Mookie Betts hit a game-winning, three-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Dodgers to an 8-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night a few hours after Los Angeles received its 2024 World Series rings. The Dodgers are 4-0 to start the season for the first timeContinue Reading
John Fanta College Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter With 2.8 seconds on the clock in a 60-60 tie, Kelvin Sampson went to his play sheet to call “51.” Purdue covered the first one, but the second option was open, and it was a fitting one for Houston to advance to theContinue Reading
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer Of all the Sweet 16 matchups that unfolded over the last two days, none had as many ready-made storylines as the showdown between No. 1 Auburn and No. 5 Michigan in the South Regional. At the top of the heap was theContinue Reading
UConn coach Geno Auriemma complained Friday about the women’s NCAA Tournament format that once again has sent the Huskies across the country. And possibly back again. UConn is playing in the Spokane Region, facing Oklahoma in the Sweet 16 on Saturday night. If the Huskies can win the region, they’llContinue Reading
John Fanta College Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter Rick Barnes’ Tennessee team is known as one of the toughest defensive groups in the country, holding opponents to just 28% shooting from 3-point range. But in two regular-season meetings with Kentucky this year, the Volunteers had no answer as the Wildcats combinedContinue Reading
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer In the immediate aftermath of Michigan State’s second-round win over New Mexico last weekend, head coach Tom Izzo was asked during his on-court interview for any thoughts about the forthcoming matchup with sixth-seeded Ole Miss in the Sweet 16. Izzo, who wasContinue Reading
The 2025 College Basketball Crown is set to get underway on Monday in Las Vegas. That means it’s time for college hoops fans to break out their pens and paper and fill out their brackets before the first game tips off at 3 p.m. ET on FS1. The 16-team bracketContinue Reading
The Baltimore Ravens extended coach John Harbaugh’s contract by three years, taking him through the 2028 season. The 62-year-old Harbaugh is the Ravens’ all-time winningest coach with a 172-104 record over 17 seasons, not including going 13-11 in the playoffs. He is the second-longest-tenured active coach behind Mike Tomlin, whoContinue Reading
The 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament continued Friday with the first day of Sweet 16 action. [Read more: 2025 Women’s March Madness Schedule: Dates, locations, channels, how to watch] Duke started the day with a vintage defensive performance, as the second-seeded Blue Devils stifled third-seeded North Carolina. Now, No. 1 seedContinue Reading
Kevin Willard insists he has no idea what’s next for him in coaching, not yet. Not moments after Maryland‘s NCAA Tournament defeat to top-seeded Florida, and certainly not before speaking with his agent and his wife. Willard has been linked to the Villanova job and also publicly expressed concerns lastContinue Reading
Eric Williams NFL Reporter Birmingham Stallions head coach Skip Holtz has a problem that’s the envy of the rest of the teams in the UFL. Too much of a good thing. Holtz’s two-man competition at quarterback includes former USFL MVP Alex McGough and the Carolina Panthers‘ 2022 third-round pick MattContinue Reading
Coaches still playing in the NCAA Tournament have to split their time between preparing their teams for the Sweet 16 and talking to potential transfers who have entered the portal. Such is life in college basketball. Dawn Staley is one of those coaches, and she said it’s a huge challenge.Continue Reading
Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst The 2025 NFL Draft is less than a month away, and now that we have a better picture of teams’ positions, I’m diving into the fun of mock drafts. Yes, you’ll see some familiar names near the top, but my order of how playersContinue Reading
The Memphis Grizzlies announced Friday that they’ve “parted ways” with head coach Taylor Jenkins after five-plus seasons. “I’m genuinely appreciative of Taylor’s contributions to this team and this city over the past six seasons. This was a difficult decision, given the consistent and tangible development of our players and overallContinue Reading
Eric Williams NFL Reporter Thus far, the Birmingham Stallions own professional spring football. The reigning UFL champions — and two-time USFL champs — have lost just four games over the past three years. However, as head coach Skip Holtz prepares his team to defend yet another title, another team lurksContinue Reading
Considering everything massive defensive tackle Desmond Watson showed during Florida’s Pro Day, his most impressive feat may have been escaping the practice facility without anyone noticing. The 6-foot-6, 464-pound pro prospect somehow slipped team personnel and media members following his workout in front of NFL scouts Thursday. Watson’s teammates andContinue Reading
