Stephen Curry has missed five games for the Golden State Warriors due to a knee issue. He’s now guaranteed to miss at least five more.
The Warriors have ruled the former MVP out for the next 10 days, at which point he will be reevaluated, the team announced Thursday. An MRI reportedly came back clean of any structural damage Wednesday, but the pain and swelling have persisted in Curry’s right knee.
Sitting out Thursday’s game against the Boston Celtics means Curry will have missed 17 games this season. His next missed game will make him ineligible for the NBA’s regular-season awards, breaking a five-year streak of All-NBA teams.
Curry last played Jan. 30, when he exited a competitive game after the third quarter due to some awkward contact on a drive. Kerr said after the game that the team didn’t believe Curry’s knee issue was “anything major,” but at least 10 missed games is veering into major territory.
The Warriors’ next four games after the Celtics are the Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers. If he is green-lit to return after 10 days, Curry’s first game back would be against the Los Angeles Clippers on March 2.
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Golden State currently sits at 29-27, good for eighth in the Western Conference. It’s not in much danger of falling out of the play-in tournament — it’s 7.5 games ahead of 11th-place Memphis — but there’s a very real chance the team’s record will be .500 or worse by the time Curry comes back.
On the bright side for the Warriors, trade acquisition Kristaps Porziņģis made his debut Thursday after dealing with an Achilles injury, posting 12 points in 17 minutes off the bench. However, with Curry’s knee woes and Jimmy Butler III already out for the season, there’s little reason to expect the team to be aggressive in getting any of its standout players on the court.
Among a horde of tanking NBA teams, the Sacramento Kings stand alone with the worst record in the NBA. It didn’t get any better Thursday.
The Kings extended their losing streak to 15 games with a 131-94 defeat by the Orlando Magic, breaking the franchise record for consecutive losses. That low mark was previously held by two different streaks during the team’s days of operation as the Cincinnati Royals.
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Their record is now 12-45.
Sacramento hasn’t won a game since Jan. 16, a 128-115 win over the similarly futile Washington Wizards. To give a sports fan some perspective on how long ago that was, the NFL divisional round started the next day.
Thursday’s loss was the most lopsided of the bunch with a 37-point scoring margin. Five of the 15 were actually by fewer than five points, but the Kings couldn’t get it done.
As a reminder, the Kings fired current New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown after his team suffered a … five-game losing streak.
The Kings will get their next chance to break the streak with a road game against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. After that, their next three opponents are the Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks.
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It’s going to get worse before it gets better for the Kings
With those two out, Thursday offered a vision of how the Kings will be operating moving forward. DeMar DeRozan scored 13 points on 3-of-11 shooting. Russell Westbrook had 5 points on 2-of-8 shooting, with 1 assist and 3 turnovers. The bench scored 30 points on a combined 9-of-29 shooting with 8 assists and 9 turnovers.
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A bright spot might have been rookie Maxime Reynaud, who started at center in Sabonis’ place and posted 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting with 14 rebounds and 4 assists. The Kings were outscored by 14 points in his 39 minutes on the floor, which was actually tied for the team’s second-best plus/minus among the 10 players who got minutes.
Maxime Reynaud actually had one of the Kings’ better performances against the Magic. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
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It’s tempting to say the Kings won’t even be trying for the rest of the season, but that’s not exactly how it works. Ownership and the executive suite might not mind more of the same, which would guarantee them a top-5 pick in the loaded 2026 NBA Draft, but the players still have plenty of reason to compete. This just happens to be an extremely broken roster right now.
There is now quite some distance between Sacramento and the rest of the NBA in the standings. The Wizards, Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers and New Orleans Pelicans all have 15 wins as of Thursday night, with the Kings three wins clear of their closest “competition” for the lottery’s top position.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Victor Wembanyama wave, much like the inception of a typhoon in the Southern Hemisphere, arrived with ferocity and velocity and in a matter of mere seconds. And in each instance, the Frenchman’s gravitational pull was its epicenter.
