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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After Team USA’s thrilling win over Canada in the Olympic gold medal game Sunday, all Brady Tkachuk wanted to do was celebrate. However, he had to take a drug test first.Tkachuk, 26, wrapped up his media obligations and was on his way to the locker room when he got a tap on the shoulder."I get a tap on the shoulder, ‘Hello Brady, you've been selected for a drug test,’" Tkachuk said on a recent episode of his podcast, "Wingmen with Matthew and Brady Tkachuk."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Brady Tkachuk of the United States celebrates winning the gold medal during after the men's gold medal game against Canada at the Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games  in Milan, Italy, Fe...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers had to deal with a very noisy disruption during the Pistons’ 122-119 overtime win  Friday at Little Caesars Arena.During a timeout, with the Pistons up 65-64, the horn sounded to signal that the teams should return to play. But the horn blared for 13 straight minutes, delaying the game.The horn blared after a power surge caused the overhead scoreboard to malfunction. The horn finally shut off when the arena staff shut down the overhead scoreboard, and the crowd cheered.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, left, talks with teammate James Harden during a timeout against the Detroit Pistons in the second half at Little Caesars Arena in Detroi...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl called Iran the "head of the snake" and backed President Donald Trump hours after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on the country. Pearl, one of a handful of Jewish coaches in college basketball before his retirement in September, took to social media shortly after the U.S. joined Israel in launching preemptive strikes against Iran on Saturday morning.  Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl during the first half in the South Regional final of the 2025 NCAA tournament against the Michigan State Spartans at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 30, 2025. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images) (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)"President Trump gave Iran a chance to avoid War by simply a...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! USA Rugby, the nation's governing body for the sport of rugby, announced Friday it will be introducing a new "open" gender division to accommodate trans athletes.The new rule comes more than a year after President Donald Trump's "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order and nearly seven months after the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee's (USOPC) new requirement for all governing bodies to comply with it."USA Rugby will now have three competition categories; Men’s Division, Women’s Division and Open Division. The Open Division will permit any athlete, regardless of gender assigned at birth and gender identity, to compete in USA Rugby-sanctioned events, whether full contact or non-contact," the organization said in a statemen...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Brady Tkachuk is back with his Ottawa Senators, and he stood his ground when faced with a question about the viral moment when Team USA laughed at a joke by President Donald Trump about the women’s ice hockey team during a phone call after both teams won gold medals in Milan.As players like Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman admitted, players "should have reacted differently."Tkachuk responded to a reporter’s question about the moment Trump said he would "have" to invite the women’s team, which also defeated Canada in the Olympics, to Tuesday’s State of the Union or else he "probably would be impeached.""Yeah, I get it," Tkachuk said when a reporter asked if he understood that the women’s team felt displeased with the men’s team’s reaction...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It is becoming costly to watch the NFL, and the FCC is trying to ease the pain.The FCC on Wednesday announced it would seek public comment on the ongoing shift of live sports from broadcast channels to streaming services. The move comes as the NFL, NBA, MLB and other major sports have moved many games from broadcast and cable television to streaming services. The sports leagues have cashed in on the pivot to streaming, with the NFL landing $1 billion a year to air Thursday Night Football on Amazon as an example. The Sports Broadcasting Act exemption passed in 1961 applies only to broadcast television. Courts have ruled in the past that it does not apply to other media, including cable, satellite and streaming. The Sports Broadcasting Act in...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NEWARK, N.J. – Jack Hughes and the New Jersey Devils returned to NHL action Wednesday night against the Buffalo Sabres, the first game since the start of the Olympic break. Safe to say that a lot has happened since Hughes last pulled the New Jersey sweater over his head and skated on Prudential Center ice. Hughes scored the gold medal-winning goal in overtime to defeat Canada during the 2026 Winter Olympics. The 24-year-old is now arguably the biggest American hockey star due to his heroics in Milan, and fans in Newark let him know. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils skates during warmups before a game at the Prudential Center Feb. 25, 2026, in Newark, N.J.  (Andrew Maclean/NHLI via Gett...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Cleveland Browns entered last season with one of the NFL's more crowded quarterback rooms. Sheduer Sanders took over the starting quarterback duties in Week 12 last season, and after two more starts, he was named the starter for the remainder of the season. Dillon Gabriel moved to a backup role as Deshaun Watson stayed on the physically unable to perform list, even after the team opened his 21-day practice window in December. Watson is still recovering from his latest Achilles injury.Speaking at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis Tuesday, Brown general manager Andrew Berry left the door open for Watson to compete with Sanders for the starting job next season.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Cleveland Browns...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. men's hockey team made history with its 2-1 overtime win over Team Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics in the gold medal game Sunday. Jack Hughes hit the golden goal to deliver the U.S. its first men's hockey gold medal since the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" team."We deserve it," Matthew Tkachuk said during an exclusive sitdown on Fox News Channel's "Special Report" about the whirlwind celebration he and his teammates have experienced in recent days."We really pride ourselves on being true Americans that would doing anything it takes for this country and to win. And I'm so proud of the guys, and I'm so proud to be able to compete with them."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Brady Tkachuk (7) and Matthew Tkachuk (19) of ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team USA men’s hockey gold medalists Dylan Larkin and Zach Werenski opened up about where their American pride came from as they celebrated their Olympic accomplishment.Larkin and Werenski appeared on Fox News Channel’s "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday morning, hours after celebrating their gold medal victory against Canada across Miami. The two opened up on what it meant to them to represent the Stars and Stripes.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Zach Werenski #8 and Dylan Larkin #21 of Team United States celebrate winning the gold medals after the team's 2-1 overtime victory in the Men's Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States on day 16 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milan Santagiulia Ice ...