Sports

Wayne Gretzky attends Trump's inauguration as incoming president floats NHL legend for Canadian leadership

Jan. 20, 2025

NHL legend Wayne Gretzky was spotted at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday as the incoming president has teased "The Great One" as the next leader of Canada. Gretzky was tucked away to the left of Dallas Mavericks majority owner Miriam Adelson and UFC president Dana White. Gretzky was seen watching as Trump’s Cabinet nominees, lawmakers and other luminaries and dignitaries made their way into the Capitol Rotunda.

Sports

Trump 'embodies what being an American is all about,' UFC's Dana White says

Jan. 19, 2025

UFC President Dana White spoke glowingly about President-elect Trump on Sunday night in Washington with his inauguration only hours away. White talked to supporters at the Capital One Arena – home of the Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals and Georgetown Hoyas – about Trump winning the election through every bit of adversity a presidential candidate could possibly face.

Sports

Commanders upset Lions 45-31 to advance to NFC Championship: Highlights

Jan. 19, 2025

Fresh off one of the best seasons in franchise history, the Detroit Lions entered the NFL playoffs as the NFC’s top seed and with ambitions of making their first Super Bowl. Instead, the Lions were stopped before they could advance even to the conference title game. This season Washington has become synonymous with unpredictable comebacks, but another wasn’t necessary Saturday inside Detroit’s Ford Field. On the road but undaunted, Washington overwhelmed Detroit 45-31 behind rookie phenom Jayden Daniels and a Commanders defense that forced five turnovers to advance to the NFC title game for the first time since 1991.

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Kansas City Chiefs win — but some of their fans in Las Vegas lost a heartbreaker

Jan. 19, 2025

Kansas City Chiefs punter Matt Araiza intentionally tiptoed out of the end zone Saturday to surrender a safety, which added meaningless points to the scoreboard but shook the gambling world. Araiza's end zone surrender — which put the finishing touches on Kansas City’s 23-14 playoff victory over the Houston Texans — settled wagers from Las Vegas to cyberspace in a play gamblers call a "backdoor cover."

Weather

Small businesses abruptly learn the limits of their insurance after natural disasters

Jan. 19, 2025

From burned restaurants in Los Angeles to flooded shops in North Carolina, operators face the reality of policies that haven’t kept pace with climate-related risks.

Weather

Arctic blast brings widespread snow, frigid temperatures across U.S., with 175 million under cold weather alerts

Jan. 19, 2025

Over 175 million people across the country are under some form of cold weather alert as the mid-Atlantic and Northeast ready for another round of rain and snow and southern states brace for frigid temperatures and rare snowfall. The cold comes on the tail of another system that brought scattered rain and snow to parts of the East Coast on Saturday.

Sports

The Lions and Commanders put on a slugfest for the ages. Here are the wildest highlights.

Jan. 19, 2025

Saturday’s Divisional Round tilt between the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders — a 45-31 upset win by Jayden Daniels and Co. — had a little bit of everything...and those plays all happened in only the first half! The teams traded big play after big play, particularly in the second quarter, when they combined for 42 points. The Lions started the stretch of thrills with a touchdown pass from Jared Goff to Sam LaPorta. Goff made the throw as he fell to the ground because of an almost-sack, and LaPorta finished the play with a slick one-handed grab.

Sports

No debate: The 12-team College Football Playoff was a success

Jan. 19, 2025

With just one game to go to close out the 2024-25 college football season, we’ve seen enough to call it: The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff has been an undeniable success. There are minor issues that need to be addressed or tweaked, but the overall format change has been a net positive for the sport. More teams were in Playoff contention throughout the final month of the season than ever before, which meant more meaningful games played each Saturday down the stretch. College football still got its usual, spirited debate about which teams should get the final spots in the bracket. And there were 11 CFP games instead of three at the end of the season — with four of those games played in electric campus environments. Interest in the sport has been strong all season long, with 11 regular-season games topping 9 million viewers. First-round CFP games averaged 10.6 million viewers, the quarters averaged 16.9, and the semifinals (played on Thursday and Friday nights) averaged 19.2. With Monday night’s national championship matchup featuring two of the bluest of blue bloods in Notre Dame and Ohio State, the title-game audience is also expected to be massive.

Sports

Coco Gauff pays tribute to TikTok at Australian Open, sees silver lining

Jan. 19, 2025

Coco Gauff celebrated her Australian Open victory over Belinda Bencic with a nod to TikTok as the popular app was made unavailable for Americans back home. Gauff wrote on a camera lens "RIP TikTok USA" with a broken heart after defeating Bencic, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 to move to the quarterfinals of the first Grand Slam event of the season. Gauff had more than 750,000 followers before the app was cut off.

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Novak Djokovic refuses interview with Australian broadcaster over criticism, finds support from Elon Musk

Jan. 19, 2025

Novak Djokovic moved to the Australian Open quarterfinals on Sunday with a straight-set victory over Jiří Lehecka in the fourth round of the tournament. But Djokovic’s dominance was overshadowed by what happened when he left the court. Djokovic refused to speak to Australia’s Channel 9, the official broadcaster of the tournament for the host country, over journalist Tony Jones’ remarks about the Serbian star.