Two minutes into the second half Thursday night, Wembanyama found himself stationed on the left wing with two Suns defenders attempting to crowd his vision. Noticing an open Stephon Castle camped a few feet behind the arc, Wembanyama backed his defender down just enough to leave Castle with enough time and space to launch, before flinging a one-armed pass right in Castle’s pocket.
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On the very next possession, Wembanyama yelled at the top of his lungs, calling out defensive coverages while Phoenix attempted to generate a good look in his orbit — to no avail. Seconds later, Wembanyama sprinted up the floor, walked into a trailing triple and knocked it down with confidence and aplomb.
Suns head coach Jordan Ott immediately motioned for a timeout, but the irreversible damage had already been done. Wembanyama turned toward a raucous crowd, threw up the “Hook ‘em Horns” as an ode to the University of Texas’ Moody Center, the Spurs’ home for the next few days, and celebrated with his teammates.
“When he’s sharp, whether he’s directly or indirectly affecting the game with his gravity, it sets the table for everybody else,” Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson said following San Antonio’s 121-94 win. “It can be hard at times — I’m sure I can’t imagine, but if I tried to I still can’t — a 22-year-old with so many gifts, talents and weapons. To just trust that being sharp fundamentally still leads to greatness.”
The significance of Wembanyama’s performance — he finished with a modest 17 points but added 11 rebounds, five blocks and four assists — is tied to the Spurs’ goals both near and further down the line. Thursday night’s blowout was San Antonio’s first game coming out of the All-Star break, the first official opportunity for the Frenchman to put action to the weekend words he uttered about the competitive faucet he can never seem to turn off. Thursday also signified the start of the Spurs’ second half push that serves a myriad of purposes; for De’Aaron Fox to legitimize his All-Star nod; for Johnson to demonstrate why he remains one of the league’s brightest tacticians; and for Wemby to illustrate why the juxtaposition of his fighting spirit and unique talent make him a natural for the next face of the league.
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“It comes from honesty towards myself and the game,” Wembanyama said. “It’s the game I love. I try not to take it for granted and when I’m on that court, I’m trying to win. My younger self, when I was a kid, if he saw myself playing soft he wouldn’t be proud. I’m striving for the younger Vic.”
Suns star Devin Booker played just nine minutes due to a hip issue, and Dillon Brooks missed the game because of suspension, necessary context for what should have been a hotly contested matchup between Western Conference opponents. But around this time last year, Wembanyama’s season was cut short due to deep vein thrombosis. The growth, not only from Wemby but from his teammates as well, is tangible and puts the Spurs in a different headspace as they gear up for a playoff push.
“I think there’s been obvious changes in one year,” Wembanyama said. “Both from an individual and team standpoint. As a team, we have more expectations and are more ready. We’re fighting for something, every game will be meaningful from now on. And personally, there’s no better experience to grow than when your back is against the wall. I did everything I could to get better — no regrets.”
Not that Wembanyama’s five blocks should come as a surprise — he currently leads the NBA in total blocks (106) and blocks per game (2.7). It’s the shots that teams don’t take, the rim attacks and decisions that are altered when he’s merely on the floor, that is the largest indicator of a feared team. When Wembanyama is on the floor, opponents are taking 6% less shots at the rim and 3% less shots from 4 to 14 feet — impacts registering in the 98th and 95th percentile, according to Cleaning the Glass. The shots that do make it through the cracks aren’t that successful, either. Opponents shoot 11% worse on long 2s, 6% worse on short twos and nearly 4% worse as a collective effective field-goal percentage. Wembanyama is either in the 99th or 100th percentile in virtually every defensive advanced metric — and yet he still feels there’s another level to reach. Johnson not so subtly admitted he’s obsessed with the idea of pairing Wembanyama more with reserve center Luke Kornet, which would give the Spurs more cover than a solar eclipse. Best of luck, NBA.
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“I can for sure get better,” Wembanyama said of his shot blocking. “I think I’ve been getting better even though the numbers don’t show it, because players avoid [shooting] clearly. It’s getting harder to block shots. But my athleticism, I’m nowhere near my peak. Just consistency, staying focused through every quarter and every game. Having that drive to block shots.”
