The Champions League league phase is complete after a frantic final day that saw 18 simultaneous matches. The 36 teams in the league phase each played eight matches, with 12 of those teams now eliminated from the competition. The top eight finishers advanced directly to the round of 16, while the ninth to 24th-placed clubs will meet in two-legged playoffs ...
Bill Belichick isn’t the only NFL legend who will apparently be waiting at least another year for his election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who famously engineered two upsets of Belichick’s dynastic Patriots in Super Bowls 42 and 46, also failed to make the cut for 2026, according to The Athletic. ...
You say always be crootin’. Miami says: Always be raidin’ — good quarterbacks, anyway. Darian Mensah to Miami becoming a likelihood after transfer QB settles lawsuit with Duke. Cam Ward to Carson Beck to Darian Mensah would be quite a run for Miami and Mario Cristobal. Cash is king. Remember that old college football mantra? Always be crootin’. That’s overdue ...
One of the most polarizing WWE stars will be in the Royal Rumble. Brock Lesnar announced he will be in the 2026 men’s Royal Rumble match. He revealed his participation during ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ on Wednesday, Jan. 28. He called into the show to announce the news. ‘I’m heading to the Royal Rumble and I’m gonna win it,’ Lesnar ...
College basketball this season is top heavy, with the top 10 of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll having a combined 14 losses and no one with more than three defeats. That makes for a fun race to grab the precious No. 1 seed. We all saw last season how valuable the No. 1 seed is when all four top ...
And then there were two. The Cleveland Browns filled their head coaching vacancy on Jan. 28, hiring former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken to succeed Kevin Stefanski. ‘We are very excited to name Todd Monken the next head coach of the Cleveland Browns,” Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said in a statement. “Todd is highly intelligent, and his ...
The NBA trade deadline rumor mill is now officially in full swing. A massive update related to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future with the Milwaukee Bucks came across Wednesday, Jan. 28, and it’s one that will have ripple effects across the entire trading market. Several teams with the assets necessary to make a bid for Antetokounmpo have been waiting for him to ...
Add President Donald Trump to the long list of football fans who can’t understand why legendary New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick didn’t make the cut for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026. Belichick, who won six Super Bowls as the Patriots head coach and two more as New York Giants defensive coordinator, failed to receive the ...
There was a time when some folks might have wondered if the Duke women’s basketball team —preseason favorites in the ACC, coached by Team USA leader Kara Lawson — was going to even make the NCAA Tournament. In early December, those thoughts might have gone from a bubble to a boil when the Blue Devils lost by 16 points at ...
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is returning from his short retirement to re-enter the ring against Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11. The fight will be streamed exclusively on Netflix. Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) announced his retirement in January 2025 after losing to Oleksandr Usyk for a second time in less than a year, a unanimous decision, during which Usyk retained the ...