For fans tuned in to the Thursday night college football matchup between Wake Forest and NC State, no, that’s not fog overtaking the stadium. That would be smoke from a food truck, as Choc’s Barbecue Co. and Southern Catering caught on fire just outside Allegacy Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Sept. 11. ESPN’s broadcast even gave viewers a close-up ...

The Green Bay Packers open Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season in a ‘Thursday Night Football’ matchup at home against the Washington Commanders. The game is just minutes into the first quarter and they may be down their top wide receiver from a year ago. Reed was slow to get up after making the catch in the end zone. ...

The host Green Bay Packers scored a second touchdown on a two-yard run by Josh Jacobs. Brandon McManus nailed the extra point to give the team a 14-0 lead over the Washington Commanders. The game stopped after the play, though, as Washington defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr. went down with an injury. His leg appeared to get rolled up on ...

NBA is investigating whether Clippers circumvented salary cap for Kawhi Leonard. Leonard received a $28 million endorsement deal from a now-bankrupt company. Penalties could be steep if the NBA finds wrongdoing in the Clippers case. There’s a new wrinkle in the Kawhi Leonard “no-show” case. New reporting from sports investigative reporter Pablo Torre, who broke the original story, uncovered that ...

The Green Bay Packers held a moment of silence in tribute to Charlie Kirk ahead of their Week 2 game against the Washington Commanders on Thursday night. Kirk – a conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA – was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on Wednesday. He was 31 years old. Kirk ...

President Donald Trump was in attendance for the New York Yankees’ game against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, Sept. 11. The Yankees held a pregame ceremony Thursday to ‘recognize the victims and heroes of 9/11’ on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the terrorist attacks that happened on that day in ...

Week 2 will feature four prime-time games between Thursday and Monday, including an ‘MNF’ doubleheader. The game of the week? Gotta be the Super Bowl 59 rematch between the Eagles and Chiefs in Kansas City. Week 1 turned out to be highly unpredictable, but one of our experts went 11-5. The NFL season largely returns to a more normal cadence ...

It took several minutes for some soccer fans around the world. It took at least an hour, or even longer, for others. And some fans even ran into a “HTTP Status 400 — Bad Request” error message. Apparently, for good reason. The first opportunity to register to buy 2026 FIFA World Cup tickets during the Visa Presale Draw saw more ...

AI-assisted summary Many of college football’s top preseason quarterbacks have underperformed early in the season. Miami’s Carson Beck and Oklahoma’s John Mateer have emerged as top performers after three weeks. Several quarterbacks, including Oregon’s Dante Moore and Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson, are making a case for Heisman consideration. Things are not going as expected for many of college football’s top quarterbacks. ...

Just when you thought you’d seen it all with the college sports money grab, we give you Ohio State University.  The Roman Empire, everyone, needs more cash.  Ohio State president Ted Carter told USA TODAY that revenue sharing in the Big Ten – more cash for elite television properties – is ‘going to be a conversation that will be had ...