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Gregg Popovich has remarried, and his new wife has a long-standing connection to the San Antonio Spurs. The former Spurs head coach married Mary Barth Budenholzer on September 16, 2026, in Texas, according to a marriage license obtained by TMZ. Mary was previously married to Mike Budenholzer, Popovich’s longtime assistant coach in San Antonio who … Read more
Paige Bueckers has added several major records to her WNBA résumé while helping transform the Dallas Wings from one of the league’s worst teams into a playoff team. Bueckers finished the 2026 regular season with 878 points, breaking the Wings’ single-season scoring record previously held by Arike Ogunbowale. She also became the highest-scoring player through … Read more
NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip is stepping further away from public life after being diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration, or FTD, a progressive neurological disease that affects areas of the brain involved in behavior, personality, language and other functions. Waltrip’s family announced the diagnosis on September 23, 2026. They also said the 79-year-old former driver … Read more
Angel Reese gave the Atlanta Dream an injury scare just days before the 2026 WNBA playoffs when she was hit in the face by New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu during Atlanta’s regular-season finale. Reese left the game and did not play in the second half, but the immediate news was encouraging. Dream coach Karl … Read more
Lonzo Ball has not retired from the NBA. The 28-year-old guard sparked retirement speculation after speaking candidly about his injury-plagued career during an episode of the Ball in the Family podcast. Some reports interpreted Ball’s comments as a retirement announcement, but Ball quickly denied that he was walking away from basketball. Ball remains an NBA … Read more
The 2026 Presidents Cup begins Thursday, September 24, at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, with Team USA facing the International Team in four days of match-play golf. The competition runs through Sunday, September 27, and includes 30 matches across four-ball, foursomes and singles. The first team to reach 15.5 points wins the Presidents Cup. If … Read more
Baseball’s Triple Crown is one of the sport’s rarest statistical accomplishments. A hitter wins the traditional Triple Crown by leading his league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in during the same season. There is also a pitching Triple Crown, which requires a pitcher to lead his league in wins, ERA and strikeouts. … Read more
Losing 100 games once is a disastrous Major League Baseball season. Doing it in consecutive years puts a franchise into a much smaller and more infamous group. The Colorado Rockies became the newest member of that group on September 22, 2026 — and reached an even rarer level of futility. Colorado’s 7-2 loss to the … Read more
Kelsey Mitchell has turned the 2026 WNBA season into the most prolific scoring season in league history. The Indiana Fever guard has broken the WNBA single-season scoring record, established a new league record for consecutive 20-point games and surpassed the previous WNBA single-season three-point record. Those achievements add to an already extensive collection of Indiana … Read more
WNBA playoff seeding is relatively simple: the eight teams with the best regular-season records qualify for the postseason, regardless of whether they play in the Eastern or Western Conference. Those eight teams are ranked from No. 1 through No. 8 based primarily on their regular-season records. The seeds determine first-round matchups, which teams receive home-court … Read more