“Am I supposed to be here?” As she walked into the Houston Rockets’ arena for her first shift as a social media coordinator, Hannah Peery’s mind raced with endless reasons why she felt out of place.  Being the youngest and newest person is hard enough, but she is also one of the only women in the room most of the time. 

Over the past five years, the sports media landscape has undergone drastic developments—one of the most notable shifts being the rise of the sports influencer.

Every winter, hockey fans turn their attention to the IIHF World Junior Championships to watch the world's best under-20 players compete on an international stage. This year's tournament was held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, featuring 10 teams in the top division.

It's the most wonderful time of the year: NCAA gymnastics season! Every weekend from now through April will be back with flips, twists, and athletes taking sports to new heights. If you’re new to the sport or already love gymnastics but don’t know who to root for, here are 20 gymnasts to watch in the 2026 season!

If the NFL regular season is a 17-week slow burn, the playoffs are the final episodes where every storyline collides at once. There are no do-overs, no series, no “best of seven.” One bad throw, one missed block, one tipped pass, and months of work disappear. Here’s how the NFL playoffs work, step by step, explained in a way that actually makes sense, and will have you sounding like a pro by kickoff. Courtesy of Programming Insider Two Conferences, Two Separate Roads The NFL

From the momentum found late in the first period to timely power-play goals, Wednesday night at Climate Pledge Arena, you could find a bit of everything as the Seattle Torrent picked up the 4-1 win over the Ottawa Charge.

December delivered two milestone moments from two of the NHL's defining stars, each representing a different kind of greatness. On December 16th against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Leon Draisaitl recorded his 1,000th career point, becoming the first German-born player in NHL history to achieve this mark. Just days later, Sidney Crosby added a milestone of his own when he surpassed Mario Lemieux to become the Pittsburgh Penguins' all-time points leader.

After records across sports were shattered in 2024, women's sports continued to be on the rise in 2025, leading to more national coverage, higher viewership and attendance, and crucial long-awaited expansion. Let's look at some of the iconic, game-changing moments that defined 2025 in women's sports.

Christmas has passed, the schedule has thinned, and the NFL has entered its most revealing phase of the season. The pageantry fades. The narratives tighten. The excuses disappear. What remains is football in its most honest form, cold, calculated, and consequential. This is the stretch where teams stop dreaming and start confronting reality.