CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – USA luger Sophia Kirkby has one question for the people of Cortina: Who wants to date any Olympian? The 24-year-old from Lake Placid, New York, isn’t picky. She’s open to sip cappuccinos with fans. She’s down to swig Aperol spritzes with fellow athletes. Though, her area of the Olympic Village isn’t exactly teeming with eligible bachelors. ...
Lindsey Vonn is competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics alongside teammates who are up to 19 years younger. Younger skiers like Mary Bocock view Vonn as a source of wisdom and a mentor. Teammates credit Vonn with fostering a helpful and supportive culture on the U.S. ski team. CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – American speed skier Mary Bocock wasn’t born until ...
PHOENIX — They will be packing their bags, practicing their introductory speeches, and arriving in a few days early to spring training camps from West Palm Beach, Florida to Surprise, Arizona. They are young. They have little or no experience. They make up Major League Baseball’s incoming managerial class. Ten managers have been hired since the end of last season. ...
The Golden State Warriors made a move on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in an attempt to keep themselves contenders in the Western Conference. The Warriors added center Kristaps Porziņģis in the final hours before the NBA’s trade deadline, coming to a reported agreement with the Atlanta Hawks. The Warriors sent Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to Atlanta in return. For months, ...
‘All are welcome to meet here in The Middle. The Middle has been a hard place to get to lately … Between red and blue. Between servant, and citizen. We need The Middle. We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground. So, we can get there. We will cross this divide. Our light has ...
‘I feel like my sophomore and junior year, I was kind of playing with this pressure kind of on me, just this pressure to get better each and every season,’ Canady told USA TODAY Sports. ‘I’m thankful to say this, and obviously blessed, but I feel like I’ve gotten every individual award I could at this point and the only ...
The death of former NFL defensive tackle Kevin Johnson could be connected to three other murder cases of homeless people in the same area of Los Angeles, authorities said on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Johnson, 55, was found dead shortly before 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at a homeless encampment about 10 miles east of Los Angeles International Airport, ...
Los Angeles Lakers big man Jaxson Hayes was handed a one-game suspension by the NBA ‘for pushing a Washington Wizards mascot during pregame introductions,’ the league said in a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Hayes shoved the Wizards’ mascot, G-Wiz, during pregame introductions before the Jan. 30 game in Washington. The mascot had been running with a giant flag when ...
Forward Artemi Panarin is off the trade market and the free agent market. The New York Rangers traded Panarin on Wednesday. Feb. 4 to the Los Angeles Kings, who signed the high-scoring winger to a two-year contract extension averaging $11 million a year. The Rangers received prospect forward Liam Greentree and conditional third- (2026) and fourth-round (2028) picks. Panarin, 34, ...
USC, LSU, Oregon, and Texas Tech are highlighted as winners of the recent college football recruiting cycle. Penn State, Baylor, and Auburn are listed as losers, facing challenges from coaching changes and decommitments. The transfer portal and NIL era have significantly changed roster management, making it difficult to retain recruiting classes. Signing a great college football recruiting class is one ...