The 2025 Cook Out 400 is set to take place at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. A 210-mile race that requires 400 laps to complete, it will mark the seventh race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Here’s what you need to know about the race, how to watchContinue Reading
Chris Fallica FOX Sports Wagering Expert What’s better than watching basketball? Watching basketball and winning money! You can partake in the best of both worlds while watching the Crown Basketball Tournament with our free-to-play FOX Super 6 game. How do you play? Enter the Crown Super 6 contest by predictingContinue Reading
NEW YORK — Things looked different in the Bronx on Opening Day. Ace Gerrit Cole, fresh off Tommy John surgery, wore a brace on his right elbow during pregame introductions. No one in the crowd wanted to see or hear any evidence of Juan Soto’s lone year in pinstripes, soContinue Reading
When March Madness reaches the second weekend, the spotlight gets bigger and teams rely on their stars to shine brighter. Players have the opportunity to put their team on their back with high-scoring performances and earn a spot in college basketball history. With the Sweet 16 starting on Thursday, weContinue Reading
With a chance to make a late splash in his New York Mets debut, Juan Soto came up empty. After signing the biggest contract in baseball history last offseason, the slugger came to bat with two runners aboard and the Mets down by two in the ninth inning Thursday. ButContinue Reading
Josh Giddey made a halfcourt heave at the buzzer to cap perhaps the wildest finish in the NBA this season, giving the Chicago Bulls a 119-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. Patrick Williams and Coby White hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the closing seconds for the Bulls,Continue Reading
Sports are an everyday thing — meaning there is always an opportunity to throw down a few bucks. Currently, we’re in the midst of the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, with the NBA and NHL playoffs approaching, and the new MLB season began Thursday. Like we said, a lot ofContinue Reading
Darrion Williams could barely make a shot for the first 30 minutes. He didn’t miss when it mattered most, sending Texas Tech to an improbable spot in the Elite Eight. Williams scored the go-ahead basket with 7.3 seconds left in overtime after tying the game with a 3-pointer in theContinue Reading
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist It’s difficult to think of any member of the U.S. men’s national team whose reputation was left fully intact following last week’s Concacaf Nations League debacle in Los Angeles, where the Americans lost to Panama and Canada and saw chief rival Mexico hoist the trophy for theContinue Reading
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer NEWARK, N.J. — Peeking out from beneath the back-to-back 3-pointers by Anthony Dell’Orso in the opening four minutes, sneaking a glance from behind the double-clutch floater by Jaden Bradley that extended Arizona’s early lead shortly thereafter, were the intermittent glimpses of fragility andContinue Reading
MLB’s Opening Day kicked off the 2025 season with a bang across the league, some in more parks than others. There’s good news, great performances, and no shortage of dingers. Here’s the best of day one of the 2025 MLB season. Former 1988 World Series hero and champion Kirk GibsonContinue Reading
Will Richard scored 15 points, Alijah Martin added 14 points and seven rebounds, and top-seeded Florida played a steady second half to run away from No. 4 seed Maryland and into the NCAA Tournament’s West Region final with an 87-71 win Thursday night. Walter Clayton Jr. contributed 13 points andContinue Reading
John Fanta College Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter NEWARK, N.J. — With just under eight minutes left on the clock at the Prudential Center, Mark Sears let it fly from downtown and sent those in crimson into a frenzy. Sears had buried Alabama’s 22nd 3-pointer of the night, a new NCAAContinue Reading
It’s a new season but the Los Angeles Dodgers are still celebrating their 2024 World Series championship. Rapper Ice Cube rolled up to their dugout in a vintage blue convertible with the Commissioner’s Trophy in the front passenger seat. Magic Johnson carried the prize to home plate as fans roaredContinue Reading
Austin Wells became the first catcher to hit a leadoff homer on opening day, Anthony Volpe also went deep and the New York Yankees began their AL pennant defense by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday. Carlos Rodon (1-0), starting because of ace Gerrit Cole’s season-ending elbow injury, allowedContinue Reading
RJ Young FOX Sports National College Football Analyst Skip Holtz doesn’t simply stand out because he has coached the Birmingham Stallions to three consecutive league championships — two in the former USFL and one in the current UFL — but that he has produced two MVPs at quarterback over thatContinue Reading
The 2025 MLB season kicks off on Thursday and FOX Sports is ranking the top-50 players in the league entering the new campaign. Shohei Ohtani was FOX Sports’ No. 1 player last season, but with a flurry of moves in the offseason and a handful of memorable postseason moments, there’sContinue Reading
