Terrence Shannon Jr. had his jersey retired by the Illinois men’s basketball program on Saturday night. What was already going to be a memorable moment turned into an infamous one due to an embarrassing gaffe. Prior to the Fighting Illini’s 79-65 loss to Michigan State, Shannon’s jersey was raised to the rafters in an on-court … Read more
It’s been 14 weeks since Joey Logano won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship in Phoenix and now it’s finally time to start the 2025 campaign with the Daytona 500. We’ve covered driver movement, previewed the season as a whole and kept track of a pretty significant lawsuit in the offseason, but now let’s focus … Read more
John Tonje scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half Saturday and Max Klesmit added 17 points and six assists to help No. 16 Wisconsin beat No. 7 Purdue 94-84. Tonje scored 10 straight points during a key second-half stretch that gave Wisconsin a lead it never relinquished. The Badgers (20-5, 10-4) won … Read more
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jesse Love became the second youngest driver to win at Daytona in the NASCAR Xfinity Series when he took the checkered flag in overtime Saturday night. The 20-year-old Love scored his second career win when he crossed the line before a multi-car crash brought out the caution to end the race. … Read more
LIV Golf Adelaide – final leaderboard -13 J Niemann (Chi); -10 A Ancer (Mex), C Ortiz (Mex); -9 D Puig (Spa); -8 R Bland (Eng); -7 J Rahm (Spa) Selected others: -6 B Koepka (US), S Horsfield (Eng), T McKibbin (NI); -4 S Garcia (Spa), B DeChambeau (US); -2 P Mickleson (US), T Hatton (Eng); … Read more
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —Thursday’s qualifying races created a buzz in the NASCAR Cup garage by what one organization did to shave time on pit road, which could impact Sunday’s Daytona 500. The Joe Gibbs Racing pit crews of Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs debuted a unique way to alert their drivers when to leave on … Read more
Karl-Anthony Towns, seen here at last year’s All-Star game, will be among the players in this year’s All-Star round robin tournament. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images) The 2025 NBA All-Star game won’t just be an East vs. West game like it has been, instead, it will be a mini-tournament where four teams, whose players were selected by … Read more
UConn at South Carolina women’s basketball: How to watch Paige Bueckers take on defending champs Geno Auriemma vs. Dawn Staley. Paige Bueckers, Sarah Strong and the nation’s top offense on the road against the steely reigning champions. A Sunday “College GameDay” game with a federal holiday on Monday. Don’t mind if we do. How to … Read more
Jacob Kiplimo is a two-time world cross country champion [Getty Images] Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo became the first person to run a half marathon below 57 minutes as he shattered the world record by 48 seconds in Barcelona. The 24-year-old ran 56 minutes and 42 seconds to eclipse Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha’s previous world record of 57:30 … Read more
A match between the United States and Canada descended into chaos on Saturday with three fights breaking out between players in the first nine seconds. Players exchanged punches at Montreal’s Bell Centre during the 4 Nations fixture, which the US won 3-1 with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in attendance. The game was played against … Read more