The AP preseason Top 25 poll was released and two-time defending champion Georgia was number one. Now no team has won three straight national titles, since the advent of the AP poll, all the way back in 1936. The Bulldogs—who’ve won 17 straight games overall—have had 25 players drafted over the past two years—including eight […]
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. In the supercharged world of dirt track racing, a single mistake causes the lives of two men to change forever. One must fight for his family, the other must fight to forgive.
Most athletes train for years to become good at a sport, but few become world-class athletes and even fewer break world records. One woman in Illinois did just that—and in a record amount of time. Christina Lyons tells NTD how she did it.
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. When Monica’s horse, Champion, breaks horse tradition and reveals to her that horses can talk, Monica helps him figure out what kind of horse he wants to be when he grows up and ultimately discovers her own path as well.
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. A multi-talented young girl has a chance to win the lead role in the Nutcracker ballet and must choose between pursuing her mother’s dream of her becoming a prima ballerina and her father’s aspirations of making her a sports champion.
The Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 103–90 Thursday night to secure their fourth title in eight years. Less than 24 hours later, Steph Curry and crew are already expected to repeat as champions in 2023. Caesars Sportsbook has Golden State as 5–1 odds to do it again next year, followed by the Brooklyn […]
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested in connection with a shooting in California’s Bay Area, police said. The victim was taken Monday to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the San Jose Police Department. Velasquez was booked into the Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of attempted murder, police said in […]
BESSEMER, Ala.—A former University of Alabama track star and Olympian was killed in a shootout with another man, authorities say. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified Emmit King and Willie Albert Wells as the two men who died after exchanging gunfire in Bessemer on Sunday, AL.com reported. King, 62, was a sprinter and […]
MOSCOW—Yuriy Sedykh, a two-time Olympic champion in the hammer throw whose world record from 1986 still stands, has died. He was 66. The Russian track and field federation said Sedykh died early Tuesday following a heart attack. “Deeply mourn the loss of Yuriy Sedykh,” World Athletics senior vice president and pole vault great Sergei Bubka […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden welcomed Tom Brady and the Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House on Tuesday. Brady was front and center, accompanying Biden, coach Bruce Arians and owner Bryan Glazer into the ceremony. Biden was presented with the traditional gift of a No. 46 jersey—which Glazer said was appropriate since Tampa Bay […]
Kaitlyn Bristowe, the recently crowned champion of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” and her boyfriend Jason Tartick have COVID-19, she announced on Instagram. Bristowe, an alum of “The Bachelor” franchise, shared the news alongside Tartick, who was also previously a contestant on “The Bachelorette.” “Unfortunately, this is our Christmas card this year,” Bristowe wrote. “We […]
John Coughlin, a two-time U.S. pairs champion recently suspended from figure skating, died by suicide in Kansas City, Missouri. He was 33. U.S. Figure Skating released a statement Saturday and cited his sister, Angela Laune. The sister said in a Facebook post that her “wonderful, strong, amazingly compassionate brother John Coughlin took his own life. […]
One dog was a day away from being put down when she got a second chance. The dog took that second chance and revealed the champion hidden inside her. Two days before Christmas, Stitch was about to never see another holiday. Habitat for Paws foster mom Millie Sawyer, who has been saving dogs for more […]
He lives by the mantra: “Every year I try to be stronger than last year…” And every year he succeeds. We’re talking, of course, about 2014’s champion Žydrūnas Savickas. A Strongman so iconic that he is often referred to only by his nickname… Big Z. Standing tall at 6’3”, and with a competition weight of […]
