A lot has changed since USA TODAY Sports’ last prediction on who could make the U.S. Olympic hockey team, most of it involving injuries. Of the first six named, Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes missed five games with an injury but is back. Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews (lower body) is due back soon, […]

Auburn is in danger of becoming Nebraska. It needs an exorcism after this Iron Bowl. Jon Sumrall and Brent Key make sense as Auburn coaching candidates. Auburn in spoiler role against Alabama. Nick Saban flattered Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium when he called it haunted. Truthfully, it’s been nothing but a house of horrors for the home […]

The 2025 women’s college basketball season is well underway, and there have already been some spectacular matchups. Within the first few weeks of play, the top games did not disappoint. Junior guard Hannah Hidalgo hit the game-winner as No. 19 Notre Dame completed a marvelous comeback against freshman sensation Jazzy Davidson and No. 18 USC. […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are in the hunt for an AFC North title despite one of the franchise’s worst defenses in years. Pittsburgh enters Week 13 at 20th in the league in points allowed and 28th in yards. That’d be the worst marks since 2021 and on pace for the worst defense by those stats in […]

This developing story has been updated with new information. A Virginia high school football coach who went missing in the middle of his team’s undefeated season last week is facing criminal charges related to child pornography and soliciting a minor, according to the Virginia State Police on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Travis Turner, 46, is wanted […]

A pair of undefeated women’s college basketball teams are set to clash in an early season top-5 showdown in the desert. The No. 3 UCLA Bruins will face off against the No. 4 Texas Longhorns on Wednesday at the Players Era Women’s Championship in Las Vegas at Michelob ULTRA Arena, home of the WNBA champion Las […]

Michigan has better playoff chance than Texas, based on better record. Michigan beating Ohio State would become unsettling news for Alabama. One of Texas’ problems: Scheduling Ohio State. How much is a win against an undefeated team worth? That’s what Michigan and Texas must be asking after clocking in at Nos. 15 and 16 in […]

Let me take you to the intersection of Lunacy Avenue and Spite Street, where Ole Miss, longtime afterthought in the SEC, is willfully torpedoing what could be the greatest season in school history.  Rebels coach Lane Kiffin may or may not want out of Oxford, and the school wants an answer the day after Friday’s […]