San Antonio (39-16) now sits just 2.5 games behind Oklahoma City and should feel confident about its chances of closing the gap even further. This team possesses the depth, floor spacing, guard proficiency, rim protection, coaching prowess and star quality that marks a true contender. Internally, the Spurs aren’t fazed by the reigning champs, having emphatically beaten them multiple times already this season. But for Wembanyama — and the Spurs, for that matter — the best is yet to come, which is the worst possible news for 29 other teams.
Major League Soccer is back! The MLS regular season begins on Saturday, February 21 with fifteen matches over the course of opening weekend. Some of the weekend’s biggest matches will include the Los Angeles Football Club hosting Inter Miami CF at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Saturday night at 9:30 p.m. ET and a Sunday doubleheader featuring the LA Galaxy hosting New York City FC for Sunday Night Soccer at 7 p.m. ET, and a clash between Western Conference rivals the Seattle Sounders FC and Colorado Rapids at 9:15 p.m. ET.
Every Major League Soccer match this season is included with an Apple TV subscription. Unlike in previous seasons, MLS Season Pass will no longer be offered. If you were a past MLS Season Pass subscriber, you’ve probably already received an email about your subscription, but in case you missed it, you’ll be automatically be subscribed to an annual Apple TV plan this year so you won’t miss a match. Existing Apple TV customers don’t need to do a thing, games will be available as part of your plan. 34 games throughout the season will also be available on Fox or FS1.
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Throughout the MLS regular season, the 30 teams in the league will play 34 games, 17 home and 17 away, and there will be a pause in play during the World Cup this June and July. The final day of the regular season, dubbed Decision Day 2026, is Saturday, November 7, and it will decide who has made it to the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs. (A list of all key dates and details about this season can be found here.)
Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the 2026 MLS season, and get a rundown of the opening weekend match schedule.
How to watch the 2026 MLS season:
Dates: Feb. 21 – Nov. 7, 2026
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Channels: select games to air on FS1, Fox, Fox Deportes
Starting with the 2026 season, all 510 MLS games are included with every Apple TV subscription. That means there’s no longer a separate MLS Season Pass subscription to pay for; if you have Apple TV, you have access to MLS matches.
What channels will air MLS games this season?
34 MLS matches will be broadcast on Fox and FS1 throughout the season. You can take a look at the complete 2026 MLS schedule, including broadcast information, here.
MLS Week 1 Schedule
All times are ET.
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Saturday, Feb. 21
St. Louis vs. Charlotte, 2:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Cincinnati vs. Atlanta, 4:45 p.m. (Apple TV, Fox)
D.C. United vs. Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Orlando vs. New York, 7:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Vancouver vs. Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Austin vs. Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Dallas vs. Toronto, 8:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Houston vs. Chicago, 8:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Nashville vs. New England, 8:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
LAFC vs. Miami, 9:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Portland vs. Columbus, 10:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
San Diego vs. Montreal, 10:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
San Jose vs. Kansas City, 10:30 p.m. (Apple TV)
Sunday, Feb. 22
L.A. Galaxy vs. New York City, 7 p.m. (Apple TV)
Seattle vs. Colorado, 9:15 p.m. (Apple TV, FS1)
A complete schedule for the 2026 season is available here.
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🥇 Golden girls
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Alysa Liu, bursting with joy, executed a virtually flawless free skate on Thursday to take women’s figure skating gold, making her the first American to medal since 2006, and the first to win since 2002.
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From Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee:
There are no record books to measure such things, but it’s entirely possible that no Olympian has ever smiled as much as Liu did on Thursday night.
She smiled when she stepped onto the ice, she smiled when she spotted Amber Glenn, she smiled through her lutzes and loops and salchows, she smiled when she pointed her left finger to the sky to close out her routine.
And she smiled — and giggled a triumphant laugh — when she skated right up to the rinkside camera and bellowed, “That’s what I’m f***ing talking about!”
That is the entire joy of the Alysa Liu experience — giddiness, confidence, joy, serenity — and gold-medal-winning talent. At an Olympics where so many others have crumbled under the pressure, she literally laughed in pressure’s face.
