Author: Sarki Samson

When Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce named their Kansas City steakhouse after their jersey numbers, it probably felt like a clever, personal touch. Mahomes wears No. 15. Kelce wears No. 87. Put them together and you get 1587 Prime a natural, almost poetic branding decision for two of the NFL’s biggest stars. There’s just one problem. A sneaker company called 1587 Sneakers had already claimed that number combination, and it’s now suing both players for trademark infringement, according to court records cited . What started as a creative restaurant name has landed two Super Bowl champions in the middle of…

Los Angeles had a Friday night basketball game that had absolutely everything a dominant first quarter, a blown 16-point lead, a star leaving injured, a last-second heist attempt, and LeBron James standing between the Clippers and a miracle. In the end, the Lakers escaped with a 125-122 victory, and the city’s other team is left hoping the injury news stays minor. Luka Dončić was the story for the Lakers, delivering 38 points and 11 assists in the kind of performance that reminds everyone why he was acquired in the first place. But the game’s most consequential moment may have been…

The American speedskating phenom finished fourth by nine hundredths of a second  and history will have to wait Nine hundredths of a second. That’s the margin between Jordan Stolz and an Olympic bronze medal. That’s also the margin between a remarkable Games and one of the most historically significant individual performances in Winter Olympics speedskating history. The 21-year-old American phenom came up empty in Saturday’s mass start at Milan’s 400-meter oval, finishing fourth in the most unpredictable race his sport produces. Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands claimed gold with a winning time of 7:55.50, while Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark…

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are entering their final stretch, and Saturday delivered exactly what a penultimate day should breathtaking highs, narrow misses, and the kind of emotional storytelling that makes the Games worth watching in the first place. Team USA opened the day in the best possible way, with the mixed aerials team of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran, and Chris Lillis combining for a record-breaking gold medal performance. The victory pushed the United States to 11 gold medals in Italy the most the country has ever claimed in a single Winter Games. It’s a benchmark worth sitting with…

The Sacramento Kings just can’t catch a break  or maybe, depending on how you look at it, they keep catching all the wrong ones. De’Andre Hunter, the Kings forward acquired in a three-team trade just weeks ago, underwent season-ending left eye surgery Friday afternoon at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Roseville, California. The procedure, performed by Dr. M. Ali Khan, addressed a retinal detachment Hunter suffered on Feb. 6 during a game against the LA Clippers. The team confirmed Hunter is expected to make a full recovery, with an update anticipated in approximately eight weeks. The good news is that…

Jaxon Smith-Njigba just won a Super Bowl, broke a franchise receiving record, led the entire NFL in receiving yards, and took home AP Offensive Player of the Year honors. If there’s a better moment to walk into contract negotiations with maximum leverage, it’s hard to imagine what it would look like. The Seattle Seahawks wide receiver made his position clear in a recent interview with WFAA in his hometown of Dallas  he wants to be the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL when his new deal gets done, and he’s not losing sleep over when that happens. The calm is…

Losing happens in tennis. Even the best players in the world drop matches they probably shouldn’t. But when it happens twice in a row to someone who spent the better part of two years looking nearly invincible, people start asking questions and Jannik Sinner knows it. The Italian world No. 2 was eliminated from the Qatar Open in Doha on Thursday, falling 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-3 to 20-year-old Czech rising star Jakub Mensik. Sinner had entered the tournament hoping to reach the semifinals and mirror what rival Carlos Alcaraz had done at the same event. Instead, he’s heading home early,…

There are comebacks, and then there are Venus Williams comebacks. The kind that remind you why certain athletes transcend the sport entirely and become something closer to institutions. Williams has been awarded a wild card into both the singles and doubles draws for the BNP Paribas Open, the prestigious hardcourt tournament held in Indian Wells, California, running March 4-15. At 45 years old, she’ll be making her 10th career appearance at the event and if her recent activity on tour is any indication, she’s not showing up just to participate. https://youtu.be/w5d9sa1RMJA?si=TPBdrLGNTjYBFMQG A complicated history with Indian Wells For anyone unfamiliar…

The Dallas Cowboys made a move at the trade deadline that was supposed to fix their linebacker problem. Instead, it created a new one and now they’re cutting their losses, literally. The Cowboys waived veteran linebacker Logan Wilson on Friday, a move that frees up $6.5 million in salary cap space but also closes the book on one of the more forgettable acquisitions of the season. For a team that gave up a 2026 seventh-round pick to the Cincinnati Bengals to land Wilson, the return on investment was about as disappointing as Dallas’ season overall. https://youtu.be/GrvVtjfX4sQ?si=CEOPrhKqIzN2Q5tq How it all went…

Andy Reid has a tell. When the Kansas City Chiefs’ head coach genuinely likes where something is headed, he smiles. And on Friday, ahead of next week’s NFL combine, Reid was smiling plenty when the subject of Travis Kelce’s future came up. Reid’s tone and demeanor during the news conference painted a picture that words alone might not have fully captured the longtime coach spoke warmly about ongoing communication with Kelce, suggested the tight end wants to move forward, and made clear the organization is already proceeding with that expectation in mind. For a franchise that rarely tips its hand…