Stu Holden Soccer Analyst While the United States men’s national team is coming off of a pair of disappointing performances in the Concacaf Nations League, Gregg Berhalter and the Chicago Fire are off to an undefeated start to the MLS season. One of the stars of the Fire is KellynContinue Reading
Henry McKenna NFL Reporter There’s a whole lot of fool’s gold in the NFL offseason. Teams have money and draft picks to spend. So that’s what they do, in hopes of getting back into the playoffs — or getting deeper into the postseason (and eventually winning a Super Bowl). We’veContinue Reading
Pittsburgh Steelers star defensive tackle Cameron Heyward recently said on his podcast, “Not Just Football with Cam Heyward,” that he wouldn’t go on a “darkness retreat” to get quarterback and four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers in the black and yellow (Rodgers went on a darkness retreat following the 2022 season).Continue Reading
John Fanta College Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter NEWARK, N.J. — Kelly Flagg remembers the scene like it was yesterday. Her twin boys, Cooper and Ace, were playing the popular video game, “Just Dance” on the Nintendo Wii at the age of four. They were dancing to the song “The AntsContinue Reading
Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider SALISBURY, N.C. — It was the first of who knows how many times for this unique father-and-son moment. They enjoyed some trash talking as part of a historic night of a race against each other. The wife — who’s also the mom — was thereContinue Reading
The 2024 NFL season felt like the year of the running back. Saquon Barkley was at the forefront for the Philadelphia Eagles, registering a single-season NFL record for rushing yards (regular season and playoffs combined) en route to a Super Bowl victory — then netting a historic extension for runningContinue Reading
The NASCAR Cup Series is set to take on the Martinsville Speedway for yet another race in the 2025 season. Catch the race on Sunday on FS1 at 3 p.m. ET. Qualifying starts Saturday afternoon on Prime. Check out the 2025 NASCAR Martinsville qualifying order below. 2025 NASCAR Martinsville QualifyingContinue Reading
The MLB regular season is scheduled to start in Tokyo, Japan on March 18 on FOX, with MLB’s traditional Opening Day scheduled for Thursday, March 27. This is the earliest Opening Day in MLB history. Check out the complete details on how to watch this year’s Opening Day games, includingContinue Reading
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Wednesday that newly acquired free agent Alex Bregman will play third base this season, with incumbent Rafael Devers moving to designated hitter. “We all are in the winning business, and he understands that,” Cora told WEEI-AM. “It’s like everything, right: You don’t haveContinue Reading
Ralph Vacchiano NFL Reporter With less than one month to go before the NFL Draft begins, something of a miracle has already occurred. Every one of the NFL’s 32 teams still has their original first-round pick. It’s the closest the NFL has gotten to a draft without a single first-rounderContinue Reading
After telling reporters in February that MLB needed to be “vigilant” about the lack of a salary cap, Rob Manfred is taking a noncommittal stance on the issue. The MLB commissioner wants to see how the next couple of seasons play out before weighing whether a salary cap should beContinue Reading
Apologies to Cade Smith and Hunter Gaddis, but we’re only ranking the closers here rather than all relief pitchers, so this piece won’t be a Cleveland takeover. Even with that caveat, though, there are far more talented closers than spots available below. To be clear, these aren’t fantasy baseball rankings,Continue Reading
Don’t be surprised when, in 10 to 15 years, we’re talking about multiple players from this generation of first basemen getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. The group below has combined for 31 All-Star selections, 11 Silver Slugger awards, seven Gold Glove honors, four home run titles, three MVPContinue Reading
Hey, where’d everybody go? A year ago, second base seemed like the “it” spot. Mookie Betts was expected to move there more permanently from right field and Xander Bogaerts was bumping over from shortstop while everyone was giddily awaiting the arrival of top prospect Jackson Holliday. Well, the position suddenlyContinue Reading
Sports are an everyday thing — meaning there is always an opportunity to throw down a few bucks. Currently, we’re in the midst of the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, with the NBA and NHL playoffs approaching, and the new MLB season beginning Thursday. Like we said, a lot ofContinue Reading
Argentina is proving it can win without Lionel Messi, just in case he opts not to play in the 2026 World Cup. After Argentina secured a spot in next year’s competition, the main question now is whether the 37-year-old star will play in his sixth tournament and try to winContinue Reading
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer NEWARK, N.J. — Seated and slouched in a folding chair that is far too small for him, with an angle unsuitable for his branch-like legs that seem far too long for anyone, Khaman Maluach recounted the last year of his frantic, fantastic life.Continue Reading
