It’s not enough to simply call Bob Uecker an original, ‘1 of 1’ or the last of his kind. Uecker was both the OG and the parody, a man whose friendly voice on the airwaves echoed the folksy announcing tropes imbued in baseball for the better part of a century while also, somehow, sending them up. That he was an ...
The Genesis Invitational will be held at a new location in 2025 following the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The event previously known as the Los Angeles Open has been held at the Riviera Country Club, located in the Pacific Palisades, since 1999. The country club is located near the Palisades fire. The Los Angeles Medical Examiner announced ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Of all the feedback that Teddy Bridgewater has had since coming out of retirement last month to rejoin the Detroit Lions, there’s nothing quite like the reaction he’s had from his kids. The kids would be the players at Miami Northwestern High School whom Bridgewater, 32, recently coached to a Class 3A state championship in his ...
As regular readers of the Starting Five feature know, we tend to focus on Top 25 matchups when selecting which of the many college basketball games on the schedule to preview. We don’t call it the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll for nothing, after all. But generally speaking, such high-profile contests usually live up to their entertainment potential. ...
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, had missed 16 games after absorbing a leg-on-leg collision during a Nov. 18 game against the Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and scored goals in five of his first nine games back. Ovechkin entered this season ...
There’s been a stunner at the Australian Open, and it came from an American teenager. Qualifier and 19-year-old Learner Tien beat No. 5-ranked and three-time Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (7) for the biggest win of his young career. After capturing a two-set lead, Tien appeared to be slipping when ...
The Houston Texans are headed to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, but are losing more and more players along the way. Every win comes at a price and the wild-card win over the Chargers might’ve cost them Joe Mixon. The do-it-all running back for Houston was a late addition to the injury report this week, clouding his status ...
The stars shine bright in Dallas. More often than not, it’s also how the Dallas Cowboys conduct business — the franchise searches far and wide for the biggest names in the NFL. America’s Team would have it no other way … especially in a coaching search. After their parting of ways with Mike McCarthy, it comes as no surprise that ...
Major League Baseball lost one of its trademark personalities. The Milwaukee Brewers announced that longtime team play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker, who gained national fame with his appearances on ‘The Johnny Carson Show’ and his role as broadcaster Harry Doyle in the ‘Major League’ movie franchise, died Thursday at 90 years old. The Uecker family said in a statement Uecker had ...
For many non-baseball fans, Bob Uecker, who died Thursday at age 90, was first and foremost, a hilarious actor. His humor shone through in many Miller Lite commercials and a starring role in the TV series ‘Mr. Belvedere.’ But when Uecker was able to combine baseball and the big screen, magic happened. His role as play-by-play broadcaster Harry Doyle in ...