🏀 Basketball
NBA plans to enact anti-tanking rules next season, sources say
Commissioner Adam Silver informed the league's 30 general managers Thursday that the NBA plans to make anti-tanking rule changes for next season, sources told ESPN.
The league office's conversations with stakeholders from the board of governors, competition committee and GMs have been intensifying dialogue about combatting tanking -- including starting to propose potential concepts for changes in December during its meeting with owners.
During Thursday's GM meeting, Silver, the NBA office and the league's 30 top team executives shared a desire to have ongoing discussions to safeguard the integrity of the sport.
Michael Jordan comes under fire over interaction with his driver's son, six, after Daytona 500 win
Michael Jordan has divided social media over the way he celebrated his NASCAR team's historic Daytona 500 victory with a young child.
The NBA icon was on the podium celebrating his team's greatest success when the incident involving driver Tyler Reddick's six-year-old son, Beau, unfolded.
Jordan was caught on camera appearing to grab at the young child's lower back and bottom area.
🏒 Hockey
Kevin Fiala Out For the Season After Injury at Olympics
Nashville Predators forward Kevin Fiala broke his left leg in Wednesday night's Game 1 against the St. Louis Blues and is out of the playoffs, the team announced.
Team USA defeats Canada, takes home women's hockey gold in storybook ending
The U.S. women's hockey team accomplished what they set out to do four years ago after losing to Canada in the Olympic final in Beijing. They defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to win gold at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
It's just the third time in Olympic history that Team USA has been crowned the Olympic champion in women's hockey, each time over arch-rival Canada.
The United States was perfect in 2026 Olympic competition. They went undefeated, won all seven games, and only allowed two goals throughout the entirety of the tournament. The Americans were flawless, until now.
🏈 Football
Super Bowl champion Seahawks announce franchise has begun formal sale process
The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks have formally announced the team is up for sale.
The news comes less than two weeks after the Seahawks' win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8.
“The Estate of Paul G. Allen today announced it has commenced a formal sale process for the Seattle Seahawks NFL franchise, consistent with Allen's directive to eventually sell his sports holdings and direct all Estate proceeds to philanthropy”
Allen purchased the Seahawks in 1997 and earned the franchise's first Super Bowl win in 2013. Allen died in 2018 and his younger sister, Jody Allen, has served as chair of the Seahawks since then.
Paul Allen's will stipulated that the Seahawks would eventually be sold with the proceedings given to philanthropic efforts.
Bears' potential move to Indiana takes step forward
The Chicago Bears' potential move to Indiana took another step forward on Thursday when a key committee approved a plan to create an agency that would help get a stadium built.
The Indiana House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee passed a bill establishing a Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority to finance, construct and lease a stadium by a 24-0 margin. The Bears are looking at a tract of land near Wolf Lake in Hammond, Ind.
