On Tuesday, Euroleague’s Fenerbahçe Opet announced Stewart was returning to the club ahead of its playoff push in April. Stewart played for Fenerbahçe during the 2022-2023 season, helping the franchise win a EuroLeague Women championship. The New York Liberty forward also won Final Four MVP and made first-team All-EuroLeague the same season. The 6-foot-4 forward has previously played in China ...
Tyler Reddick won the 2026 Daytona 500, but this edition of The Great American Race will be remembered as the culmination of Michael Jordan’s transition from NBA owner to NASCAR team owner. Jordan became a billionaire corporate CEO after his NBA career ended through his partnership with Nike and Jordan Brand. But his forays as an NBA executive initially with ...
Christian Pulisic took advantage of the 2026 Winter Olympics taking place in his home city, as the AC Milan star was in attendance for the USA’s 5-1 win over Germany in men’s hockey on Sunday, Feb. 15. Pulisic was in the stands at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena as the USA earned a bye into Wednesday’s quarterfinals with a dominant ...
Balance and control are important in any sport, but they’re especially crucial at the highest levels, such as at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics. In the Winter Games, athletes often must be able to display the same skills while going forward and backward. In figure skating, ice hockey and snowboarding, for example. But there have been times during these Olympics ...
Snowboarder Jake Pates advanced to the 2026 Winter Olympics halfpipe final after a four-year retirement. Pates retired from competitive snowboarding in 2020 due to mental health struggles and a concussion. He started the Happy Healthy Brain Foundation to help others after his own experience with a brain injury. Pates credits his return to the sport to the support of friends ...
Eileen Gu is the only free ski athlete competing in all three disciplines: big air, slopestyle and halfpipe. Gu called the competition schedule ‘unfair’ after advancing to the big air finals prevented her from attending a halfpipe practice session. The International Ski Federation (FIS) denied her requests for an alternate training time. LIVIGNO, Italy – Normally, China’s Eileen Gu said, ...
We’re less than four weeks away from Selection Sunday, and some teams considered locks in the preseason for March Madness will let their dancing shoes gather dust. While teams like Miami (Ohio), Saint Louis, Clemson and Virginia have been surprises, plenty of men’s basketball teams have gone splat this season. Here’s a look at 10 schools who have disappointed this ...
INGLEWOOD, CA. — The savior of the NBA All-Star Game wasn’t Adam Silver, or whichever league exec came up with the revised “U.S. vs. World” format, or even the format itself. It was a 7-foot-4 French phenom who, through stubborn persistence, forced the hands of the world’s best basketball players to give more. Victor Wembanyama swatted the opening tip off ...
Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball coach Doug Gottlieb had some harsh words for the officials after a 75-72 loss to in-state rival Wiscosnin-Milwaukee on Sunday, Feb. 15. And the tirade he unleashed rivaled any hot take he ever had on his former national radio show. The Phoenix had the lead for most of a foul-plagued second half, but Gottlieb was particularly ...
MILAN — Ilia Malinin made his first public statement since his devastating finish in the men’s singles figure skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The 21-year-old posted on Instagram on Monday, Feb. 16 with a statement on mental health. The post was accompanied with a video of Malinin celebrating his victories and him sitting with his hands on his ...