This is the USA TODAY Sports NFL newsletter, 4th and Monday. If this newsletter isn’t already getting conveniently delivered to your inbox, click here to subscribe. USA TODAY Sports is now on Bluesky! Give us a follow for more of our NFL content. We’re still three more sleeps from Super Bowl Opening Night, which unofficially kicks off Super Bowl hype week. While Super Bowl 60 will be the Seattle ...
The bracket is set for the 2026 Champions League knockout stage, with the path to glory mapped out for 24 of Europe’s top soccer teams. Sixteen teams must navigate a two-legged playoff to secure a spot in the Round of 16, including reigning champion Paris Saint-Germain and 15-time winner Real Madrid. PSG faces Monaco in the playoff round, while Real ...
If U.S. Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor had to sum up traveling the world with two young children in one word, the five-time Olympic medalist would describe it as ‘chaotic.’ Flying overseas is enough to make anyone’s head spin, but adding sports equipment and baby gear to the mix presents another set of challenges. These are the logistics Taylor, fellow U.S. ...
The Tampa Bay Lightning are hosting an outdoor game for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 1 against the Boston Bruins. But team owner Jeff Vinik won’t be able to attend the game that he helped bring to Raymond James Stadium because of a serious injury. The Lightning announced Friday that Vinik had suffered a ‘major leg fracture’ when he ...
Every Super Bowl features a special patch for each team on their jerseys to commemorate the title game. That will be no different for Super Bowl 60 between the New England Patriots and New England Patriots – with an added flair. Both the Patriots and Seahawks will wear a patch with ‘USA 250’ on it commemorating the U.S.’s semiquincentennial, or 250 ...
Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to the 1988 national title, has entered hospice care, according to ABC57 and other reports. The South Bend, Indiana, TV station said a ‘source close to the family confirmed’ the news. Holtz, 89, was at the helm for the Fighting Irish from 1986 to 1996, leading the ...
Despite the drastic changes to its roster in the offseason, two things still seemed certain about Notre Dame entering this women’s college basketball season: The Fighting Irish would make the NCAA Tournament and Hannah Hidalgo would win ACC Player of the Year. Both of those things now seem to be in jeopardy after Notre Dame lost for the fourth time ...
The old joke in SEC coaching circles goes something like this: Jeremy Pruitt got caught cheating at Tennessee because he had more than one bagman. Now it looks like Pete Golding could be staring at a visit from the NCAA — whatever that means/is worth — because he didn’t use any go-between. He’s — allegedly — doing the dirty work ...
Bill Belichick was not inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Despite the delay, Belichick is still widely expected to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, possibly as soon as 2027. We’re on to 2027. Taking his own advice is really all Bill Belichick can do after being passed over for induction ...
After a 9-8 campaign in 2025, the Minnesota Vikings are making changes. The franchise confirmed on Friday, Jan. 30 in a statement that they have fired general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah after four years at the position. Adofo-Mensah came to Minnesota after seven years with the San Francisco 49ers and two with the Cleveland Browns. He had been the vice president ...