NFL salary cap hits milestone at $301.2 million for 2026 - ESPN
INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL salary cap has topped $300 million for the first time, landing at $301.2 million in 2026 for a $22 million increase over last year.
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Simeone's reborn Atletico chase Copa crown with Champions League dream alive
SEVILLE, Spain, April 17 : Atletico Madrid stand on the brink of a revival season under Diego Simeone, with Saturday's Copa del Rey final against Real Sociedad offering the chance to end a five-year wait for silverware and perhaps signal something even bigger.
Italy soccer federation chief resigns after World Cup failure
ROME, April 2 : Italian soccer federation (Figc) chief Gabriele Gravina resigned on Thursday, after the national team failed to qualify for the World Cup for the third time in a row.
Sources: Kansas St. set to hire Casey Alexander of Belmont - ESPN
Kansas State is expected to hire Belmont's Casey Alexander as its next men's basketball coach, sources told ESPN on Thursday night.
Sources: Bruce Meyer elected executive director of MLBPA - ESPN
The Major League Baseball Players Association elected Bruce Meyer as its new executive director Wednesday, sources told ESPN, replacing Tony Clark the day after he resigned amid scandal less than a year before the expiration of MLB's collective-bargaining agreement.
Hendrick extends NASCAR Cup champ Kyle Larson through 2031 - ESPN
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson has signed a five-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports, putting the 33-year-old driver under contract through 2031.
Speed skating-American Dawson seeks complete Games experience after Beijing chaos
MILAN, Feb 4 : American speed skater Casey Dawson is heading to Milano Cortina Winter Olympics with unfinished business, determined to experience the Games he never truly had after COVID-19 disrupted his Beijing debut four years ago.
Free from 'sports prison,' winter athletes get chance to enjoy Olympics without a COVID lockdown
In some ways, the goals Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris set for the Milano-Cortina Olympics are the same ones he set in his three previous appearances at the Games.