The 10-game glimpse NBA fans got of Victor Wembanyama this season was tantalizing. The 7-foot-5 French star was leading the league in blocks again, averaging career highs in many of the major statistical categories and had the San Antonio Spurs positioned as an early Western Conference contender. But just like last season, Wembanyama’s momentum has been slowed by injury. He’s ...
Notre Dame football’s season has come to an end, with the Fighting Irish declining a bowl invitation. The Fighting Irish failed to reach the College Football Playoff despite finishing with a 10-2 record and 10 consecutive wins to finish the regular season. They lost to Miami and Texas A&M, which both earned CFP bids this season, in the first two ...
For a third consecutive NFL season, ESPN is taking viewers to an alternate reality with an animated ‘Monday Night Football’ broadcast. After tackling ‘Toy Story’ and ‘The Simpsons’ with their previous animated alt-casts, ESPN and Disney are teaming up to feature characters from ‘Monsters, Inc.’ during the Week 14 game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Chargers. The animated ...
The Packers upended the Bears in one of several NFL Week 14 games that proved highly consequential to the NFC playoff picture. Josh Allen and the Bills caught fire late against the Bengals in the snow, all but extinguishing Cincinnati’s postseason hopes. The Jets extended their postseason drought to 15 seasons as they joined a growing list of teams already ...
Jeff Kent received 14 of the 16 votes by the Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee. Former MVPs and 1980s-era icons Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy came up short in the Hall of Fame voting. It seems highly unlikely that seven-time MVP Barry Bonds and seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens never get inducted into the Hall of Fame. ...
AI-assisted summary Notre Dame has declined to participate in a bowl game after being left out of the College Football Playoff. The team was passed over for the CFP in favor of Miami, a team that defeated the Irish during the season. Let me see if I’ve got this straight. The team that gets more help, more deference from the ...
Two of the best teams in the country met over the weekend and it certainly won’t be the last time we see Michigan and Michigan State clash. Right now, it feels like the road to the Frozen Four in Las Vegas runs through the Great Lakes state and it would be no surprise to see these two bitter rivals battle ...
Every week for the duration of the 2025 regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the NFL’s ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting Sunday afternoon and then moving forward for the remainder of the week (through Monday’s and Thursday’s games or Saturday’s, if applicable. And, when the holidays roll around, we’ll be watching then, too). What just happened? What does it ...
The NCAA volleyball tournament field has been narrowed to 16 teams. Fifteen of the top 16 seeds advanced over the first and second rounds and will begin Sweet 16 play on Thursday, Dec. 11 or Friday, Dec. 12. Cal Poly produced the lone upset, taking down No. 4 seed USC in the Lexington regional. The Mustangs will face Kentucky, the ...
She was back at Lambeau Field on Sunday, Dec. 7, but on the other side of the rivalry. And Biles had another fit to show off on the field ahead of Owens’ game for the Bears against the Packers. Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history with 41 medals between world championships and Olympics, sported an all-gray look with a ...