At long last, Spain has a win over Germany in women’s soccer, with the defending World Cup champions advancing to the final of Euro 2025 after a 1-0 victory thanks to star Aitana Bonmatí’s extra-time goal. A tense battle required 120 minutes, with Germany pouring every last bit of energy into defending against a Spanish side that controlled the ball ...
They’re that Toyota Prius in a parking lot full of Bentleys and Rolls-Royces. They’re that ground chuck burger on a menu with tomahawk steaks and lobster tails. They are the unwanted, the discarded, and the castoffs of Major League Baseball. They are the Milwaukee Brewers. “The island,’ Brewers reliever Grant Anderson tells USA TODAY Sports, “of misfit toys.’’ It was ...
The 2025-26 Premier League season is nearly here, with the world’s most daunting soccer league readying to kick off a nine-month season in the near future. Liverpool will enter the season hoping to repeat as champions after outlasting Arsenal and Manchester City last season. The title holders have spent big to bolster their squad, parting with a reported €220 million ...
Two U.S. House of Representatives committees on Wednesday, July 23 advanced a bill that would establish a variety of national rules concerning how college sports operate, making this the most comprehensive measure connected to the industry set to reach the chamber’s floor in decades. After considering nearly a dozen amendments, the Energy and Commerce Committee ultimately voted 30-23 to send ...
The biggest star in Major League Soccer won’t play in the All-Star Game. Lionel Messi will skip the festivities for the second straight year. Messi and Inter Miami’s Jordi Alba did not travel to Austin, Texas, with MLS releasing an updated All-Star roster before the match. The 2025 MLS All-Star Game will be played Wednesday, July 23 at 9 p.m. ...
Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Bayron Matos was airlifted by helicopter to a local hospital at the end of Wednesday’s training camp practice, according to Hal Habib of the Palm Beach Post. It wasn’t clear exactly how Matos was injured, but Habib reports the offensive tackle was ‘immobilized and strapped to a board before being carted off the practice field by ...
Tyreek Hill has been putting in the work to repair his relationships within the Miami Dolphins’ building. Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa told reporters Wednesday that his relationship with Hill is a ‘work in progress.’ Hill made headlines at the end of the 2024 season when he declared ‘I’m out’ following the season finale. ‘I’m out, bruh,’ Hill said after the ...
LAS VEGAS — The Big Ten and SEC control the future of the College Football Playoff. The Big Ten and the SEC can’t agree on anything. Which tracks about just how you think it would in Sin City, driving directly into the theater of the absurd. “I’m not going to put any deadline on it,” Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti ...
Tight end Jimmy Graham will officially retire from the NFL as a member of the New Orleans Saints. The five-time Pro Bowler announced his official retirement via the Saints’ team website on Tuesday. ‘During the season at some point I’m going to be in New Orleans to retire, to do that the right way, in front of the people I ...
The Italian won a sprint to the finish line in rainy conditions to take Stage 17 of the 2025 Tour de France on Wednesday, surging in the final stretch ahead of seven others after a late crash. It was Milan’s second stage win of this year’s Tour de France and expanded his lead for the green jersey over defending Tour ...