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Meanwhile, in women’s ice hockey: Team USA captured gold with a 2-1 comeback victory over Canada, tying the game on captain Hilary Knight’s goal with two minutes left in regulation before winning on Megan Keller’s golden goal in overtime.
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“There was no way we were losing this game. That’s all. Simple as that,” said Knight. “This is the best team I’ve been a part of,” added Keller. “Every single player is top tier, best in the world.”
Back on top: This is the third gold medal for the Americans (1998, 2018, 2026), who went 7-0 in Milan with a ridiculous +31 goal differential and have won eight straight games against their northern neighbors.
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Medal count: Team USA has won nine gold medals at these Olympics, one shy of its high-water mark of 10 set at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City. And women have played an outsized role in this year’s success, winning six of the nine golds and helping win a seventh:
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Alysa Liu (figure skating)
Mikaela Shiffrin (slalom)
Breezy Johnson (downhill)
Elizabeth Lemley (moguls)
Elana Meyers Taylor (monobob)
Team USA (women’s ice hockey)
Team USA (team figure skating)
In fact, the only American man to win an individual gold medal at these Olympics so far is long track speed skater Jordan Stolz, who has two (500m and 1000m).
📺 Weekend Watchlist
The Americans are two wins away from their first gold medal since 1980. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
🥇 Olympics, Days 14-16
The Winter Games come to a close on Sunday, with 20 medal events left across Northern Italy. Here are the main events to watch this weekend:
🏒 Final Four: The men’s hockey semifinals are today, with Canada and Finland meeting first (10:40am ET, Peacock), followed by USA vs. Slovakia (3:10pm, NBC). The bronze-medal match is tomorrow (2:40pm, USA), followed by Sunday’s championship (8:10am, NBC).
🥌 History on the line: The American women are in the curling semifinals after Thursday’s clutch victory, putting them one win away from their first medal ever. They face Switzerland today (8am, Peacock) for a spot in either the bronze-medal match (Sat. 8am, Peacock) or gold-medal match (Sun. 5am, Peacock).
🥇 Legends take the stage: Italian short track speed skater Arianna Fontana seeks her fourth medal in Milan and record-tying 15th of her career in today’s 1500m finals (2:15pm, USA). Then Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo goes for his sixth gold of these Games (in six events) in tomorrow’s cross-country 50km mass start (5am, Peacock).
🔥 The grand finale: The Milan Cortina Games officially end with Sunday’s Closing Ceremony(2:30pm, NBC) at the 2,000-year-old Verona Arena, a historic amphitheater that predates even the Colosseum.
How’s this for a doubleheader? The top four men’s teams in the nation face off on Saturday in a potential Final Four preview. First up is No. 4 Arizona at No. 2 Houston (3pm, ABC), followed by No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 3 Duke in D.C. (6:30pm, ESPN).
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Meanwhile, for the women: There are five ranked matchups on Sunday, headlined by No. 6 Michigan at No. 13 Iowa (12pm, Fox) and No. 17 Ole Miss at No. 3 South Carolina (12pm, ESPN).
⚽️ MLS Kickoff
The league’s 31st season begins this weekend, with all 30 teams taking the field. The headliner: Son Heung-min and LAFC host Lionel Messi and reigning champion Inter Miami (Sat. 9:30pm, Apple) at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
New way to watch: Starting this season, all MLS games will be available to Apple TV subscribers at no additional cost. You previously needed a Season Pass subscription to watch every game.
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⚾️ Spring Training
We are back. Spring training games start today, with 37 total over the weekend across Florida’s Grapefruit League and Arizona’s Cactus League. Today’s opener: Yankees vs. Orioles (1pm, MLB).
World Series favorites: The Dodgers (+225 at BetMGM) are the preseason title favorites, followed by the Yankees (+1000), Mariners (+1300), Blue Jays (+1300), Mets (+1400), Braves (+1600), Red Sox (+1600) and Phillies (+1600).
