The Detroit Tigers are well-positioned to triumph in the land of the indifferent. All it took was one handshake with Framber Valdez and a short-term commitment to the left-hander to ensure the 2026 Tigers will be significant favorites in the American League Central, where five teams worth a combined $8 billion typically engage in an annual ritual of seeing who ...
Ahead of this year’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump is already starting to endorse some GOP candidates – including three-time MLB All-Star Mark Teixeira. In a post on X, Teixeira shared a screenshot from President Trump’s Truth Social post, where he endorses the former World Series champ in March 3’s Republican primary for Texas’ 21st Congressional district. ‘I know Mark ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin’s grief after her father died was so great her mother didn’t think the all-time World Cup wins leader would ever ski again. ‘Mikaela laid with her head on his chest for nine hours, I think,’ Eileen Shiffrin said in a new episode of adidas’ Illuminated docuseries that was released Thursday, Feb. 5. ‘We ended ...
Former NFL cornerback Asante Samuel’s bio on social media website X is ‘Professional S— Talker.’ He backed that claim up with a string of posts targeting former teammate Tom Brady on Feb. 4. Samuel called out the former New England Patriots quarterback for saying he wasn’t going to root for the Patriots in Super Bowl 60 on the latest episode ...
Projecting the NFL’s top award winners isn’t quite as difficult as determining who will take home an Academy Award. While voting for honorees in inherently subjective categories can create some level of variance, the extensive sample size of a 17-game regular-season allows for some clear favorites to emerge for each honor. And while there have been a few surprises over ...
After months of speculation, we now know where Giannis Antetokounmpo will be – at least through the end of the 2025-26 season. According to ESPN, the Bucks have informed other teams that they are keeping Antetokounmpo on the roster beyond the NBA trading deadline, which is Thursday, Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. ET. This doesn’t rule out that Milwaukee could ...
The College Football Playoff schedule is seen as inefficient compared to the NFL’s postseason. Leaders recently moved a playoff game to avoid a scheduling conflict with the NFL. A new, fixed playoff schedule ending with the championship on New Year’s Day would be big improvement. Of all the change and disruption and uncertainty over the last five years of college ...
MILAN — The 2026 Winter Olympics continue Thursday with more curling mixed doubles round robin matches, men’s Alpine downhill training and luge training runs. But women’s ice hockey enters the chat, highlighted by Hilary Knight and the U.S. women’s hockey team opening their Olympic slate against Czechia, and ski jumping gets in the mix with training runs, too. The opening ...
Following the No. 14 Cougars’ 99-92 upset loss to Oklahoma State, Young expressed disappointment about anti-Mormon chants coming from the student section. ‘There were some ‘F The Mormons’ chants tonight by the student section that I heard,’ Young said in his postgame news conference. ‘It was a great win for Oklahoma State University. I think their fans should be proud, ...
MILAN — The U.S. women’s hockey team’s pursuit for its first Olympic gold medal since 2018 begins Thursday with a preliminary matchup against Czechia to open the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games. The U.S. women won silver at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but are clear favorites to claim gold after winning a World Championship title in April and sweeping Canada ...