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#TitleIX #WomensBasketball #CoachingAbuse
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Six former Pitt players sue, alleging abusive coaching methods, 'hostile' environment
Pitt and women's basketball head coach Tory Verdi are being sued by six former players. Ryan Hunt / Getty Images
Six former University of Pittsburgh women's basketball players filed individual lawsuits against the school and women's basketball coach Tory Verdi on Friday.
#FigureSkating #Inspiration #Resilience
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Maxim Naumov emerges as a voice of reason at Olympics: 'Do things out of love, not fear'
MILAN -- We. American figure skater Maxim Naumov spoke the word as though he was inviting everybody in the world who has ever faced personal tragedy to come stand with him.
#GeorgeSaunders #PoliticalDiscourse #TruthInPolitics
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Video: Opinion | George Saunders on Why the Right Is 'on Autopilot'
The writer George Saunders is deeply attuned to the contradictions in people. On "The Ezra Klein Show," he speculates about why many Trump supporters accept the incoherence that often exists between the president's messaging and his administration's actions.
#JonathanBarnett #SoccerAgent #LegalIssues
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Former soccer agent Jonathan Barnett denies 'sex slave' accusations as 'ridiculous'
Barnett in 2018 Adam Fradgley - AMA/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images
Jonathan Barnett, the former high-profile soccer agent, has denied any wrongdoing after being accused of "threatening to kill" a woman who alleges he raped and tortured her if she spoke out.
#Cricket #IndiaVsPakistan #WorldCup
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India vs Pakistan: Cricket's $250m game at T20 World Cup to go ahead as government ends boycott ask
India against Pakistan in the World Cup in 2019 Michael Steele/Getty Images
Pakistan against India at the men's T20 World Cup is set to be played as originally scheduled on Sunday after Pakistan's government ended its order for a boycott.
#EnhancedGames #PerformanceEnhancement #AthleteHealth
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The Enhanced Games are 100 days away. Here's what we know
Olympians Ben Proud and Fred Kerley are among those to have signed up to the controversial venture James Sutton, Steph Chambers/Getty Images
It is just over three months until the Enhanced Games begin their bid to "safely evolve mankind into a new superhumanity" by hosting a competition in which athletes can use performance-enhancing substances.
#SportsBusiness #GlobalMarketing #SoccerExpansion
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The day Manchester United and the New York Yankees teamed up - and the missed opportunity
It was the deal that was going to turn the industry upside-down, sports' answer to one of those Marvel/DC crossovers. One business analyst quoted widely at the time said it was like "bringing together Coca-Cola and Pepsi -- it's that big.
#ChloeKim #Olympics #Snowboarding
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Chloe Kim: The stakes are high, but snowboard great is relaxed and confident
LIVIGNO, Italy -- She was bright and bubbly, flashing her famous smile over and over, oozing a cool confidence two days before she competes on a stage she's owned since she was 17 years old.
#ChloeKim #Olympics #Snowboarding
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Chloe Kim: The stakes are high, but snowboard great is relaxed and confident
LIVIGNO, Italy -- She was bright and bubbly, flashing her famous smile over and over, oozing a cool confidence two days before she competes on a stage she's owned since she was 17 years old.
#BadBunny #PuertoRico #SuperBowlHalftimeShow
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A Bad Bunny-focused affair at a Super Bowl watch party in Puerto Rico: Takeaways
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- I thought that watching Pudge Rodr铆guez go 4-for-4 with two home runs in San Juan during the World Baseball Classic in 2009 would be hard to top.
#SuperBowlHalftime #MusicPerformance #CulturalImpact
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Super Bowl halftime show rankings: Where does Bad Bunny fall among the greats?
This year's Super Bowl halftime show came with a ton of scrutiny. Bad Bunny is one of the top musical artists in the world, but the current political climate in the United States has put him under a spotlight as an artist whose music is primarily in Spanish.
Luk谩拧 Dost谩l, v媒born媒 brank谩艡 z 膶R, se na olympi谩d臎 chyst谩 nav谩zat na legendu Dominika Ha拧ka. Spolu s Vejmelkou a Vlada艡em tvo艡铆 silnou generaci 膷esk媒ch g贸lman暖. O膷ek谩v谩me 煤啪asn茅 momenty a mo啪n媒 z谩zrak na olympi谩d臎! 馃彃馃嚚馃嚳 #hokej #olympi谩da
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Could the Czech Republic's goaltending make it an Olympic men's hockey dark horse?
Luk谩拧 Dost谩l represented the Czech Republic at the 2025 World Championships. Michal Cizek / AFP via Getty Images
In the summer of 2024, the Anaheim Ducks goalie met legendary Czech netminder Dominik Ha拧ek for the first time.
#Luge #WinterOlympics #AthleteResilience
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Emily Fischnaller broke her neck at the 2018 Olympics. She's still chasing a luge medal
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- When Emily Fischnaller stepped to the luge starting line eight months after a horrific crash at the 2018 Olympic Games that left her with a broken neck and broken back, an unfamiliar emotion flooded through her body, one she hadn't felt in 15 years of doing her sport.
