Shohei Ohtani and Japan will look to defend their World Baseball Classic crown in 2026, three years after defeating Team USA in an instant classic of a final, the country’s third win in five editions of the international tournament. Ohtani struck out then-Angels teammate Mike Trout to clinch that victory, and the now-Dodgers star has earned three more MVP awards ...
Mexico returns to compete in the World Baseball Classic again this year. The country has been represented in every WBC tournament since the tournament’s inception in 2006 and is coming off its best finish in 2023, when the team finished third. The team had not previously finished better than sixth after a second-round exit in 2006. The 2026 roster features ...
MILAN — The 2026 Winter Olympics continued Thursday with more curling mixed doubles round robin matches, men’s Alpine downhill training and luge training runs. But women’s ice hockey entered the chat as well, highlighted by Hilary Knight and the U.S. women’s hockey team opening their Olympic slate against Czechia. Ski jumping also got in the mix with training runs, too. ...
The 2026 World Baseball Classic begins on March 4, with some exhibition games taking place a day earlier. The Dominican Republic, the 2013 champions, will once again be one of the most daunting teams in the tournament. The DR disappointed in the most recent tournament, though, failing to make it past pool play in 2023. That could certainly change this ...
Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point has been ruled out of the 2026 Winter Olympics because of a lower-body injury. He is being replaced on Team Canada by the Carolina Hurricanes’ Seth Jarvis. Jarvis had played for Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off but wasn’t part of the initial roster for the Olympic team. Point, injured on Jan. 12, is ...
MILAN — As the United States enters an Olympic Games in the midst of the Trump Administration’s volatile foreign policy, leaders of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee said Thursday they emphasized in pre-Olympic meetings that they are ‘partners’ with sports leaders around the world. ‘I think the United States is very important to the future of the Olympic movement ...
WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is ready for the 2026 Winter Olympics. On Thursday, Comcast shared an Instagram video of Clark wearing an Olympic hockey jersey. In the video, the Indiana Fever star picks up a camera off the floor and shows off her outfit (a gray crop top sweater and jeans) before placing the camera down and covering the camera ...
SAN JOSE, CA − Should the Seattle Seahawks have simply run the ball? It’s a question that’s been posed countless times over the past decade-plus but has returned to the forefront with a vengeance this week as Seattle prepares to play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60 − 11 years after the Seahawks’ stunning, controversial, pall-casting 28-24 loss ...
Since they weren’t able to swing a deal before the NBA trading deadline expired, the Brooklyn Nets are reportedly waiving guard Cam Thomas. Thomas, 24, had an uneven tenure with the Nets. He proved at times that he was a capable scorer, averaging a career-high 24.0 points per game last season. But Thomas was a restricted free agent this past ...