#team-usa

#team-usa

WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is making her debut with the senior US women's national team this weekend, taking part in a training camp at Duke under first-time Team USA head coach Kara Lawson. And while much of the attention on Friday was focused on how the American squad might evolve before the 2026 Fiba World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics Clark is one of 10 newcomers a topic of conversation looming over the first day of practice were the collective bargaining negotiations happening now between the WNBA and its players.

Olympians are extremely disciplined when it comes to training for their respective sports - it comes with the territory of being an elite athlete with the hopes of landing on the podium. The training's not done quite yet, though, as the stars gearing up for the 2026 Winter Olympics taking place in Milan and Cortina, prepare to take the global stage.

Scheffler, however, has moved on and learned the lessons from that comprehensive defeat as Team USA looks to regain the Ryder Cup at Long Island's Bethpage Black this weekend. I don't think it can be understated how difficult of a week Rome was for us, Scheffler said Tuesday morning. I think we could have done better for sure. That wasn't how I expected the week to go. I think we learned from it, and we're as prepared as ever this time.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh has committed to playing for the United States in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, joining other star players like Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr.

Despite the shortened distance, both the women's and men's races had runaway winners. Anna Gibson was a whopping 94 seconds in front of the next-best woman, and Christian Allen led the men's by 23 seconds.