The Lakers are using their final roster spot in-house with reports of signing 22-year-old two-way guard Kobe Bufkin to a two-year standard NBA contract with a team option in 2026-27, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Michigan native has made a name for himself this season with impressive performances for the Lakers’ South Bay G-League … Read more
Puyallup’s student section nearly tumbled over in shock when Will Nasinec took flight. For a split second, those in attendance for Saturday’s 4A SPSL championship game at Tacoma Community College couldn’t hear themselves think — the go-ahead slam by the senior wing ignited a crowd of more than 1,000. Trailing by one point in the … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA’s newest proposal to the players’ union that was delivered Friday made small increases to its revenue sharing offer and concessions on housing according to two people familiar with the negotiations. The people spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press on Saturday because of the sensitive nature of … Read more
On Borrowed Time: What Arne Slot Must Do to Save His Liverpool Job Liverpool Football Club rarely lives in limbo, yet that is exactly where it finds itself as another decisive spring approaches. Arne Slot remains in charge, but only just, and the sense that this season is being played out under review rather than … Read more
MILAN, Italy — The moment of the first day of the Winter Olympics belongs to Francesca Lollobrigida. The Italian speedskater won the host nation’s first gold medal at these Games on Saturday in a thrilling women’s 3,000-meter race. And on her birthday. Advertisement Her time of 3 minutes, 54.28 seconds was an Olympic record and … Read more
A ruptured ACL has not stopped Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic comeback. The 41-year-old skiing great is at the 2026 Winter Olympics seeking her first gold medal since Vancouver 2010. Her appearance at the Milan Cortina Games was in question just a week ago following a fall during a World Cup downhill race in Switzerland. Advertisement Despite … Read more
Team USA’s teen sensation Oliver Martin is just 17, but he’s one of the most exciting athletes on the slopes at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games. Martin is the youngest snowboarder to ever land a 2160 (that’s six spins) and the only snowboarder in the world who can throw a frontside and a backside … Read more
Former NFL linebacker Darron Lee has been charged with murdering his girlfriend. Police officers were dispatched to a residence near Chattanooga in Tennessee on Thursday. Life-saving measures were attempted on a woman but she was already deceased. Advertisement Lee, 31, was identified as the suspect and taken into custody, and on Friday was charged with … Read more
The NBA’s trade deadline came and went on Thursday with Giannis Antetokounmpo staying put on the Milwaukee Bucks’ roster. That means that once this summer starts, he will be highly sought after once again, and perhaps this time, the attempts to trade for him will be very serious. The Minnesota Timberwolves, Miami Heat and New … Read more
Across the sports landscape, the NFL always seems to be the one league immune to the ratings erosion brought on by the era of cord-cutting. With one exception. The 2026 Pro Bowl Games continued a worrying trend for the league, drawing an average of only 2.0 million viewers on ESPN in its new Tuesday timeslot, … Read more