MLS champion Inter Miami will visit President Donald Trump and the White House to celebrate its 2025 championship before an match upcoming against D.C. United, a club source confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the team hadn’t yet announced the plans. The Athletic first reported the visit would occur on March 5 ...
Day 2 of the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine is now in the books, and the defensive portion of the event has officially come to an end. Cornerbacks and safeties worked out at the combine on Friday, and plenty of standouts emerged. The safety group was particularly strong, featuring the fastest 40-yard dash of the combine so far and excellent outings ...
FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafstrom said his organization is focused on all teams participating at the 2026 World Cup in the wake of the United States’ military strikes on Iran. The U.S. launched missile attacks on Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, with President Donald Trump calling the mission a ‘major combat operation.’ Iran has retaliated with attacks on U.S. air ...
Champaign, IL — Michigan basketball fans owe a huge thank you to Mrs. May, according to coach Dusty May. In his second year leading the program, May and the No. 3-ranked Wolverines clinched the Big Ten Conference regular season title with a dominant 84-70 win over No. 11 Illinois on Friday, Feb. 27, at the State Farm Center in Champaign, ...
The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder are among two of the top teams in the Western Conference this season. That was on display as the two teams played in a tightly contested game that went into overtime at the Paycom Center on Friday, Feb. 27. Tensions were running high during the game between the two championship contenders. Luguentz Dort ...
The players on the U.S. Olympic hockey teams don’t deserve this. Instead of simply being paraded in the Red, White and Blue, our two gold medal-winning hockey teams are being pilloried in the tiresome refrain of Red vs. Blue. It needs to stop. Just celebrate these teams. Team USA captain Auston Matthews shouldn’t be returning to his NHL team in ...
Size matters in the NFL. Height, arm length, wingspan, hand size and more headline the list of measurements taken ahead of the NFL draft. In some cases, being average isn’t good enough and, in fact, it might be enough to send a prospect tumbling down the board. While arm length is having a moment, height is still a key factor ...
The WNBPA made additional concessions in the latest CBA proposal it submitted to the WNBA, 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 players’ union submitted a counterproposal in response to the WNBA’s Feb. 20 submission. In Friday’s ...
Team USA women’s hockey captain Hilary Knight saved a gold medal win and set U.S. Olympic career scoring records in Milan. She also did it while injured. The Seattle Torrent, Knight’s team in the Professional Women’s Hockey League, announced that the forward and team captain suffered a lower-body injury at the 2026 Winter Olympics and will be going on long-term ...
This is Part 1 of a two-part series examining girls wrestling, one of the fastest growing sports for high schoolers. We spoke with the Giller family, who successfully navigated equal high school access for their daughter in Illinois, and Karissa Niehoff, chief executive officer at the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), about how you can ensure your ...