The Minnesota Timberwolves held a moment of silence before their Jan. 8 game at the Target Center to honor Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot this week by a federal immigration officer. Video of the Timberwolves’ broadcast of the trubute, posted to the r/NBA subreddit and reviewed by USA TODAY, shows that the moment of silence was punctuated by a ...
The Los Angeles Angels, along with eight other Major League Baseball teams, terminated broadcast deals with FanDuel Sports Network and its parent company, Main Street Sports Group, on Thursday, Jan. 8. According to the Associated Press, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the league is prepared to produce and distribute the broadcasts of all nine teams — the Angels, Atlanta Braves, ...
The WNBA and its players association will not agree to a new collective bargaining agreement by Friday’s deadline. That’s according to New York Liberty All-Star Breanna Stewart, the two-time league MVP and vice president of the players association. ‘We are not coming to an agreement by tomorrow, I can tell you that,’ Stewart told reporters in Miami following an Unrivaled ...
Corey LaJoie will take Brad Keselowski’s place in the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford for the Feb. 1 NASCAR Clash event that unofficially kicks off the 2026 Cup Series season. The move comes as Keselowski continues his recovery from a broken leg suffered on a family ski trip in December. ‘I’m happy for Corey to get this opportunity. I’m laser ...
Patrick Kane has joined an exclusive club, becoming the 50th player in NHL history to reach 500 goals. Kane, 37, recorded the huge milestone when he scored twice in the Detroit Red Wings’ game against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, Jan. 8, picking up No. 500 on an empty-net score with 3:53 left. The goal, in his 1,332nd career game, ...
Texas sophomore guard Jordan Lee has tripled her scoring average in 2025-26 and emerged as one of the best two-way players in SEC women’s basketball. The No. 2 ranked Longhorns are relying on the trio of Lee, Madison Booker and Rori Harmon to get back to the Final Four for a second consecutive year. Lee uses a color-coded notes system, ...
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is the subject of domestic violence allegations leveled by his former girlfriend and the mother of their two children. In an Instagram post on Jan. 7, Rice’s ex-girlfriend posted photos of herself with a bloody lip, as well as several scratches and bruises. Although she didn’t name Rice directly, she alleges she has ...
AI-assisted summary Chloe Kim dislocated her shoulder for the second time in a month while training in Switzerland. The injury occurred less than a month before the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. Despite the setback, Kim remains optimistic about her recovery and snowboarding performance. ASPEN, CO — For the second time in a month, Chloe Kim has dislocated her ...
There are 13 games remaining in the 2025 NFL season, six of them set to be played this weekend in what projects to be a postseason as wide open as any in recent memory. It will begin Saturday, when the sub-.500 Carolina Panthers host − that ain’t right − the Los Angeles Rams, followed by the Green Bay Packers visiting ...
AI-assisted summary Half of the NFL’s stadiums use natural grass while the other half use synthetic turf, sparking an ongoing debate about player safety. Many NFL players prefer grass, believing it is less taxing on their bodies, but the league maintains data shows no significant difference in injury rates between surfaces. Several NFL stadiums with turf will install natural grass ...