‘Tis the season for NCAA tournament bubble teams. With the 2025-26 men’s college basketball regular season in the books, its time now to look to the conference tournaments. In the 68-team field for March Madness, only 31 conference tournament champions can earn auto berths into the NCAA tournament. While some teams on the bubble can secure their […]

He’s tucked away on Team USA’s World Baseball Classic roster amid Cy Young Award winners and All-Stars. Yet even as Nolan McLean’s career is just getting started, he’s lined up to take on a significant role for the Americans. McLean, the New York Mets’ 24-year-old right-hander, has made just eight career major-league starts but might […]

The race for NBA Most Valuable Player is pretty much a wrap. With his 35-point, 15-assist, 9-rebound masterclass on March 9 against the Denver Nuggets, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made it all but a certainty that he would be crowned with the award once more. That it came on the night […]

Happy new year. Almost. The ball doesn’t drop on the 2026 NFL league year – officially – until 4 p.m. ET on March 11. But pending free agents began charging their glasses at noon on March 9, when they could legally begin negotiating contracts with outside teams. (Those same players can re-sign with their current […]

The 2026 NCAA Tournament hasn’t started yet, but the men’s college basketball coaching carousel is already spinning. As of Monday, March 9, three jobs are already open — Kansas State, Georgia Tech and Boston College — with Arizona State and Providence reportedly set to follow. They aren’t blue-blood jobs, but some of them should be […]

The World Baseball Classic enters a decisive day Tuesday, March 10 with the group finale for some of the top contenders and spots in the quarterfinals to be secured. Japan faces Czechia in the early in the game (6 a.m. ET) looking to finish undefeated in pool play. In the evening, Puerto Rico and Canada […]

Everyone watches women’s sports, as evidenced by the latest Unrivaled season. Stewart, who co-founded the 3-on-3 women’s pro basketball league with Napheesa Collier, praised Unrivaled’s growth after the second season concluded with her winning championship MVP. The league generated $45 million in revenue and reached over 1.2 billion fans digitally. Merchandise revenue also increased 130% […]

HOUSTON — If this were a year ago, Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal would be staying with Team USA and available to pitch in the potential World Baseball Classic championship game. If this were next year, and Skubal was already signed to the richest pitching contract in baseball history, he wouldn’t have a second thought […]

Michigan was the big winner of the 2025-26 season Big Ten men’s basketball season. The Wolverines won the league by four games and added to its dominance with Yaxel Lendeborg being named Big Ten Player of the Year by a panel of USA TODAY Network voters. It was a near unanimous selection with Lendeborg receiving […]