DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Casey Mears raced his way into the Daytona 500, claiming one of the final two starting spots Thursday night when Corey LaJoie crashed on the final lap in the first of two qualif… [+1158 chars]

Casey Mears raced his way into the Daytona 500, claiming one of the final two starting spots in a Thursday night qualifying race.

NASCAR

Casey Mears seals Daytona 500 starting spot in Duel 1 - NASCAR.com

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The NBA on Thursday night fined the Utah Jazz $500,000 and the Indiana Pacers $100,000, with the league saying both teams sat healthy players in recent games while noting t… [+3019 chars]

The NBA on Thursday night fined the Utah Jazz $500,000 and the Indiana Pacers $100,000 due to what the league called "management of their rosters for recent games."

ESPN

NBA fines Jazz ($500K), Pacers ($100K) for sitting players - ESPN

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss has secured the ability to return to the program for another year.
Via Pete Thamel of ESPN.com, a Mississippi judge has granted Chambliss a preliminary injunc… [+3014 chars]

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss has secured the ability to return to the program for another year.

NBCSports.com

Trinidad Chambliss wins another year of college eligibility - NBC Sports

The Knicks are completing their roster with an athletic prospect for frontcourt depth.
Jeremy Sochan, a 22-year-old forward, is signing with the team for the remainder of the season, league sources … [+4325 chars]

The Knicks’ bench is getting an unexpected post-trade-deadline jolt.

New York Post

Knicks signing Jeremy Sochan in big bench boost - New York Post

Read more of Slates 2026 Olympics coverage here.
On Wednesday in Milan, French figure-skaters Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron narrowly won gold in their first Olympics as an ice-danc… [+8716 chars]

Did Madison Chock and Evan Bates get robbed?

Slate Magazine

The Ice Dancing Judging Scandal That Has American Fans Furious - Slate

The Texans are among just five NFL teams whose headquarters are in the same place where they play games.
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The Houston Texans have crossed a major hurdle that will… [+6897 chars]

Toro District: The Houston Texans are one step closer to building a new headquarters in Bridgeland after partnering with Howard Hughes and Harris County.

Houston Chronicle

Exclusive: Harris County agrees to partner with Texans on 83-acre headquarters - Houston Chronicle

We left west London with a point after being held to a 1-1 draw against Brentfod and after the game, Mikel Arteta spoke with the press.
Noni Madueke headed us in front before Keane Lewis-Potter leve… [+4695 chars]

Find out what the boss had to say to the media in attendance at the Gtech Community Stadium after our Premier League clash

Arsenal.com

Every word from Arteta's post-Brentford presser | Press conference | News - Arsenal.com

While Latvia was able to hang with the U.S. men's hockey team through the first period, after that it was USA all the way.
Team USA opened Olympic play with a commanding 5-1 group-stage win over Lat… [+2229 chars]

Team USA defeated Latvia in the opening match for both teams in the men's Olympic hockey tournament at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

Nbcolympics.com

U.S. men's hockey puts on a clinic in Olympic opener over Latvia - NBC Olympics

Nowadays, many approach a particularly troubling P.R. predicament by waiting. Do nothing, say nothing. Time passes. The world moves on to something else. The next controversy. The newest scandal. The… [+3157 chars]

Nowadays, many approach a particularly troubling P.R. predicament by waiting.

Will the NFL take action against Steve Tisch? - NBC Sports

Want more Olympics updates? Subscribe here
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Korea's Gaon Choi, 17, rebounded from a hard fall to win gold — and end her role model's historic bid for three in a row in the Winter Olympic halfpipe.

Chloe Kim's protégé foiled her Olympic three-peat dreams. She's celebrating anyway - NPR

BYU football player Parker Kingston told police that all sexual activity with the woman who has accused him of raping her was consensual, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.
Prosecutors … [+1651 chars]

The court documents against BYU wide receiver Parker Kingston was unsealed Thursday.

Salt Lake Tribune

BYU football player charged with rape told police ‘all sexual activity’ was consensual - The Salt Lake Tribune

Ravens coach Jesse Minter announced his 2026 coaching staff on Thursday.
Harland Bower Outside Linebackers Coach Bower enters his first season as an NFL coach, after spending 16 years (2010-25) in t… [+5298 chars]

Ravens coach Jesse Minter announced his 2026 coaching staff on Thursday.

Ravens announce Jesse Minter’s first coaching staff - NBC Sports

Coming into the 2026 Winter Olympics, one of the biggest question marks hanging over gold-medal favorite Team Canada was in their own net. The country leaned on St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binn… [+3106 chars]

Coming into the 2026 Winter Olympics, one of the biggest question marks hanging over gold-medal favorite Team Canada was in their own…

Russian Machine Never Breaks

Jon Cooper didn’t even consider starting Logan Thompson over Jordan Binnington in Team Canada’s Olympic opener - RMNB

MILAN Rich Ruohonen has been trying to get to the Olympics for almost 40 years. At fifty-four years old, he finally made it as an alternate for Team Casper, the Gen-Z curlers representing the U.S at … [+2072 chars]

Rich Ruohonen has tried to get to the Olympics for almost 40 years. He finally got his chance, taking to the ice at the Milan Cortina Games representing the U.S. on Team Casper for curling.

54-year-old U.S. curler sets new American Winter Olympics age record - NPR

Now that Super Bowl LX is over, the 2026 NFL Draft order is officially set and all 32 teams are in offseason mode. Lets take a look at how the first 32 picks of the 2026 NFL Draft could potentially p… [+7660 chars]

Bleeding Green Nation

NFL Mock Draft 2026: Projecting the first-round picks - Bleeding Green Nation

Caleb Wilson is out with a fracture in his left hand, an injury he suffered in the first half of Tuesday's game at Miami.

Goheels.com

Caleb Wilson Out With Fracture In Left Hand - University of North Carolina Athletics

A biathlete who admitted ripping off her teammate's credit card just skied past her to an Olympic title. France's Julia Simon, 29, took gold in the women's 15km individual biathlon in Italy's Milan C… [+1464 chars]

France's Julia Simon edges past scammed teammate, who came in 80th, in 15km biathlon

Newser

Athlete Convicted of Fraud Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim - Newser

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NFL News

NFL news roundup: Raiders hiring Mike McCoy as assistant head coach on Klint Kubiak's staff - NFL.com

MILAN A Ukrainian skeleton athlete was barred from competing at the Winter Olympics just hours before his race Thursday after he refused to remove a helmet honoring compatriots killed in Russias inva… [+116 chars]

Vladyslav Heraskevych was removed from the men’s skeleton event for refusing to remove a helmet with portraits of Ukrainian athletes who’ve died in the war with Russia.

The Washington Post

Ukrainian athlete barred from Olympic skeleton event over helmet images - The Washington Post

Suzuki scored at 15:23 of the third to make the score 5-0 and give McDavid his third assist.
Binnington, who is 8-17-6 for St. Louis this season, improved to 4-1-0 for Canada in best-on-best tournam… [+1445 chars]

Goalie makes 26 saves, McDavid has three assists