We’re entering the final months of the 2025-26 NBA season, and action is heating up. For one, players have started to chirp and fire back at one another as rivalries and stakes intensify. That has led to a tightening in the battle for seeding and positioning in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. But that hasn’t stopped teams at the ...
The Washington Wizards are seemingly on track to unveil one of their recent prized acquisitions. In an Instagram post shared Monday, March 2, point guard Trae Young, whom the team acquired in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks, hinted that he would make his Wizards debut Thursday, March 5 against the Utah Jazz. To that end, a person with direct ...
The women’s college basketball regular season is coming to a quick conclusion, meaning the coaching carousel will start spinning a little faster. The 2025 offseason saw 61 programs make changes at head coach. If college football gives any indication, the 2026 coaching carousel could include even more changes. College athletics leaders were hesitant to make big changes last season with uncertainty ...
Hilary Knight was pivotal in helping the U.S. women’s national hockey team capture gold once again at the 2026 Winter Olympics last month, and she did so with an undisclosed injury. Knight revealed on CBS Mornings on Monday, she ‘got a little banged up’ during the Olympics in Milan and played through a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL). “To be ...
The NHL trade deadline is at 3 p.m. ET on March 6, but teams like to get deals done early, too. Already this season, the Minnesota Wild have acquired defenseman Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks, and the Los Angeles Kings have traded for high-scoring New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin. In the latest deal, the Edmonton Oilers acquired defenseman ...
The Washington Wizards are reportedly on track to unveil one of their recent prized acquisitions. Point guard Trae Young, whom the team acquired Jan. 7 in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks, will make his Wizards debut Thursday, March 5 against the Utah Jazz, according to ESPN. This comes as the Wizards remain well outside of the play-in picture, at ...
The USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll was predictably shuffled after a slew of high-profile matchups as the regular season heads into its final week. After routing Virginia to win the ACC regular-season title, Duke retains the No. 1 ranking for a second week, once again claiming 28 of 31 first-place votes. The other three top nods once again ...
An NBA player from an opposing team has called on the Atlanta Hawks to cancel their upcoming game promotion that revolves around celebrating a well-known local gentleman’s club. San Antonio Spurs center LukeKornet asked the Hawks to reconsider their ‘Magic City Monday’ plans for a March 16 game against the Orlando Magic in a letter posted to Medium on Monday, ...
U.S. women’s national team midfielder Jaedyn Shaw was dragged down by her hair during a 2-0 win over Argentina on Sunday, March 1. The incident happened late in the first half of the SheBelieves Cup opener for both teams. Shaw got in front of Argentina midfielder Sofía Domínguez, who grabbed the midfielder’s ponytail and dragged her to the ground. Shaw ...
The WNBA made significant movement to accelerate maximum contract eligibility for star players on rookie contracts in the latest CBA proposal it submitted to the WNBPA, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly about ongoing negotiations. They confirmed the WNBA submitted a counterproposal ...