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The 2021 Olympics are less than two months away, but more than ever there’s uncertainty about whether the games will go on this year.  COVID-19 cases in Japan are spiking, with the nation reporting at least 3,000 new cases every day dating to early April. The rising case counts prompted Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to declare a

Playoff losses shake up the latest poll By Dave Hines, NFCA | June 3, 2021 12:49 pm ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Losses in the state playoffs jostled Texas teams that had been rock solid in the top 10 in this week’s USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25. Unbeaten eight-time Mississippi state Class 5A champion

By James Morgan | June 1, 2021 8:29 am ET Recruiting visits are back for college football! For the first time since March 2020, the NCAA’s recruiting dead period is lifted. The Georgia Bulldogs and Kirby Smart hold the top-ranked recruiting class for the class of 2022 and 2023. There is still a long way

2:17 AM ET LOS ANGELES — From the moment Luka Doncic declared for the NBA draft in 2018, this game was coming. The game when it became clear he wasn’t just a great talent, but one who was ready to lead a team to a win against any opponent, in any playoff series, in any

It was a scary scene in the last minute of Wednesday night’s Game 1 between the Jets and Canadiens. With the Canadiens up 4-3, Jake Evans skated full steam down the ice, grabbed a loose puck and scored an empty-netter with 56.9 seconds left on the clock. Immediately after giving his team a two-goal lead, though, he got leveled

10:32 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Danny Ainge is stepping down as the Boston Celtics president of basketball operations and the franchise is elevating coach Brad Stevens to run basketball operations, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics will start a search to hire a head coach to replace Stevens, sources said. Celtics staff were informed

Live from Chase Field in Phoenix, watch the D-backs take on the New York Mets Wednesday, June 2 at 3:30 PM ET, 12:30 PM PT on YouTube. MLB Game of the Week Live on YouTube brings live baseball to YouTube! Stream select games for free across your favorite devices on the MLB YouTube channel. Mets

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By Phil Harrison | May 30, 2021 1:07 pm ET Follow @philharrisonbw When the top recruit in the class of 2022 decommitted from Texas and flipped his commitment to Ohio State, it sent ripples across the college football recruiting world. Not only because the Buckeyes gained yet another blue-chip prospect, but because the Texas program lost

By Tyler Calvaruso | June 2, 2021 1:36 pm ET Fan behavior has garnered plenty of attention over the last couple of weeks with the NBA playoffs in full swing. Now, the kind of concerning behavior that has left fans banned for life from arenas is trickling down to the high school ranks. According to

After Bally Sports Arizona analyst Bob Brenly made comments about Mets’ starting pitcher Marcus Stroman’s du-rag, the New York right-hander took to Twitter to respond.  While Stroman was pitching on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks, Brenly, a former manager who won a World Series with Arizona, made a remark about his head covering that many, including

12:39 AM ET In one of the most electrifying postseason performances ever, Damian Lillard had 55 points and an NBA playoff record 12 3-pointers in the Portland Trail Blazers‘ double-overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 on Tuesday night. Lillard broke the record of 11 set by Klay Thompson in 2016 in Game

What to know about Bucks vs. Nets Milwaukee and Brooklyn met three times during the 2020-21 regular season, but what did those contests really tell us? The Nets never had their full “Big Three” available against the Bucks — Kyrie Irving missed the first game, and James Harden sat out the other two — so