American snowboarder Red Gerard expressed frustration with being required to compete in big air at the Olympics. Gerard and other U.S. snowboarders prefer slopestyle, which they feel has more ‘flow’ and creativity. Gerard suggested that big air and slopestyle should have separate qualification paths and teams. LIVIGNO, Italy – At least Red Gerard was honest. Asked if he liked competing ...
A gaggle of MVPs, Cy Young Award winners and a few others almost certain to be so honored in the future will come together for the USA’s World Baseball Classic squad after rosters were announced Feb. 5. Reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge and two-time NL MVP Bryce Harper, along with both current Cy Young Award winners, Tarik Skubal and Paul ...
Three days ahead of Super Bowl 60, the NFL is wrapping up the 2025 season by recognizing its top individual performers. Thursday’s NFL Honors in San Francisco will again be the forum for the league to reveal the winners of its most prestigious awards, from Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year to MVP. The Pro Football Hall of Fame ...
Tiffany Haddish had a bit of an ‘Adele Dazeem’ moment at the 2026 NFL Honors. Or at least a Liam Coen ‘Duval’ moment. It came when Haddish was announcing the NFL’s Coach of the Year Award for the 2025 NFL season. New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel ended up beating his counterparts to take home the award. Haddish, however, ...
Now former Virginia football wide receiver Jahmal Edrine was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 5 and charged with one count of rape and one count of abduction, according to court documents. The Albemarle County (Virginia) Police Department said it began an investigation into Edrine on Aug. 25 after a victim alleged she had been sexually assaulted the previous day. The probe ...
The Southeastern Conference reported a record $1.1 billion in revenue for the 2025 fiscal year. This revenue increase is primarily due to a new $3 billion television deal with ESPN. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey’s compensation rose to $4.8 million for the 2024 calendar year. The Southeastern Conference reported record revenues of $1.1 billion for fiscal year 2025 with an average ...
Shohei Ohtani and Japan will look to defend their World Baseball Classic crown in 2026, three years after defeating Team USA in an instant classic of a final, the country’s third win in five editions of the international tournament. Ohtani struck out then-Angels teammate Mike Trout to clinch that victory, and the now-Dodgers star has earned three more MVP awards ...
Mexico returns to compete in the World Baseball Classic again this year. The country has been represented in every WBC tournament since the tournament’s inception in 2006 and is coming off its best finish in 2023, when the team finished third. The team had not previously finished better than sixth after a second-round exit in 2006. The 2026 roster features ...
MILAN — The 2026 Winter Olympics continued Thursday with more curling mixed doubles round robin matches, men’s Alpine downhill training and luge training runs. But women’s ice hockey entered the chat as well, highlighted by Hilary Knight and the U.S. women’s hockey team opening their Olympic slate against Czechia. Ski jumping also got in the mix with training runs, too. ...
The 2026 World Baseball Classic begins on March 4, with some exhibition games taking place a day earlier. The Dominican Republic, the 2013 champions, will once again be one of the most daunting teams in the tournament. The DR disappointed in the most recent tournament, though, failing to make it past pool play in 2023. That could certainly change this ...