A pair of players who put up monster seasons — helping their teams likely earn home regionals — claimed the two biggest awards from the USA TODAY Sports Network’s All-SEC teams.
A panel of six sportswriters who regularly cover SEC softball selected Arkansas’ Bri Ellis as the SEC Player of the Year and Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens as SEC Pitcher of the Year.
Ellis is hitting .487 with 25 home runs, 68 RBIs, a 1.221 slugging percentage and a .
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A look at the winners and losers from Sunday’s Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
WINNERS
Joey Logano — He was the first reigning Cup champion not to have a top-five finish through the first 10 races of the following season but changed the storyline by winning Sunday’s race. The victory is the 37th of his career and it comes a week after his fifth-place finish at Talladega was disqualified for a post-race inspection. Said Logano: “I told my wife last week before we left (for Texas), I said, ‘Watch, we’ll go win this one.’ It’s just how we do stuff.
Gary Hall Jr swam for the USA at the Atlanta, Sydney and Athens Olympics [Getty Images]
Olympic champion swimmer Gary Hall Jr has been presented with replicas of the 10 medals he won across three Games after the originals were destroyed during the Los Angeles wildfires.
The 50-year-old American received the medals from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach during a ceremony in Lausanne.
“Thank you for the medals,” Hall Jr said. “Never before have 10 Olympic medals been replaced, probably because no one has lost 10 medals before.
When the 2025 NFL season kicks off, it will mark the third season since Adam Thielen has donned the purple and gold of the Minnesota Vikings. Thielen started his career with the Vikings and quickly made a name for himself, going from an undrafted free agent to a fan favorite and promptly becoming the team’s top option prior to the addition of star Justin Jefferson.
In his prime, Thielen was as reliable a receiver for the Vikings as you’ll find in the NFL, notching back-to-back seasons of 1,200+ yards and being named to two Pro Bowls in 2017 and 2018.
Arsenal head to PSG for their massive UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg on Wednesday trailing 1-0 from the first leg and the margins are so slim between these two teams.
Luis Enrique’s PSG are ahead after Ousmane Dembele’s early goal in the first leg in north London but Mikel Arteta knows his Arsenal side are right in this tie as they head to Paris.
Below is a look at the latest team news, with the PSG vs Arsenal predicted lineups and some analysis on how both Enrique and Arteta could mix things up if they choose to.
On this day in Boston Celtics history, franchise legends Bill Russell and Sam Jones retired as champions, deciding to call it quits after winning the 1969 NBA Championship. For Russell in particular, it was a sweet ending, defeating longtime rival big man (and good friend) Wilt Chamberlain and his Los Angeles Lakers four games to three in a 108-106 Game 7 triumph that is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
Henry Sklar and Tony Tsoukalas dive into the 2025 NBA Draft, analyzing Alabama’s basketball prospects and how they project in the NBA. They also break down the Tide Hoops offseason — including transfer portal pickups, roster movement, and what Nate Oats’ squad could look like heading into the summer.
Breaking news – Alexander-Arnold to leave Liverpool at the end of the season
Sami Mokbel: Alexander-Arnold ‘expected to join’ Real Madrid
Alexander-Arnold: ‘After 20 years at Liverpool Football Club, now is the time for me to confirm that I will be leaving at the end of the season’
Continued: ‘This is easily the hardest decision I’ve ever made in my life’
Analysis: How did we get here?
The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone, and the Minnesota Vikings did a lot to improve their roster during the three-day event. The biggest addition comes from their first-round pick, former Ohio State offensive lineman Donovan Jackson. Jackson figures to come in and compete for a starting spot from Day 1 — if he’s not penciled in as a starter already. Minnesota desperately needed to beef up in the trenches on both sides of the ball, but particularly along the offensive line. The acquisition of Jackson accomplishes that goal, but that’s not the only area they improved.
They will always have the corner. Liverpool’s greatest moment in the two decades since Istanbul was the product of extreme creativity, preternatural calmness and a precocious talent who, on a surreal Anfield night, eliminated Lionel Messi and Barcelona. Trent Alexander-Arnold to Divock Origi, catching everyone else unaware, Liverpool 4 Barcelona 0, the Champions League’s most celebrated semi-final comeback, Jurgen Klopp’s favourite assist of his eight-and-a-half-years on Merseyside.
So Alexander-Arnold’s legacy at Liverpool was secure when he was barely out of his teens.