A potentially catastrophic winter storm has caused commotion throughout parts of the country and disrupted the NBA regular-season schedule as Southern states prepare for ice conditions, while Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states expect heavy snow. On Sunday, Jan. 25, the NBA postponed the Nuggets at Grizzlies game as well as the Mavericks at Bucks – the former due to dangerous ...
AI-assisted summary Kangaroos caused a crash during the final stage of the Tour Down Under cycling race in Australia. Race leader Jay Vine was involved in the crash but was not seriously injured. Vine’s teammate, Mikkel Bjerg, took the brunt of the impact and had to withdraw from the race. Despite the incident, Jay Vine went on to win his ...
The No. 2-ranked South Carolina women’s basketball team bounced back from its loss to Oklahoma earlier this week in big way. The Gamecocks handed No. 5 Vanderbilt its first loss of the season, 103-74, on Sunday, Jan. 25, in Columbia, South Carolina. South Carolina (20-2, 6-1 SEC) had five players score in double figure in the blowout victory. Ta’Niya Latson ...
The Gamecocks’ 12-game win streak was ended Thursday by a determined Oklahoma team ‘that actually wanted to win more,’ South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said following her team’s 94-82 overtime loss. ‘(Oklahoma) made winning plays. And we didn’t. It’s not rocket science. It’s really a very simplistic thing,’ added Staley, whose squad was outrebounded (39-54) and outscored in the ...
After Saturday’s game between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves was postponed due to a fatal shooting at the hands of a federal officer in Minnesota, television host and former NBA MVP Charles Barkley offered his thoughts live on Inside the NBA, saying people need to ‘step up and be adults.’ Barkley called the situation ‘sad’ and ‘scary,’ and ...
Si Woo Kim entered the final round of The American Express on Sunday, Jan. 25, with a one-shot lead but right on his trail are 18-year-old Blades Brown and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, both tied for second at 21-under-par. If Brown is able to overtake Kim and Scheffler, he would become the youngest PGA Tour winner in history – ...
Mikaela Shiffrin is going to the Milano Cortina Olympics on a hot streak. Shiffrin won her seventh World Cup slalom of the season on Sunday, Jan. 25, securing the season title in slalom even with two more races after the Olympics. It’s her ninth slalom title, breaking the previous record for globes in a single discipline set by Ingemar Stenmark ...
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a new leader. One of the most successful franchises in NFL history chose its fourth head coach of the Super Bowl era: Mike McCarthy. Unlike the previous three hires, McCarthy brings expertise on the offensive side of the ball. Pittsburgh’s trio of coaches since 1970 – Mike Tomlin, Bill Cowher and Chuck Noll – all had ...
As a winter storm delivers brutally low temperatures and the threat of snow and ice across the United States, some collegiate sports teams are taking precautions to make sure players and fans are safe. Several games on Saturday, Jan. 24 have been either postponed or had their tip-off times pushed up, including Duke’s ACC bout with Wake Forest and North ...
The dozens of men’s college basketball games that took place on Saturday, Jan. 24 were defined by a slew of eyebrow-raising efforts from what’s being hailed as the best freshman class in years. Illinois’ Keaton Wagler scored 46 points – more than double his previous career high – in an upset win at No. 4 Purdue, projected No. 1 overall ...