Butchering someone's name these days is a daily occurrence, as people can't be bothered with those details when trying to create a hot take no one cares about.
- Nancy Armour, USA TODAY
Quarterfinals or bust. That’s the reality for the U.S. men’s national team at this World Cup. Untimely injuries, tough opponents, unlucky bounces — doesn’t matter.
- Kristie Ackert USA TODAY
Kyle Busch won a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race one week before he died. He was 41 years old, by all appearances healthy, and then he was killed by pneumonia.
- Jarrett Bell USA TODAY
There’s no guarantee that regardless of how good of a defense Brian Flores develops that he will ever land another job as an NFL head coach.
- Kristie Ackert 'USA TODAY
Kyle Busch spent 20 years being one of the most dominant drivers NASCAR had ever seen. Everybody knew he was going to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
- Lorenzo Reyes USA TODAY
You can make the case that no team in NBA history has played better basketball over an 11-game stretch than the New York Knicks are playing right now.
- Scott Fowler The (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun
In 2002, a 23-year-old driver named Kurt Busch was just starting to reel off wins in what would eventually become his NASCAR hall of fame career.
Kyle Busch, one of the most prolific drivers in NASCAR history, died suddenly this week at age 41 during a trip to Charlotte.
After several members of the committee planning the project posed for pictures, the heavy equipment fired up, and members of the town’s public works crew started moving dirt and concrete.
Kevin Harvick was elected in his first year of eligibility and is joined by fellow former drivers Jeff Burton and Larry Phillips in the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2027, the organization announced Tuesday.
Martinsville Speedway will become part of a first-of-its-kind partnership between Airbnb, NASCAR, and Speedway Motorsports designed to expand lodging options and increase the economic impact of race weekends in rural racing communities.
NASCAR All-Star Race weekend began on May 15 with an interesting quote from Chase Elliott after practice. "It feels like a normal weekend," Elliott said.
Legge will be the first woman to attempt “The Double” — racing in the Indy 500 and Charlotte’s Coca-Cola 600 — on May 24.
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died, the team and his sports agency announced Tuesday. He was 29 years old.
He revealed he was gay in a first-person Sports Illustrated story, receiving widespread praise and encouragement in the public sphere.
The 2026 NBA sraft lottery is done, with the Washington Wizards emerging on top. The franchise that badly needs a star to build around may get one with their selection.
Here are the winners and losers from the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery.
Much to television networks' and streamers' chagrin, the NFL's prime-time schedule can't be built out of Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs games alone.
Tony Stewart’s iconic Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 “Double Duty” performance has remained one of motorsport’s toughest achievements for 25 years, setting the benchmark for endurance in a single day across the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. Now, Katherine Legge is aiming to take on tha…
Another crucial piece of the Wizards' plan fell into place during Sunday's NBA draft lottery when they won the first pick in a year when the draft features multiple stars.
The NFL's regular-season schedule might be an intricate puzzle, but any notion of equity quickly falls by the wayside when it comes to optimizing the broadcast slate.
Last month, the NBA announced its list of early entrants for June’s 2026 draft. Only that list was much smaller than in years past.
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Buying things takes less time these days — you can have your week’s groceries, a new outfit and a used car headed to your front door in a matter of hours, thanks to technology. But this convenience comes with a price. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals fewer people are shopping on...
Now that grocery inflation seems to have eased, retailers are clamoring to offer more and better discounts that will get shoppers back to their stores this summer. With an announcement Wednesday, Walgreens joined a growing list of national brands, which also includes Target and Amazon Fresh, that are touting price cuts on an array of...
Beyond overall inflation, which rose 3.7% year over year since September 2023, there are a few more reasons why candy is so expensive right now.
IndyCar has withdrawn a T-shirt from its online store after some fans objected to language they said could be interpreted as white-supremacist, a misstep for the Washington Grand Prix event.
With the 2026 NFL Draft complete, only one major event stands between the league and its summer break.
The Green Bay Packers didn't draft a quarterback to compete for the backup job, so they signed one as a free agent.
Power was officially turned off to the current Highmark Stadium on Friday. It is considered the start of the stadium’s mass demolition and is a significant milestone for the project as the new stadium nears completion.
Charlotte Hornets big man Moussa Diabate was named the winner of the 2025-26 NBA Hustle Award on Thursday.
New Orleans Pelicans center DeAndre Jordan was named this year's winner of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award on Wednesday.
Rob Thomson, fired Tuesday morning by the Philadelphia Phillies, insisted he not only understood why he was dismissed so quickly, but had no harsh feelings toward Dave Dombrowski.
The Philadelphia Phillies fire manager Rob Thomson amid early-season struggles, bringing in Don Mattingly to ignite a turnaround for the playoff-bound team.