Author: Jace Evans, USA TODAY

The Birmingham Stallions won and Donald Payne had 19 tackles to highlight the new USFL’s opening weekend.

Destanni Henderson scores a career-high 26 points in leading the Gamecocks over UConn. Aliyah Boston is named Most Outstanding Player of Final Four.

Tom Brady took to Instagram to thank Bruce Arians after the coach stepped down as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Jimmy Butler and Udonis Haslem had a tense verbal exchange and had to be separated by teammates during a timeout in the Heat’s game against Warriors.

Ashleigh Barty, the No. 1 women’s tennis player in the world, has announced her retirement from the sport at 25 years old.

Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams said his team’s omission from the NCAA Tournament “has caused me to lose all respect and faith in the system.”

Troy Aikman is close to a deal with ESPN that will make him the lead analyst for “Monday Night Football,” according to multiple reports.

Check out the best photos from the U.S. men’s hockey team’s heartbreaking Beijing Olympics quarterfinal loss to Slovakia.

Julia Marino won the first medal for the U.S. at the Winter Olympics on Sunday with a silver finish in the women’s snowboarding slopestyle event.