Johnny Gaudreau was at the Olympic gold medal hockey game on Sunday. In spirit. Gaudreau was on the ice when Jack Hughes scored the thrilling overtime goal to lift the Americans past favored Canada, 2-1. In the hearts of all of the Team USA players. Gaudreau, the speedy left wing from New Jersey who dreamed […]

There’s a change at the top once again in the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll following a busy week of high-profile matchups. Duke is now the No. 1 team. The Blue Devils received 27 of 31 first-place votes this week after upending previous No. 1 Michigan in one of those marquee clashes. The […]

Another NHL player will miss some regular season time because of an injury that he suffered at the Olympics. The Dallas Stars placed forward Mikko Rantanen on the injured list with a lower body injury, retroactive to Feb. 20. That means the earliest he could return is Feb. 27 and he will miss at least […]

Lindsey Vonn revealed she could have lost her leg as the result of her crash in the downhill at the Milano Cortina Olympics. In an Instagram post Monday, Feb. 23, Vonn detailed injuries that were far more extensive than initially known. In addition to the complex tibial fracture in her left leg, Vonn said she had a […]

It’s looking like NBC won gold with their coverage of this year’s Winter Olympics. The network averaged 23.5 million viewers throughout the two-plus week competition across all platforms, it announced in a press release on Feb. 23. The final numbers are still coming in but if they hold, that would make Milano Cortina the most-viewed […]

PHOENIX – It may have been a meaningless spring training game, but for Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia, it meant everything. He slowly walked to the mound Monday, listening to the crowd at Camelback Ranch give him a rousing ovation, took a deep breath, and with his heart pounding, proceeded to do what he […]

We’ve already seen an upset in NCAA women’s college hockey, and some programs were still finishing the final week of the 2025-26 season. The opening round of conference playoffs began for some teams, including Union College, which upset nationally ranked Clarkson.  Rounding out the opening round of ECAC playoffs, Colgate ousted RPI, Brown eliminated Dartmouth, […]

LAS VEGAS – Rapper Flavor Flav invited the women’s U.S. hockey team to celebrate their gold-medal win in Las Vegas on social media Feb. 23. The Public Enemy founding member wrote on social media that if the team, ‘wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners […]