Toronto Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube was one of the NHL’s toughest characters during his playing days. He looks like he has gone a couple rounds. Berube, 60, was sporting a major black eye when he addressed the media on Friday, Jan. 23, before his team took on the Vegas Golden Knights that evening. He said it was from an ...
If you didn’t know better, you’d take USC football quite seriously. You do know better, because you’ve seen Lincoln Riley’s USC defenses. Southern Cal is reportedly targeting Gary Patterson as its defensive coordinator. Lincoln Riley says he feels ‘fantastic’ about USC’s defense, ahead of pivotal 2026 season. If you didn’t know better, you’d be taking Southern Cal football quite seriously. ...
They’re all the rage these days, with teams using them to free up their cash flow, players using them for long-term security and tax advantages purposes, and fans using the practice as reason to lash out at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ payroll. Deferred contracts. Teams love them. Players manipulate them. And Bobby Bonilla takes great pride in them. Bonilla, 62, the six-time ...
AI-assisted summary Former NFL defensive tackle Kevin Johnson was found dead in Los Angeles at the age of 55. Police are investigating Johnson’s death as a homicide, citing blunt head trauma and stab wounds. Johnson was reportedly homeless and living in an encampment where his body was discovered. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders during his NFL ...
Now I’m getting annoyed with these backhanded compliments, this transitive property explanation of the greatest sports story of our time. Stop saying if Indiana can win the national title, anyone can. Because they can’t. “It wasn’t some magic trick you can teach,” said Indiana center Pat Coogan. “You can’t replicate it.” You can, however, minimize it — which is ...
The NBA trade deadline is fewer than two weeks away, and teams are assessing the market, potentially working up viable offers. It has been a fairly quiet leadup, with the lone trade so far being the one that sent Trae Young to the Wizards and CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert to the Hawks. Still, there are plenty of stars and ...
The FBI is investigating the circumstances of late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay’s death and the addiction recovery specialist who treated Irsay in his final days, according to a report from the Washington Post. On Jan. 22, the Post reported that it reviewed a federal grand jury subpoena showing that the FBI requested ‘records and information relating to Irsay’s death, ...
If you didn’t know better, you’d take USC football quite seriously. You do know better, because you’ve seen Lincoln Riley’s USC defenses. Southern Cal is reportedly targeting Gary Patterson as its defensive coordinator. Lincoln Riley says he feels ‘fantastic’ about USC’s defense, ahead of pivotal 2026 season. If you didn’t know better, you’d be taking Southern Cal football quite seriously. ...
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers’ comeback bid fell short in a 112-104 loss to the L.A. Clippers on Thursday, but the game felt secondary the moment it ended. During his postgame availability, James was asked about a story by ESPN that questioned the relationship he had with the Lakers’ front office and, more specifically, team governor Jeanie Buss. ...
Rose BC forward Azurá Stevens is using her TikTok account to bond with other players while participating in Unrivaled, the women’s professional 3-on-3 league in Miami, and the results are delightful. ‘This is kind of the perfect place to kind of collab with other people because we’re literally all here,’ Stevens told USA TODAY Sports. ‘It kind of just happened ...