CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Maybe we’ve gotten the Canadians all wrong. They seem to have the market cornered on niceness, the type of folks who always say hello and never have a bad word to say about anyone or anything. Certainly not the type to cause a ruckus or, gasp, cheat. And yet … For the second Olympics in a ...
After several injury-plagued seasons, Mike Trout is motivated to prove he can still be one of baseball’s best players. Trout has expressed his desire to return to playing center field, a position he feels most comfortable in. Despite recent struggles and not being ranked among the game’s elite, Trout’s presence continues to command respect in the Angels’ clubhouse. TEMPE, Ariz. ...
MILAN — Captain Hilary Knight stood on the ice as her USA women’s hockey teammates filed off, one by one, following another resounding performance at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The five-time Olympian, chasing her second Olympic gold medal, fist bumped each of her teammates, the last to go through the gap in the boards and head to the locker room. ...
A deadly shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, left two people deceased and at least three individuals wounded following a family dispute on Feb. 16, according to the Pawtucket Police Department. The New England Patriots were among the many in the sports world to react to the shooting. The six-time Super Bowl-winning franchise issued a ...
We’re going about this Jerome Tang thing the wrong way. This isn’t about basketball, or the lack of a winning team, or hurt feelings or Tang embarrassing a university. This is about the underperforming football team at Kansas State. Because when football isn’t right, nothing else matters. When you’re staring at K-State paying Tang what is believed to be the ...
A little more than a week after her gruesome crash, Lindsey Vonn says she is ‘slowly coming back to life.’ She appears to be in good spirits, making faces, laughing and smiling. ‘Thankful for friends, family, my team and all the medical staff that are getting me back to myself…. I’m slowly coming back to life, back to basics and ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries are Olympic medalists once again. The queens of bobsled finished first and third in the women’s monobob event Monday, Feb. 16 at the Cortina Sliding Center. It was the first gold medal in Meyers Taylor’s legendary career, and her sixth overall, tying Bonnie Blair for most medals by an ...
Arizona’s reign as the No. 1 team in the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll is over for now. After five weeks at the top, the Wildcats took their first two losses of the season, losing their hold on the Big 12 lead as well. Michigan reclaims the No. 1 ranking, the unanimous choice after the Wolverines extended their ...
Everyone loves to see a power couple profess their love for one another, whether publicly or privately, especially in sports. Myles Garrett and Chloe Kim put their love on display at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina, Italy. Sometimes, simply showing up to support a significant other can be the greatest gesture, as Garrett did after winning the ...
MILAN — The 2026 Winter Olympics pairs figure skating champion is Japan. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara skated flawlessly, despite going into the night ranked fifth after the short program, to outdo the Georgians and Germans for the gold medal with a total score of 231.41. Georgia pair Anatasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava won silver with a 221.75. And Germany’s ...