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Joe Gibbs Racing files $8M lawsuit against ex-competition director
Joe Gibbs Racing, in a lawsuit filed Thursday in the Western District of North Carolina, accused its former competition director, Chris Gabehart, of sharing confidential information and trade secrets with a competing team.,The suit seeks damages of at least $8 million.,Gabehart put in 13 years at JG...
Reports: NBA plans to add anti-tanking rules next season
In response to the persistence and increase in NBA teams allegedly tanking to ensure better draft-lottery odds, commissioner Adam Silver told all 30 general managers that the league will make rule changes to combat the practice starting next season, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.,The l...
Tyler Reddick's Daytona 500 win scores massive ratings for Fox
Tyler Reddick's victory in the 2026 Daytona 500 scored massive ratings for Fox Sports, which saw an 11% increase over last year's race.,The 7.489 million viewers for the race out-paced every non-prime Winter Olympics window on broadcast and cable and was the most-watched NASCAR race since the 2023 D...
Alysa Liu caps comeback with gold, ends US women’s figure skating drought
MILAN -- Alysa Liu produced a dazzling performance to win the gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games as she capped a remarkable comeback journey to snap a 20-year Olympic medal drought for Americans in the women's figure skating event.,Kaori Sakamoto secured silver ahead of teenaged Japanese teammate...
World champs Great Britain to play Canada for men’s curling gold
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- World champions Great Britain nabbed a steal of two in the final end to beat Switzerland 8-5 in a thrilling semifinal clash on Thursday in the men's curling competition at the Winter Olympics, setting up a final against Canada.,Switzerland appeared to have the upper hand ...
Tundra moves to top of Group B at DreamLeague Season 28
Tundra Esports won twice on Thursday to rise to the top of Group B with one day left in Group Stage 1 at DreamLeague Season 28.,Tundra is the first team to reach four wins in its group, with MOUZ close behind in second. In Group A, Aurora Gaming notched another win and remains comfortably in first.,...
China’s Eileen Gu bounces back to land into halfpipe final
LIVIGNO, Italy -- China's Eileen Gu bounced back from a mistake to qualify on Thursday for the Winter Olympics freestyle skiing halfpipe final, giving the defending champion a chance to pick up yet another medal.,Gu crashed on her first run, after clipping the edge of the U-shaped ramp that defines ...
All-Star events draw biggest audience in 24 years
The NBA's All-Star festivities drew their largest viewing audience in nearly a quarter-century last weekend, the league announced Thursday.,The league said 46 million people in the United States watched All-Star weekend across the NBC platforms and ESPN, the most since 2011 and more than triple last...
Super Bowl LX ratings given late boost, still shy of record
Nielsen adjusted the ratings for Super Bowl LX, bumping the final viewership numbers to 125.6 million.,The Seattle Seahawks' victory over the New England Patriots was originally reported to have averaged 124.9 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, Telemundo and other digital platforms. Nielsen said t...
Report: Sporting KC trading F Daniel Salloi to Toronto
Toronto FC are finalizing a deal to acquire Hungarian winger Daniel Salloi from Sporting Kansas City, The Athletic reported on Thursday.,In exchange, Sporting KC will receive $300,00 in general allocation money and $700,000 in add-ons. Salloi would not occupy a Designated Player spot with Toronto, p...
Suns owner Mat Ishbia blasts teams for 'ridiculous' tanking 'done by losers'
Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia is sickened by teams tanking games to try to improve their draft position, calling it "ridiculous," "losing behavior done by losers" and "much worse than any prop bet scandal" in a social media post on Thursday.,Ishbia linked his tweet to a Yahoo Sports story posted on ...
US, Canada women advance to Olympics curling semis
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Rachel Homan's Canada team beat South Korea 10-7 on Thursday to book a spot in the semi-finals of the women's curling competition at the Winter Olympics, where they will be joined by the United States.-,Both teams needed to win to lock in a place in the final four, and Ho...
Speed skater Jordan Stolz denied 3rd gold medal, takes silver in 1500m
MILAN -- China's Ning Zhongyan won the men's 1,500 meters at the Winter Olympics on Thursday, denying American Jordan Stolz of his third speed skating gold medal of these Games.,Stolz claimed silver, while two-time defending Olympic 1,500m champion Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands secured bronze to rou...
Freestyle skiing halfpipe, aerial events postponed at Olympics
Freestyle skiing halfpipe and aerial events were postponed at the Winter Olympics on Thursday because of heavy snow in Livigno, Italy.,The men's aerials qualifiers and final were rescheduled for Friday morning, with the men's halfpipe qualification beginning about an hour after the aerials conclude....
Texas Tech's national title odds sink minus JT Toppin
JT Toppin's season came to an end with the torn right ACL he suffered this week, and oddsmakers believe Texas Tech's national title hopes might have evaporated with the loss of the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year.,The 13th-ranked Red Raiders (19-7, 9-4 Big 12) served notice that they were a serio...
Drew Rasmussen named Opening Day starter by Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays will hand the ball to right-hander Drew Rasmussen on Opening Day.,Manager Kevin Cash told reporters Thursday at spring training in Port Charlotte, Fla., that it was "a pretty easy call" to start Rasmussen against the Cardinals in St. Louis on March 26.,Rasmussen finished the 2025 ...
Two Georgia football players arrested on reckless driving charges
Georgia linebackers Chris Cole and Darren Ikinnagbon were arrested Wednesday on driving-related charges.,Cole was booked at 9:59 p.m. ET at the Athens-Clarke County jail on misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and speeding-maximum limits. He was released at 10:39 p.m. on bonds totaling $26.,Cole ...
College Basketball Thursday Picks: Feb 19th Best Betting Predictions
Thursday’s college basketball slate features Liberty’s hot shooting, Memphis vs. South Florida fireworks and a ranked SEC women’s showdown between LSU and Ole Miss....
Genesis Invitational Best Betting Picks: Scottie Scheffler Headlines Return to Riviera
The Genesis Invitational returns to Riviera Country Club. Here are the top betting picks, including Scottie Scheffler to win and value plays for top-10 finishes....
Oriol Cardona Coll wins Spain’s first winter gold since 1972 in SkiMo debut
BORMIO, Italy -- Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal in 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.,Minutes earlier, Switzerland's Marianne Fatton also made history as she beat big favorite Emily Harrop of Fran...