More to watch:
🏀 NBA: Mavericks at Timberwolves (Fri. 7:30pm, ESPN); Clippers at Lakers (Fri. 10pm, ESPN); Rockets at Knicks (Sat. 8:30pm, ABC); Cavaliers at Thunder (Sun. 1pm, ABC)
⛳️ PGA: Genesis Invitational (Fri-Sun, ESPN+/Golf/CBS) … Aaron Rai (-6) leads after an incomplete Round 1, which was suspended due to rain.
⚽️ Premier League: Manchester City vs. Newcastle United (Sat. 3pm, Peacock); Tottenham vs. Arsenal (Sun. 11:30am, USA) … Second-place City trails first-place Arsenal by just five points, with a game in hand.
🏁 NASCAR: Atlanta’s EchoPark Speedway (Sun. 3pm, Fox) … With 28-degree banking at the turns, this is one of the steepest tracks in the Cup Series.
🏉 Six Nations: Week 3 of 5 (Sat-Sun, Peacock) … Only France remains undefeated through two weeks.
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🏀 March Madness comes early
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Saturday brings a true college hoops unicorn: the AP poll’s top four teams all facing each other on the same day. It’s just the third time this has ever happened during the regular season — and only the fifth occurrence overall, NCAA Tournament included.
Flashback: Like tomorrow, the first instance also featured top-ranked Michigan facing Duke. “If you’d like to transport back to ’92, that game was massive,” notes CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander. “Intentionally scheduled as a championship rematch from the previous season’s natty. The game aired on Raycom (!!) and was sponsored by Pizza Hut.”
“Back to the Future” is a series of images captured using vintage Graflex cameras, paying tribute to the type of camera that would have been used 70 years ago when Cortina previously hosted the games in 1956. In a modern twist, these cameras have been adapted to record images on smartphones, enabling live transmission of the content captured.
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Livigno — An athlete practices during ski cross training at Livigno Air Park.
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Cortina d’Ampezzo — A two-man bobsled whizzes past as a security guard watches on at Cortina Sliding Centre.
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Milan — The crowd at Milano Ice Skating Arena looks on during the Free Dance.
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Bormio — A general view of the Men’s Team Combined Downhill at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Centre.
⚽️ MLS trivia
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Inter Miami begins its title defense this weekend, as they try to become the first back-to-back MLS champions since 2011-12.
Question: Which team won those two consecutive titles?
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MILAN — Midway through a long bus ride, Zeev Buium occupied himself scrolling through the music on his phone.
The American ice hockey defenseman was searching for the perfect goal song for the U.S. team to use at the 2025 World Junior Championships.
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Previous U.S. hockey teams had converted an array of pop hits, classic rock songs and techno bangers into high-energy goal celebration anthems. Buium said that he and his teammates had discussed trying to find “something less generic, something more meaningful, something we hadn’t done before.”
The song that Buium kept coming back to was a chart-topping 1973 rock anthem by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Buium’s teammate at the University of Denver, Lukas Olvestad, hooked him on it by incessantly blaring it from his speakers during house parties.
“How about ‘Free Bird’?” Buium asked his U.S. teammates on the bus, not knowing how they would feel about a song released more than a quarter century before any of them were born.
“Luckily the boys liked it,” Buium said.
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At Buium’s request, USA Hockey started the song at the 4:45 mark to highlight Free Bird’s iconic hard-rocking guitar solo rather than its mellow, bluesy opening. The distinctive goal song played nonstop during the the U.S. team’s run to a gold medal at those World Junior Championships, earning enthusiastic reviews from American hockey players and fans in the way that “Party in the USA,” “Chelsea Dagger” or “Another One Bites the Dust” seldom did.
More than a year later, “Free Bird” has gone from World Juniors to the Olympic stage. The U.S. men’s and women’s national teams both voted to adopt the Lynyrd Skynyrd anthem as the song that blasts over the arena loudspeakers whenever they score a goal.
