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Geno Auriemma has Connecticut favored to win the school's 13th NCAA championship next month in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Geno Auriemma Doesn’t Let Travel Problems Interfere With Winning

Geno Auriemma is sitting at a table at a hotel in Rhode Island, food laid out before him, surrounded by his Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team that he has every reason to suspect might, in just a few weeks, win the 13th national championship in the school’s gilded history. The legendary coach is looking at […]

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Oksana Masters
Oksana Masters' incredible story of overcoming adversity is even more remarkable than the 21 medals she has won at both the summer and winter Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Paralympic Winter Games: U.S. Medalist Tracker

The official slogan of the Paralympic Games has long been “Spirit in Motion.” In recent years, para athletes have embraced an unofficial motto: stare power. They know they’re being looked at, and they want to be seen as never before. Not just as athletes, but as people, as individuals who can be as ordinary outside […]

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The redesigned Oak Room at Villa Park (Credit: Aston Villa FC)

Villa Park Awaits for Opening Celebration of TEAMS Europe ’26

Few clubs in world football carry the heritage and stature of Aston Villa Football Club. Founded in 1874 and crowned European champions in 1982, Villa is woven into the fabric of English football history. Its home stadium, Villa Park, has stood as one of the game’s great stages for over a century and is a […]

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Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas during a practice session for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix (AP Photo/Scott Barbour)

Formula One Preview: Cadillac and Arvid Lindblad Arrive In Season Of Change

The Formula One World Championship returns for its 77th edition this weekend. Starting in Australia on March 7, the 2026 season is set to usher in a new era for F1 and elite motorsport, with a record number of races, altered regulations for cards and a glitzy new team. In recent years, Netflix’s “Drive to […]

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Laurie Stephens
Laurie Stephens of the United States is one of the top athletes to watch in Italy, 20 years after she won a skiing gold at a different Paralympic Games in that country. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

2026 Paralympic Winter Games Take Place in Changed World

The torch may have only recently gone out on the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, but the world has nonetheless changed a great deal already. Among its many impacts, the escalating conflict in the Middle East is disrupting travel across the region, and the first major international sports event to take place since those hostilities began […]

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Mason Miller closed out Team USA's win in the WBC semifinals, putting the Americans one win from their second title. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

World Baseball Classic 2026: Complete Schedule, Venues and More

When last we saw the World Baseball Classic, one future Hall of Famer was striking out another future Hall of Famer — who just happened to be his MLB teammate — in the ninth inning to secure a one-run victory in a title game between Japan and the United States. It was the buzziest moment […]

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The FIFA World Cup Trophy (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

FIFA Marks 100-Day Countdown to 2026 FIFA World Cup

March 3 marks a milestone for FIFA: 100 days until the long-awaited start of the men’s Word Cup in North America. The first game will take place between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City on June 11. The groups for the tournament were determined at December’s FIFA World Cup Final Draw held at the […]

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The FIFA World Cup Trophy (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Confirmed 2026 FIFA World Cup Base Camps

It has been confirmed that 39 national teams will have team base camp training sites in the United States, seven will be in Mexico and two will be based in Canada during the 2026 Men’s FIFA World Cup. Within those figures, 25 communities across Canada, Mexico and the United States that will not host World […]

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Photo by Jason Gewirtz

SportsTravel at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games

SportsTravel will be on site at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, with additional coverage from our bases in the United States and the UK. Follow along for coverage you won’t find anywhere else. Grading the 2026 Olympic Winter Games SportsTravel Publisher Jason Gewirtz was on the ground in Milan and […]

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Ashley Farquharson won a bronze medal in the women's luge. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

Grading the 2026 Olympic Winter Games

SportsTravel Publisher Jason Gewirtz was on the ground in Milan and Cortina, Italy. Here are his scores from the Games based on his experience at the event. Opening Ceremony: A- I wanted to give this one a full A+ and there is a case to be made that it deserves one. The dramatic moments were […]

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