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PARIS — Success has followed Steve Serio throughout his U.S. Paralympic career. He’s earned two gold medals and a bronze over his four Paralympic Games playing for the wheelchair basketball team.  Serio plans to wrap…

NFL power rankings entering Week 1 of the 2024 season (previous rank in parentheses): 1. Kansas City Chiefs (1): They’d hardly scored the winning touchdown in overtime to successfully defend their crown in February before…

ESPN and Omaha Productions’ “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” announced Tuesday its full schedule for the upcoming NFL season in style.  Two-time Super Bowl champion Peyton Manning and two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli…

SAINT-DENIS, France — While nothing is for certain out on the track, it would be difficult to find two runners as confident that they will win as Team USA’s Jaydin Blackwell and Ryan Medrano, who…

We’re in the final stretch of the WNBA regular season, and the rookies are shining bright.  Teams have seven or eight games left, and the playoff race is starting to crystalize (the last day of…

The National Hockey League will have a new highest-paid player for three seasons in a row. Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl agreed to an eight-year, $112 million extension on Tuesday that will give him a…

Georgia locks down on No. 1, Notre Dame breaks into the top five and Southern California is one of several teams making a big move in the first updated USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-134…

PARIS − Team USA sprinter Brittni Mason was all smiles as the silver medal was placed around her neck on the podium at the Stade de France Tuesday night. She earned that spot with a…

The San Francisco 49ers might be golden heading into Week 1 after all. As their regular-season opener against the New York Jets on ‘Monday Night Football’ approaches, the reigning NFC champions wrapped up a contract…