Spotting Matthew McConaughey at a Texas game is like playing ‘Where’s Waldo?’ Georgia football serves up feast in press box before a November home game. Lee Corso enjoys a memorable hotdog after final ‘College GameDay’ appearance at Ohio State. There comes a time in every sportswriter’s life when you realize life on the road is not all it’s cracked up ...
PHILADELPHIA — Minnesota natives Paige Bueckers and Rachel Banham spoke about ICE’s presence in their home state during Unrivaled’s shootaround on Thursday, Jan 29, at The Alan Horowitz Sixth Man Center. Bueckers, a Hopkins, Minnesota, native, got emotional when she began to talk about what is happening in her home state. Protests continue in Minneapolis over President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan ...
Less than five months before the 2026 World Cup, U.S. men’s national soccer coach Mauricio Pochettino indicated that he has better things to do than answer questions about ticket prices, which on some sites are approaching $9,000 per ticket. “It’s not about us to provide our opinion,” Pochettino said. “Our responsibility is to play and perform on the pitch.” Pochettino ...
Above Travis Steele’s desk in his office on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio is a three-by-five index card tacked to the wall, right above a picture of his five-year-old whoodle Ryder. On it is a message written in red ink: Be obsessed with your trajectory, not your current results. It’s a mantra Steele is trying to embody in ...
Dallas Mavericks rookie sensation Cooper Flagg went off Thursday night, setting a new career high with 49 points in a 123-121 loss against the Charlotte Hornets. Those 49 points also represent a new NBA record for points in a game by a teenager, per the league. The top pick in the 2025 NBA Draft just turned 19 on Dec. 21. ...
Novak Djokovic is turning back the clock down under and will now go for a record after an incredible performance at the 2026 Australian Open. Djokovic pulled off a massive upset over No. 2 seed and defending tournament champion Jannik Sinner, coming-from-behind to win a five-set thriller, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, to close out the men’s singles semifinals. Djokovic ...
One of the most high-profile assistant coach vacancies of the NFL offseason has now been filled. The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion to be their offensive coordinator, the team announced Thursday. Mannion, 33, fills a pressing play-calling void after the Eagles fired Kevin Patullo, who served in the coordinator role for just one season ...
With four teams on the top three lines, the Big Ten continues to show out in USA TODAY Sports’ latest installment of bracketology. But one Big Ten heavyweight, Purdue, drops to a No. 4 seed after falling 72-67 to Indiana on Tuesday night for its third loss in a row. The Boilermakers are now 7-3 in conference play, two games ...
Christina Carreira is on her way to her first Winter Olympics, but she is en route to Milano Cortina without some very important items: her costumes. The ice dance skater who partners with Anthony Ponomarenko doesn’t have what she will wear for competition in her possession after a mix-up with shipping, causing a great deal of stress for her and ...
Detroit Red Wings star Patrick Kane passed Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Modano to become the top U.S.-born scorer in NHL history. Kane, 37, had an assist in the second period on Thursday, Jan. 29 against the Washington Capitals to give him 1,375 points, one more than Modano, the former Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars standout who finished his career in ...