INDIANAPOLIS — It’s official: the Indiana Fever’s playoff drought will stop at seven seasons. The Fever officially clinched a playoff spot as Chicago lost to Las Vegas and Atlanta lost to Phoenix late on Tuesday night. Now, even if Indiana ...

The Denver Broncos and cornerback Patrick Surtain agreed on a four-year, $96 million contract extension on Wednesday, making him the highest-paid defensive back in league history, a person close to the situation informed USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon. The person ...

The Biden administration is accusing Russia on Wednesday of trying to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election by targeting American voters through state-run media and other online platforms as part of a campaign referred to as ‘doppelganger.’ Attorney General Merrick ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled a plan to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of this month during a lawmaker-only phone call Wednesday morning. Johnson is aiming to hold a vote on the measure as soon as ...

ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ returns Sept. 7 for a highly-anticipated SEC/Big Ten showdown that highlights Week 2 of college football.  The broadcasters announced during last week’s broadcast from College Station, Texas, that the popular pre-game show will move to Ferry Field ...

The series finale of ‘Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears’ aired Tuesday night as the new-look team puts training camp and the preseason in the rearview and goes full speed ahead toward the 2024 NFL season. As expected ...

Finally, the NFL is back. Week 1 of the regular season has arrived, satisfying the desire of every football fan in the country with some juicy matchups to kick it off. The defending champion Kansas City Chiefs will host the ...

The Biden administration is expected to accuse Russia of orchestrating a sustained effort to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election by targeting American voters through state-run media and other online platforms. Fox News confirmed that Russia-linked entities will be targeted ...

Polling is a useful tool in politics, if somewhat blunt and slow, and this weekend Democrats were taking no small comfort in a ABC/Ipsos survey showing Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by 4 points nationally. But the important thing about ...

American Frances Tiafoe reached the U.S. Open semifinal for the second time in three years on Tuesday after Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov from their match with a leg injury while trailing 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 4-1. Tiafoe with next meet 12th seed Taylor Fritz ...