Before he ever took a shot with the Wildcats, Northwestern University freshman Jake West already had an audience of 1.6 million followers on TikTok.
“Me and my friends were kind of just joking around one day after school, and it wasn’t even on my account. It was with my friends, and they just started to go viral, and I was like, OK, maybe I should make an account and start posting,” West said. “I didn’t really know it would come to this, but here we are.”
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As the two standouts from the 2018 NBA Draft class, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic are always bound to be compared. They have plenty of similarities in their game as bigger guards who are dominant on offense.
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While 330 million Americans were losing their voices cheering for a “Miracle on Ice 2.0,” Keith Olbermann was alone in a room, white-knuckling his smartphone and praying for a reason to be miserable.
In the euphoric aftermath of one of the greatest triumphs in American sports, the U.S. men’s hockey team’s 2-1 overtime victory over Canada secured Olympic gold for the first time since 1980.
Team USA earned every cheer, every headline, and every ounce of praise that followed.
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia returned to the mound on Monday, Feb. 23, for the first time since the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Vesia was forced to leave the Dodgers in the middle of their playoff run for a second-straight title after he and his wife, Kayla, went through something devastating.
Their newborn daughter, Sterling Sole, passed away in the middle of the postseason, leading to his absence from the team. The Dodgers did not announce the news to respect Vesia’s privacy.
Yahoo Sports’ 26-and-under power rankings are a remix on the traditional farm system rankings that assess the strength of MLB organizations’ talent base among rookie-eligible and MiLB players. By evaluating all players in an organization entering their age-26 seasons or younger, this project aims to paint a more complete picture of each team’s young core. Our rankings value productive young major leaguers more heavily than prospects who have yet to prove it at the highest level, and most prospects included in teams’ evaluations have already reached the upper levels of the minors.
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New London’s Kyaire Young (12) looses the ball in the last moments of the game and New London down by 3 during the Fitch at New London boys basketball game on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, in New London. (Jim Michaud/Hearst Connecticut Media)
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The 2026 ECC Division I Boys Basketball Tournament will tip off with one play-in game on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the site of the higher seed. Currently, the quarterfinals are on Thursday, Feb. 26 at the higher seed, then the semifinals are on Saturday, Feb. 28, at New London at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
The Atlanta Falcons are expected to place the franchise tag on tight end Kyle Pitts before the start of NFL free agency. While the former top-five pick would have been one of the top players on the market, he will instead return to Atlanta on a one-year deal worth around $16 million.
Tagging Pitts would be the first major move of Ian Cunningham’s tenure as general manager. The Falcons reportedly did not want to let the fifth-year tight end leave after having such a productive season. Pitts led the team with 928 receiving yards on 88 catches, adding a career-high five touchdowns.
