There was a time when some folks might have wondered if the Duke women’s basketball team —preseason favorites in the ACC, coached by Team USA leader Kara Lawson — was going to even make the NCAA Tournament. In early December, those thoughts might have gone from a bubble to a boil when the Blue Devils lost by 16 points at ...
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is returning from his short retirement to re-enter the ring against Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11. The fight will be streamed exclusively on Netflix. Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) announced his retirement in January 2025 after losing to Oleksandr Usyk for a second time in less than a year, a unanimous decision, during which Usyk retained the ...
Bill Belichick was reportedly not selected as a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. The legendary coach needed at least 80% of the votes but reportedly did not receive the required support. Some Hall of Fame voters indicated that past scandals like Spygate and Deflategate influenced the decision. Former Patriots player Willie McGinest and others expressed surprise, citing Belichick’s ...
Despite winning the 2025 national championship, Indiana football faces a significant rebuild after losing numerous star players to the NFL. Las Vegas sportsbooks have surprisingly installed Indiana as the favorite to win the 2026 national title. Coach Curt Cignetti must now motivate a new roster that has a target on its back, a different challenge than leading an underdog team. ...
U.S. Olympians Erin Jackson and Alysa Liu are both contenders for gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The athletes demonstrate that different personality traits and cognitive styles can lead to elite athletic success. Figure skater Alysa Liu is described as a free-spirited artist who thrives on spontaneity and fun. Speedskater Erin Jackson is known for her analytical and academic ...
USA TODAY Ad Meter is back for 2026, letting fans vote on the year’s best Super Bowl commercials. Budweiser won back the crown last year with the famed Clydesdales, edging a heartstring-tugging Lay’s commercial in one of the closest votes in the history of the annual contest. Other fan-favorite commercials from 2025 included Willem Defoe and Catherine O’Hara as pickleball ...
Free agency never really ends, as general managers are likely to tell you as the January cold gives way to the promise of Florida sunshine. Yet the pickings are getting ever slimmer on Major League Baseball’s free agent market – especially the hitting side. A pair of difference-making starting pitchers are still available, along with a decent swath of reliable, ...
MELBOURNE — Defending champion Jannik Sinner scorched American eighth seed Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and moved into the Australian Open semifinals, setting up a blockbuster showdown with 10-time winner Novak Djokovic. The second seed, who is firmly on course for his third title at Melbourne Park in as many years, tightened his vice-like grip on the rivalry with Shelton by sealing his ninth consecutive ...
As the Cornhuskers marched to their best start in program history with a 20-0 record, players told USA TODAY Sports in December ‘we’re not going to go undefeated.’ A loss would happen, it was just a matter of when. It finally happened Tuesday, Jan. 27 with Nebraska, in the top five of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll for the ...
After some serious hemming and hawing, Darian Mensah and Duke’s standoff ended Jan. 27, the same day the two sides settled their dispute. The quarterback will play his junior season with the Miami Hurricanes, per On3’s Pete Nakos and Hayes Fawcett, supplanting Carson Beck after Mario Cristobal’s team finished as national runner-up to Indiana. Mensah, who spent one year in ...