SPOKANE, Washington — No one is beating UConn. Not USC on Monday night in the Elite Eight. Not UCLA, South Carolina or Texas in the Final Four, either. There are still three games left in the season, but you can be certain of this: When the buzzer sounds Sunday night, it’ll be Paige Bueckers and UConn cutting down the nets ...
JuJu Watkins posted a statement on social media shortly after midnight Tuesday, her first words shared publicly since exiting USC’s second-round game with a season-ending ACL injury. ‘Thank you for all the incredible love and support,’ Watkins posted to her Instagram story. ‘Seeing all your messages and kind words has meant the world to me — ya’ll have given me ...
All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman was not in the lineup for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 6-1 win Monday night against his former team, the Atlanta Braves, after aggravating his surgically repaired right ankle in what the team called a shower ‘mishap.’ Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters before Monday night’s game that Freeman’s ‘mishap’ happened as he entered the shower ...
And then there were four in the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament. Three No. 1 seeds — UCLA, South Carolina and Texas — punched their tickets to Tampa Bay, Florida to the Final Four, which tips off on Friday. UConn is the lone No. 2 seed to advance after knocking out No. 1 USC, which was not at full strength following the season-ending ACL ...
The 2025 WNBA draft has just received a huge shakeup. Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles was projected to be the No. 2 overall pick in USA TODAY Sports’ latest mock draft, following UConn’s Paige Bueckers, the consensus No. 1 overall pick, but Miles is reportedly holding off on turning pro. Miles will forgo the 2025 WNBA draft and instead enter ...
Yet for as much as players and fans and managers are conditioned not to assign undue import to the start of a season, there’s never been a five-game start as astounding – statistically, and circumstantially – as Rafael Devers’ grim 2025 beginning. Monday afternoon, as the Baltimore Orioles rolled out their orange carpet and heralded their home opener, Devers and ...
PALM BEACH, Florida – Break up the champs. Or at least burn a page in the Philadelphia Eagles playbook. That possibility sums up the hottest topic of debate during an otherwise mellow round of meetings this week for NFL owners, with passion flowing all across the swanky resort. Sure, you may have thought the question of whether Philadelphia’s signature “tush ...
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin will be on the road for back-to-back nights, starting Tuesday in Boston, as he continues his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s goal record. The Capitals captain scored his 890th career goal Sunday afternoon and now needs five goals to top the 894 that the Hall of Famer Gretzky scored from 1979-99. Washington will play in Carolina on Wednesday night ...
Days after making his first start for Boston, pitcher Garrett Crochet and the Red Sox agreed on a six-year, $170 million contract extension, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t yet been announced. Crochet’s new contract goes into effect in 2026, ...
Profar, 32, signed a three-year, $42 million contract with the Braves after a career season with the San Diego Padres that resulted in his first All-Star appearance. He established career highs with 24 home runs and an .839 OPS, and the Braves signed him this winter to be their starting left fielder. MLB announced that Profar tested positive for chorionic ...