Breaking News

National Sports

College bill clears Senate

WASHINGTON — Legislation to broadly regulate college sports has cleared a first major hurdle in the Senate. The Senate voted Tuesday to consider the bill, a significant step forward as senators from both parties have made the legislation a priority. The bill aims to put guardrails around escalating spending in college sports as the industry struggles to adapt to a new model in which schools can pay players. Major conferences, Senate leadership and President Donald Trump have backed the bipartisan bill. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz of Texas said the bill aims ...

NFL teams already dealing with their injured QBs

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold has a “very unique, soft tissue” glute injury with no set timeline for his return, the team announced Monday. The injury is believed to be short-term and Darnold’s hip joint was unaffected, the team said. He has not been placed on injured ...

Senate pushing bill to limit roster budget for college sports

With college football in full swing, proponents of the Protect College Sports Act have launched an all-out blitz to push the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks. The bill aims to put guardrails around escalating spending in college sports as the ...

Two weeks left for MLB teams to make their playoff push

Clinching season has begun, with the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers becoming the first teams to wrap up spots in the postseason. Here’s a quick rundown of baseball’s remaining unresolved races: In the AL The New York Yankees and Boston are almost certain to join Tampa Bay in the ...

Florida State fires its AD

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State fired athletics director Michael Alford on Monday morning, school president Dr. Richard McCullough announced. Alford had been Florida State’s athletics director since January 2022 after he was hired in the fall of 2020 to be the president of Seminole ...

US women’s basketball team fights for FIBA win

BERLIN — The names may change, but the results are the same for the U.S. women’s basketball team — another FIBA World Cup title. The Americans’ fifth championship in a row came Sunday in a 97-79 victory over France. It wasn’t as easy as the previous four, with the U.S. showing some ...