Thirty-three times, the gold-medal-winning U.S. women found the back of the net over the course of seven consecutive victories in Milan. Thirty-three times, American crowds responded by pumping fists, waving flags, chanting U-S-A and dancing or mimicking playing the guitar in their seats, though the song was barely audible above the din after Megan Keller’s overtime goal lifted the U.S. to gold over Canada.
“Free Bird” has been the soundtrack to 18 goals from the U.S. men, including Quinn Hughes’ overtime game winner against Sweden on Wednesday night. The American men will have the chance to cue up “Free Bird” a few more times when they face Slovakia in the semifinals on Friday night in Milan.
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“This is all player-driven,” USA Hockey manager of communications Melissa Katz said. “After how much it caught on during the [World Junior Championships], it was a no brainer to keep the momentum rolling with that goal song. From our under-18 teams to our Olympic teams, they’ve embraced ‘Free Bird’ over the last year.”
The enthusiasm for “Free Bird” can best be measured by the assortment of hockey-themed “Play Free Bird” T-shirts, hats and other merchandise available to purchase. Or you can check out the social media response to Keller’s golden goal.
“Someone turn Free Bird up as loud as it can go,” tweeted one fan, alongside three American flag emojis.
“Inject this into my veins while Free Bird blasts in the background,” another wrote, alongside slow-motion video of Keller’s epic goal.
American forward Joy Dunne said that it was a no-brainer for her and her teammates to vote to use “Free Bird” as their goal anthem this year given the fan response.
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“We love the song, we hear the fans going crazy and we definitely appreciate it,” Dunne said. “It makes for an awesome atmosphere to play in, that’s for sure.”
American forward Brady Tkachuk echoes that, though he admits he appreciated the “Free Bird” celebrations better from the stands than from the bench.
“It’s tough to hear on the ice,” Tkachuk said, “but when we were at the women’s game, it gave me chills.”
It has also been a thrill for Buium to hear “Free Bird” at the 4 Nations Face-off and the Olympics. Like Tkachuk, he said he “got chills” watching the fans get into it or seeing people in the crowd with “Play Free Bird” across their chests.
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Asked why he thinks it’s such a perfect fit as USA Hockey’s goal song, Buium said, “I think it’s because it represents what the U.S. is all about. We’re all Free Birds.”
“Hopefully it’s something that sticks for a long, long time,” he added.
The Los Angeles Rams are promoting pass game coordinator Nathan Scheelhaase to offensive coordinator, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Scheelhaase is replacing former Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, who left to become the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.
Per Schefter, Rams quarterback’s coach Dave Ragone will also serve as co-offensive coordinator.
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Scheelhaase’s promotion puts him on track to have a strong shot at landing a head-coaching job in the next few years. Scheelhaase was a finalist for the Cleveland Browns head-coaching position before they decided to hire former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken. Scheelhaase also interviewed for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ head-coaching job before they hired Mike McCarthy.
Despite head coach McVay controlling the play-calling duties, four of the Rams’ past five offensive coordinators have landed head-coaching jobs in the NFL.
Scheelhaase has spent the past two seasons with the Rams, first as an offensive assistant and passing game specialist, then as pass game coordinator.
This is the first time Scheelhaase has served as an offensive coordinator since 2023 at Iowa State under now Penn State head coach Matt Campbell. He worked at Iowa State for four years in roles including running game coordinator, running backs coach and wide receivers coach before taking over as offensive coordinator.
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Before his coaching days at Iowa State, Scheelhaase coached at his alma mater, the University of Illinois. He spent three years there, first in football operations, then as the running backs coach and as an offensive assistant in his final year. Scheelhaase was a former quarterback at Illinois before he transitioned to coaching.
The Rams are coming off a season in which they ranked first in total and passing yards, highlighted by a career year from quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams.
Stafford won MVP after throwing for 4,707 yards and a career-high 46 touchdowns and a career-low 8 interceptions, despite coming into the year with a back injury.
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Nacua had 129 catches, 1,715 yards, 10 touchdowns and was a finalist for offensive player of the year. Adams added 60 catches for 789 yards and led the league with 14 touchdowns, despite missing three games with a hamstring injury
Longtime University of Tennessee sportswriter Wes Rucker was killed in a car crash on Interstate 40 in Knoxville on Thursday. He was 43.
