After a five-year absence, Adam Gase is back in the NFL. The former New York Jets and Miami Dolphins head coach is joining the Los Angeles Chargers’ staff as an offensive assistant, according to multiple reports Feb. 9. It was not immediately clear what position he would hold. Gase, 47, had not held a known coaching position since being dismissed ...

MILAN ― American speed skaters Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe came up empty in the women’s 1,000 meters at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, Feb. 9. Jackson briefly held the lead before finishing sixth place. Bowe was in third before the final pairing and finished in fourth. It was the beginning of Jackson’s quest to add to her Olympic ...

One day before MLB teams start reporting to spring training, the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers have completed a six-player trade with third baseman Caleb Durbin headlining the return for Boston. The Red Sox acquired Durbin, the Brewers’ starting third baseman last season, along with utilityman Andruw Monasterio and catcher/third baseman Anthony Siegler from Milwaukee in exchange for pitchers ...

Noahkai Banks may be making a big impression in the Bundesliga this season, but the young defender won’t be making a trip to the World Cup this summer, according to Alexi Lalas. Banks has become a regular starter this season for Augsburg at age 19. The 6-foot-4 defender is considered one of the best American defensive prospects in many years ...

Duke men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer said that a member of the Blue Devils’ staff who was injured during a court storming at the end of the team’s 71-68 loss to archrival North Carolina is “fine” and “doing better.” Scheyer said the unnamed staff member had a bloody lip and was “disheveled and didn’t know what happened” when the team ...

The Seattle Seahawks topped the New England Patriots 29-13 in the 2026 Super Bowl behind a standout performance from the ‘Dark Side’ defense and the rushing of game MVP Kenneth Walker III. USA TODAY will have continued coverage of aftermath of Super Bowl 60 all week as the NFL heads into its offseason. Return here throughout Feb. 9 for the ...

MILAN, Italy – In some circles, Jutta Leerdam is best known as Jake Paul’s fiancée. But here at the 2026 Winter Olympics, she is a speed skating star. Leerdam, a 27-year-old from the Netherlands, will compete in the women’s 1,000 meters at 11:30 a.m. ET Monday, Feb. 9. Peacock will provide coverage. In a field of 30 speed skaters that ...

Budweiser left nothing to chance in taking home its record 10th first-place finish in USA TODAY’s Ad Meter contest. The King of Beers was once again the king of Super Bowl Sunday commercials, easily outpointing Lay’s in balloting that culminated at midnight Feb. 9, hours after the Seattle Seahawks trounced the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60. In ‘American ...

Jake Paul had to explain why he referred to Bad Bunny as a ‘fake American citizen,’ and then appeared to backtrack altogether from his criticism by declaring his ‘love’ for the Super Bowl 60 halftime show performer in a series of social media posts on Monday morning, Feb. 9. Paul, the YouTube star-turned-boxer, was one of the biggest online voices ...

Courtney Williams, Saniya Rivers and Azura Stevens are all on the move. On Monday morning, Unrivaled announced it had processed the second trade in league history, which sent Williams to Breeze BC from Vinyl BC, Rivers to Vinyl from Hive BC and Stevens to Hive from Rose BC. The details of the trade posted to social media by the league ...