The 2026 playoff field saw major turnover from 2025 as the Buffalo Sabres ended a record 14-season playoff drought, and the Anaheim Ducks returned after seven years.
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Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander goes through a simulated game at Comerica Park.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are getting some HUGE reinforcements just in time for the 2026 MLB Playoffs! Dodgers manager Dave Roberts provided major injury updates on Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages as both stars get closer to returning to the Dodgers lineup, PLUS Roki Sasaki is preparing to pitch …
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The 32 things we learned from Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season:
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Entering the last week of the MLB season, 13 teams are still alive for October, and not one of them would be considered a totally complete team.
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Week 2 of the NFL season featured reduced scoring and excitement compared to Week 1, with several teams held without a touchdown but notable performances from certain defenses and individual players standing out.
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The NFL is known as an aggressive and brutal sport, with injuries happening every game as a result. Unfortunately, some injuries have forced players to end their careers. Here is a list of career-ending injuries. Running back Terrell Davis won two Super Bowls and a Super Bowl MVP with the De…
CHICAGO — The conditions were less than ideal. But after a nearly four-hour delay, the result was just what the Chicago White Sox needed in their fight for a playoff spot. The Sox scored three runs in the fourth inning to distance themselves from the Detroit Tigers in an 8-1 victory in front of 21,354 at Rate Field. Chase Meidroth hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning, helping the Sox ...
After surrendering a franchise-record 59 points in their season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears, the Carolina Panthers needed someone on defense to step up in Week 2.
Football still reigns supreme as the most popular sport in the U.S., but its grip might be loosening.
The Yankees, who have played without Aaron Judge for most of the season, are bracing themselves for the possibility that their captain may not play again this season.
LUBBOCK, Texas — On a Friday night when one head coach may have one-upped the other in the eyes of the Texas High School Coaches Association, at least Houston and Texas Tech didn’t offend college football fans with their play on high school football’s holy night. Both put on a show in 13th-ranked Texas Tech’s 28-26 win over 22nd-ranked Houston before 60,229 at Galaxy Stadium, which, before a ...
Aaron Judge's calf strain may sideline him for the rest of the season, affecting the NY Yankees' play vs. Tampa Bay and potentially early playoff games.
Promotional theme days are not new to sports, but leagues like MLB are leaning into pop culture franchises to fill the seats.
For the fourth time in five seasons, the Bills started with consecutive wins. They’ve never done it like this before, though.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Steve Belichick has resigned from the University of North Carolina football staff following an independent, internal investigation, the university announced Thursday. Belichick, son of UNC head coach and NFL legend Bill Belichick, has been on medical leave since Aug. 6. His resignation will be effective at the end of the scheduled medical leave, on Oct. 27. He was the ...
Al Michaels has strong feelings about retirement tours. “Don’t need one,” he said. “Don’t want one.”
The Carolina Panthers got into a shootout on Sunday afternoon with the Chicago Bears.
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Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season is officially in the books, and many will treat it as gospel after waiting the entire offseason to discuss actual on-field play.
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BOSTON — It’s going to be a long four weeks without A.J. Brown. Maybe even five or six. Brown’s high ankle sprain landed him on injured reserve Saturday, meaning he must miss the Patriots’ upcoming games versus the Steelers, at the Jaguars, at the Bills and against the Raiders at home. If Brown sits for six weeks, a common recovery time for players at his position with this injury, he would ...
USA TODAY Sports' Sam Cardona-Norberg and Madison Tenenbaum 'overreact' to some of the best games from Sunday's Week 1 slate.
Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and Zay Flowers were UNSTOPPABLE in the Ravens' dominant Week 1 win. Baltimore's superstar trio put on a show as the Ravens dropped 41 points to open the season. #ravens #baltimoreravens #RavensFlock #derrickhenry #lamarjackson
When he was four years old, Alexander Zverev was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and doctors were just concerned about him living a run-of-the-mill life.
PFN's Jacob Infante breaks down potential fantasy football busts in your league in Week 1. Is Chase Brown the Week 1 fantasy start that costs you the matchup? Should Rashee Rice be in your lineup at all? Brown carries one of the healthier projections on the board, but he opens against a Tamp…
The inaugural WPBL season marked the first professional women’s baseball competition since 1954 pitting the San Francisco Firebells, Boston Hunters, Los Angeles Queens and New York Heights against each other.
Ian Cummings and Jacob Infante predict every game of the 2026 NFL season using PFN's free Playoff Predictor -- then simulate the bracket all the way to a Super Bowl pick. They start with the Super Bowl rematch in Week 1, Patriots at Seahawks, and work through the schedule week by week, spotl…
Brielle Saracini came full circle at her cherished Yankee Stadium on Friday, throwing out the first ceremonial pitch 25 years after her father's death on Sept. 11.