisted summary Ralph Lauren designed the opening and closing ceremony uniforms for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony uniform features a white wool coat, while the closing ceremony outfit includes a color-blocked puffer jacket. All items in the uniforms are manufactured in the United States. Team USA athletes praised the new designs for their style, warmth, ...
The National Women’s Soccer League wants to keep Washington Spirit star Trinity Rodman in the league for years to come. But Rodman’s services will come at a cost, and according to multiple media reports, NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman vetoed a deal that would have kept Rodman in the league. According to The Athletic, the 23-year-old Rodman was ready to accept ...
Many were surprised when the Los Angeles Clippers announced that Chris Paul was no longer with the team, including his teammates James Harden and Kawhi Leonard, who expressed surprise at learning Paul had been sent home. The Clippers decided to part ways with Paul after a reported three-hour discussion between Lawrence Frank, the president of basketball operations, and Paul at ...
It’s hard to definitively say what happens in December of the college basketball season defines a season, but that’s what happened with the ACC and SEC in 2024-25. In the second edition of the ACC/SEC challenge, the SEC dominated 14-2. It set the stage for a historic run for the SEC, while the ACC had another down year. After the ...
HURRICANE MILLS, T.N . – Two medics rolled Ashlee Sokalski onto a backboard and fitted the 19-year-old with a neck brace in the middle of the dirt motocross track. Other teen racers whizzed past on their off-road motorcycles, no halt to the race, no safety flaggers in sight. Sokalski had sharpened her race skills for years and finally broke through ...
The United States and Canada are fierce rivals on the Olympic ice hockey stage. Since the NHL first allowed its players to participate in the Olympics in 1998, the two nations have faced off in the knockout stages three times and the gold medal game twice: 2002 and 2010. When you think of epic Olympic hockey moments by Team Canada ...
Terence Crawford won more than a fight when he stunned Canelo Alvarez. He won over the boxing community and sports fans who hardly knew him. Not just for the skill he showed in the boxing ring during the Sept. 13 mega-fight, but for the engaging personality he showed while making the rounds after becoming the undisputed super middleweight champion. What ...
He may have been a Louisville Cardinal, but Will Stein grew up a ‘die-hard’ Kentucky Wildcats fan. Now, the former Oregon offensive coordinator will lead the Wildcats football program after being hired to replace Mark Stoops. Stoops was the all-time winningest coach at Kentucky, racking up 82 wins. He barely finished his career there above .500, going 82-80 in that ...
When it comes to Giannis Antetokounmpo, there’s plenty of smoke for there to be concern about a fire. The 30-year-old nine-time All-Star had been sidelined with a groin strain but has since returned. The Milwaukee Bucks, however, are still struggling, limping out to a 9-13 record. Antetokounmpo scrubbed his social media accounts of almost every reference or photo from his ...