Rucker, who had worked for 247 Sports covering Tennessee and was writing for WBIR, was involved in a chain-reaction crash in the westbound lanes of the highway. According to the Knoxville Police Department, a driver rear-ended a vehicle to set off a wreck that involved five vehicles.
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“The investigation has revealed that a vehicle was stopped for traffic when it was rear-ended by another vehicle, resulting in minor damage,” the police department said in a statement. “Another vehicle then struck the second vehicle, setting off a chain reaction. Seconds later, a large pickup truck ran into and on top of an involved vehicle, fatally injuring the adult male driver of the vehicle it collided with.”
Rucker and his wife, Lauren, had a son, Hank, and Lauren is due to give birth to a girl this spring. In a post on WBIR’s website, the station said, “Lauren has asked WBIR to pass on her thanks for the prayers and support. She wants everyone to know how wonderful he was as a husband, father, son, brother and friend.”
Tributes to Rucker poured in across social media after news of his death emerged on Thursday evening. Tennessee men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes opened his news conference Friday with remarks about Rucker.
“It’s heartbreaking, it really is, just heartbreaking,” Barnes said. “Our hearts and prayers go out to Lauren, son Hank and the one that’s on the way. We just ask that God will place a holy hedge of protection around his family, his entire family. Wes was a wonderful person.”
It’s hard to believe, but the Milan Cortina Olympics are coming to an end. The Closing Ceremony is on Sunday in Verona, Italy, where Team USA will be led by two of its brightest stars.
It announced Friday that U.S. women’s hockey hero Hilary Knight and ice dance icon Evan Bates will carry the American flag during the ceremony.
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Knight, fittingly known as “Captain America,” is coming off a dramatic win over Team Canada in the gold-medal game. The U.S. was trailing 1-0 with a bit more than two minutes left in regulation on Thursday. That was, before the 36-year-old Knight scored a game-tying and record-breaking goal to force overtime.
She now has 15 goals in her Olympic career, the most any U.S. women’s hockey player has recorded. That third-period strike lifted her above Natalie Darwitz and Katie King-Crowley, who both piled up 14 Olympic goals in their playing days.
She set the U.S. women’s hockey all-time Olympic goals record at the perfect moment, and she set the stage for a spectacular finish that saw Megan Keller light the lamp in OT with a game-winning goal for the ages. Together, they helped the American women win their third-ever Olympic gold medal, and their first since the 2018 Games in PyeongChang.
Still, while bittersweet, the silver remains monumental for Chock and Bates, who have won the past three ice dance world titles and now have an ice dance Olympic medal after skating together for 15 years.
Their run started in 2011, and they married in 2024.
This year’s Games have been packed to the brim with exciting moments and breathtaking storylines. But it’s natural that two of Team USA’s most veteran performers will serve as flag bearers during the Closing Ceremony.
The 2026 MLB season is nearing its beginning, so you know what that means — it’s time to start (or kick into overdrive!) your fantasy baseball draft prep! The Yahoo Fantasy Baseball draft kit is here to help you build the best squad possible! Whether you’re mock drafting or getting in on the real thing, we’ve got you covered.
This page will serve as a one-stop shop for all our great draft content from our loaded team of analysts — Scott Pianowski, Fred Zinkie and Corbin Young. You’ll find rankings, position previews and more below, updating daily with more content as we make our way through draft season.
Pianowski groups each position into tiers with dollar values for salary cap leagues, helping you get a better sense of who to target in each phase of your draft.
… And more rankings advice to come!
🤩 Mock Drafts
Practice makes perfect (or, close to it!) and we’re practicing right along with you.
📝 Positional Previews
What to expect from every position in 2026 and some key draft targets — check out our rundown for each of your roster spots!
… More positional advice still to come!
👨🏫 More Expert Analysis
… There is still so much more to come here in the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. We will be updating this hub every day with new analysis, predictions, tips and more all up until Opening Day. So keep it locked here as we get you ready to crush your fantasy baseball drafts!
