The NFL’s playoff races are quickly heating up as December football kicks into high gear. Yet there’s a flip side to the best teams jockeying for postseason position − quite a few other clubs have been and will continue to be officially eliminated from playoff consideration. Heading into Week 15, nine of the league’s 32 […]

Michigan inched few more steps toward panic mode after Kalen DeBoer swats away Wolverines, but it’s not dire yet. Not a shock that a coach wouldn’t want to leave Alabama for Michigan. Sherrone Moore’s messy exit not the red flag about Michigan. Imagine Michigan’s coaching search as that game off the “Price is Right,” where […]

Rookie Cooper Flagg scored a career-high 42 points, but it wasn’t enough to help the Dallas Mavericks avoid a 140-133 overtime defeat against the Utah Jazz on Monday, Dec. 15. The performance set a new single-game scoring standard for NBA players under the age of 19. Flagg, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 […]

Every week for the duration of the 2025 regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the NFL’s ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting Sunday afternoon and then moving forward for the remainder of the week (through Monday’s and Thursday’s games or Saturday’s, if applicable. And, when the holidays roll around, we’ll be watching then, too). What […]

AI-assisted summary Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes underwent surgery to repair a torn left ACL. The injury occurred during a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, which eliminated the Chiefs from playoff contention. Dr. Dan Cooper, a Dallas-based orthopedic surgeon, performed the procedure. Mahomes is expected to begin rehabilitation immediately and has about nine […]

Playing in nearby Cary, N.C., NC State clawed back from a 2-0 deficit and tied the score at 2-2 with three minutes left in regulation to force overtime. But the Huskies managed to get the winner in dramatic fashion, scoring a few minutes into the first overtime period. ‘We told them it was going to […]

The NBA Cup championship game is set and Victor Wembanyama helped the San Antonio Spurs crash the party. The Spurs set up a fascinating championship game for the NBA’s in-season tournament by upsetting the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Wemby and company will face the New York Knicks on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in Las Vegas […]

Close said she’s ‘hopeful’ freshman forward Sienna Betts will make her collegiate debut in UCLA’s matchup against Cal Poly on Tuesday at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. Betts, the younger sister of first-team All-American center Lauren Betts, has been sidelined for the first 10 games of the season with a lower leg injury suffered during […]

With another round of expansion expected in the Professional Women’s Hockey League, the league’s 2026 draft will be key to welcoming more talent. For the PWHL, it’s a potentially generational draft. There will be strong players, like Finland’s Petra Nieminen, heading to the PWHL from international sources, but the bulk of that talent is coming […]