With the Winter Olympics mere weeks away - this year's games, hosted in the Milano-Cortina region of Italy, are slated to kick off Feb. 6 - sponsors have begun to release their apparel capsules in earnest, and, as with every Olympics, there have been standouts among both the performance and lifestyle categories. EA7's Team Italia collection, for instance, was one of the surprise successes of Milan Fashion Week, while Mongolia's uniforms, designed by Goyol Cashmere, have been a viral sensation.
The trek celebrates Five Finger Death Punch's 20th anniversary, and the veteran band will be allocating a portion of ticket sale proceeds to support high-performance programs for US athletes as they prepare for international competition, including the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games. Specifically, founding guitarist Zoltan Bathory has selected USA Judo, the National Governing Body for Judo in the US, as his beneficiary, while vocalist Ivan Moody will direct his contribution to the USA Cycling BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle teams.
If there was a non-Juan-Soto bright spot that emerged from the New York Mets' disastrous 2025 campaign, it was the emergence of Nolan McLean. The organization's top pitching prospect dazzled in his five-week MLB debut, going 5-1 with a 2.06 ERA in eight starts while setting some significant records along the way. Team USA came calling this week, as they added the 24-year-old to their roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, which runs from March 5-17.
WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is making her debut with the senior US women's national team this weekend, taking part in a training camp at Duke under first-time Team USA head coach Kara Lawson. And while much of the attention on Friday was focused on how the American squad might evolve before the 2026 Fiba World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics Clark is one of 10 newcomers a topic of conversation looming over the first day of practice were the collective bargaining negotiations happening now between the WNBA and its players.
Olympians are extremely disciplined when it comes to training for their respective sports - it comes with the territory of being an elite athlete with the hopes of landing on the podium. The training's not done quite yet, though, as the stars gearing up for the 2026 Winter Olympics taking place in Milan and Cortina, prepare to take the global stage.
Scheffler, however, has moved on and learned the lessons from that comprehensive defeat as Team USA looks to regain the Ryder Cup at Long Island's Bethpage Black this weekend. I don't think it can be understated how difficult of a week Rome was for us, Scheffler said Tuesday morning. I think we could have done better for sure. That wasn't how I expected the week to go. I think we learned from it, and we're as prepared as ever this time.
Los Angeles Dodgers star Will Smith has firmly established himself as one of the best catchers in baseball. The former first round pick out of Louisville has made three-straight All-Star appearances. Smith has been a core member on two World Series teams. He's proven to be an above-average defensive catcher, an excellent offensive catcher in terms of bat-to-ball skills, and ultimately one of the most well-rounded players at his position in the sport.