#NordicCombined #GenderEquality #Olympics
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The IOC calls the 2026 Olympics 'a landmark' for gender equality. But one sport is left out
Athletes staged a protest at the last World Cup before Milan Cortina, holding their poles up in an X to represent "no exceptions" for the exclusion of women's Nordic combined in the Olympics.
#SuperBowl #NFL #KennethWalkerIII
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Kenneth Walker III named Super Bowl 60 MVP after Seahawks defeat Patriots
Running back Kenneth Walker III helped the Seahawks control much of Super Bowl 60. Lynne Sladky / AP Images
The Seattle Seahawks didn't get a lot from NFL Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday.
#FigureSkating #QuadAxel #IliaMalinin
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Ilia Malinin's Quad Axel Positions Him as 2026 Olympics Gold Favorite
Only one skater in history has landed the quad axel in competition. Ilia Malinin, a 20-year-old American, first executed this difficult and seemingly impossible jump two and half years ago and has landed it in front of judges more than a dozen times since.
#LindseyVonn #WinterOlympics #Skiing
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Reports: Lindsey Vonn fractured leg in Olympic downhill crash, had surgery
DOBBIACO, Italy -- Lindsey Vonn had surgery to repair a fractured leg after her fall Sunday in the women's downhill race at the Winter Olympics, according to multiple reports.
#WinterOlympics #LindseyVonn #AlpineSkiing
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As Lindsey Vonn crashes and Breezy Johnson wins, an Olympic roller coaster of agony and joy
DOBBIACO, Italy -- At a bus stop 45 minutes outside of Cortina d'Ampezzo, a frustrated German man tried to appeal to an Italian bus driver in broken English.
#LindseyVonn #WinterOlympics #AlpineSkiing
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Lindsey Vonn crashes in Olympic women's downhill attempt on torn ACL
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Lindsey Vonn said she would make it to the Olympic downhill starting gate despite rupturing the most important ligament in her knee nine days ago, and she did.
#Cricket #T20WorldCup #SportsPolitics
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India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the political tensions undermining cricket's T20 World Cup
The T20 World Cup is taking place - without one of the sport's leading nations ISHARA S. KODIKARA/Getty Images
The men's Twenty20 World Cup is supposed to be a celebration of cricket.
#Homophobia #Solidarity #LGBTQ+
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Borja Iglesias suffered homophobic abuse for painting his nails. The reaction was overwhelming
The homophobic abuse directed at Borja Iglesias has led to a widespread show of solidarity in Spain Angel Martinez/Getty Images
At first glance, last month's La Liga fixture between Celta Vigo and Rayo Vallecano looked like any other.
#Olympics #SportsPolitics #TeamUSA
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As political talk rages in Milan, U.S. athletes are answering for their country
MILAN -- The words on the sign were hard to read at first, lost as they were in a tightly-packed hodgepodge of fans watching the men's Olympic short program Saturday night at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
#Olympics #SportsPolitics #TeamUSA
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As political talk rages in Milan, U.S. athletes are answering for their country
MILAN -- The words on the sign were hard to read at first, lost as they were in a tightly-packed hodgepodge of fans watching the men's Olympic short program Saturday night at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
#Intelligence #Politics #Democracy
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Video: Opinion | The President's Personal Spy Chief
From joining an F. B. I. search of an election center to allegedly suppressing a whistleblower complaint, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is eroding the independence of our intelligence community, argues Times Opinion's editor, Kathleen Kingsbury.
#WinterOlympics #AlpineSkiing #GoldMedal
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Rising star Franjo von Allmen wins Olympic gold for Switzerland in men's downhill
BORMIO, Italy -- Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen won the first gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics with a magnificent performance on the formidable Stelvio course in the men's downhill.
#JusticeDepartment #TrumpAdministration #FederalProsecutors
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Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
Glenn Thrush reported from Washington, Alan Feuer and Michael S. Schmidt from New York, Mimi Dwyer from Los Angeles and Ernesto Londo帽o from Minneapolis.
#NewYorkLiving #UrbanLife #HousingAffordability
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How a Florist Lives on $23,000 a Year in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
How can people possibly afford to live in one of the most expensive cities on the planet. It's a question New Yorkers hear a lot, often delivered with a mix of awe, pity and confusion.
#SuperBowl #SportsBetting #PropBets
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Super Bowl too boring? The surprising reason 'Prop Bets' took off
Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs players watch Referee Ron Torbert perform the coin toss ahead of Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La.
#Football #SocialResponsibility #HumanRights
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Pep Guardiola, Liam Rosenior and the risks and rewards for football figures talking politics
Pep Guardiola speaks at a pro-Palestine concert in Barcelona last week Gisela Jan茅/Getty Images
Journalists attending Pep Guardiola's press conference on Tuesday probably did not expect to hear about Palestine, Russia, Sudan, and the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by U.
#WinterOlympics2026 #Harmony #Unity
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Fans' boos, cheers at Olympic opening ceremony deliver message in their own way
MILAN -- Appropriately, and with good timing, the theme of the opening ceremony to the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday night was "Armonia," which in English translates to "Harmony.
