Houston Texans’ linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair has been fined $11,593 for wearing eye black with the message ‘Stop the Genocide’ written across during last weekend’s wild card matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers, ESPN reported. Per ESPN, the message violated the NFL’s uniform and equipment rules by writing the message. Al-Shaair’s message was referencing Israel’s policies in Gaza, a cause he has ...
The Army-Navy Game is a staple of the college football calendar, a standalone event at the end of the regular season in which two of the sport’s biggest rivals face off against one another in a nationally televised matchup. If one particularly powerful person has their way, it will remain that way. In a post on Truth Social, a social ...
When the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears meet for an NFC divisional playoff game at Soldier Field on Sunday, Jan. 18, the two squads could be greeted with single-digit temperatures. Per AccuWeather, the projected low temperature in Chicago on Sunday is expected to be well below freezing. Depending on how cold it gets on the shores of Lake Michigan ...
Senegal beat Morocco in a dramatic extra-time thriller to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final Jan. 18, but it wasn’t without some fireworks near the end that resulted in Senegal manager Pape Thiaw calling his players off the pitch. In the 94th minute, Senegal originally broke a nil-nil deadlock on a header from Abdoulaye Seck that was deflected ...
Expected to enter the 2026 season as the Atlanta Braves’ starting shortstop, Ha-Seong Kim will instead be sidelined four to five months due to an offseason injury to his hand. The Braves announced Sunday that Kim suffered a torn tendon in his right ring finger while in his homeland of Korea. He underwent surgery Jan. 18 in Atlanta. Kim, 30, ...
Day 2 of the Australian Open is loaded with a whopping 56 matches between both the men and women singles brackets. Most notably, there is a myriad of stars taking the hard court today including 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and defending French Open champion Coco Gauff. This will be the seventh Australian Open of Gauff’s career. The American ...
Indiana coach Curt Cignetti and Miami coach Mario Cristobal have taken different paths to their current roles, where they’ll lead their respective teams into Monday’s national championship game. The day before the biggest game of their lives, the two coaches reflected on their paths to where they are today, from Cignetti passing up coal mining for coaching and Cristobal only ...
CFP national championship game: Miami vs. Indiana, 7:30 p.m., Monday; TV: ESPN Donald Trump will be at Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game. In another life, Mario Cristobal could be working the President’s security detail instead of prowling Miami’s sideline. The former Hurricanes offensive lineman comes from a family with law enforcement in its blood, and Cristobal studied and ...
Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin has been Miami football’s biggest fan during its run to the national championship game, with his infectious personality a mainstay on the Hurricanes’ sideline throughout the College Football Playoff. Ahead of Miami vs. No. 1 Indiana on Monday, Jan. 19, NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ got in on the fun with a parody of Irvin ...
The 2026 College Football Playoff national championship game will be a family affair for Miami running back Mark Fletcher Jr. A South Florida native, Fletcher has the chance to win a national title for the team he grew up rooting for, and could cap off what has been an emotional year-plus for the Hurricanes star. His father, Mark Sr., is ...