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MLS News: Two-time All-Star M Hector Herrera rejoins Dynamo

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January 15, 2026

MLS News: Two-time All-Star M Hector Herrera rejoins Dynamo

Two-time MLS All-Star midfielder Hector Herrera rejoined the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday.

After spending 2025 at Liga MX power Toluca, the 35-year-old Mexican star signed with Houston through the 2026 MLS season with an option through June 2027.

Herrera recorded eight goals and 22 assists in 82 matches across all competitions with the Dynamo from 2022-24. An All-Star in 2023 and 2024, he made the MLS Best XI in 2023 after captaining Houston to the U.S. Open Cup title.

“It is an honor to welcome Hector back home to Houston,” said Pat Onstad, the club’s president of soccer. “He is a respected leader both on and off the field, and a player whose influence helped change the trajectory of this club during his first stint — guiding us to the club’s fourth trophy in 2023 and a club point record in 2024.

“His return reflects a shared ambition to build on past success. While his role will evolve, we know Hector’s leadership and winning mentality will elevate the standards of our club. He returns with a deep connection to the city and a clear understanding of what it takes to bring trophies back to Houston.”

In addition to the U.S. and his native Mexico, Herrera’s decorated career includes stints with Spain’s Atletico Madrid and Portugal’s FC Porto. Internationally, he earned 105 caps and helped Mexico win the 2012 Olympic gold medal.

“As a team, we are all thrilled that Hector has rejoined the Dynamo ahead of the 2026 campaign,” said head coach Ben Olsen. “With that excitement comes a shared mentality of commitment to competing and fighting for every result this season, pushing to reach our ultimate goal of bringing another trophy to the city of Houston.

“Hector is a strong teammate, leader and winner, proven by the success he has helped cultivate at every stop of his career. He returns home to a place he loves, reinvigorated and will strengthen the squad’s standards every day as we look to make our city proud.”

Herrera and the Dynamo open the 2026 MLS season at home against the Chicago Fire on Feb. 21.

–Field Level Media

MLB News: Reports: Red Sox reel in LHP Ranger Suarez on 5-year, $130M deal

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MLB News: Reports: Red Sox reel in LHP Ranger Suarez on 5-year, $130M deal

Free-agent left-hander Ranger Suarez agreed to terms on a five-year, $130 million contract with the Boston Red Sox, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.

Saurez will join a Red Sox rotation that features left-hander Garrett Crochet, right-hander Brayan Bello and offseason acquisitions Sonny Gray and Johan Oviedo.

The reports come on the same day that the Chicago Cubs announced the acquisition of third baseman Alex Bregman on a five-year deal. The three-time All-Star batted .273 with 18 homers and 62 RBIs in 114 games last season with Boston.

Suarez, 30, recorded back-to-back 12-8 seasons in 2024 and 2025 for the Philadelphia Phillies. He trimmed his ERA from 3.46 in 2024 to 3.20 while making 26 appearances (all starts) in 2025.

After the season, the Phillies tendered a qualifying offer to Suarez. He declined it.

An All-Star in 2024, Suarez sports a 53-37 record with four saves and a 3.38 ERA in 187 career appearances (119 starts) with the Phillies. He owns a 4-1 record with a sterling 1.48 ERA in 11 appearances (eight starts) in the playoffs.

–Field Level Media

MLS News: Revolution sign homegrown M Cristiano Oliveira, 17

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MLS News: Revolution sign homegrown M Cristiano Oliveira, 17

The New England Revolution signed 17-year-old midfielder Cristiano Oliveira as a homegrown player on Wednesday.

The Massachusetts native is under contract through December 2029 with an option through December 2030.

Oliveira recorded five goals and three assists in 35 matches over the 2024-25 seasons with Revolution II. He made his first-team debut last May in the U.S. Open Cup and scored the winning goal in a 2-1 defeat of Rhode Island FC.

“Cristiano Oliveira is a hard-working young man from an incredible family, and his story is a shining example of what our pro player pathway is all about,” Revs sporting director Curt Onalfo said.

“We believe that he has a high ceiling and we are ready to invest all our resources to help him reach his full potential and become an impactful player for our team. We look forward to working with Cristiano,” head coach Marko Mitrovic added.

The Revs open the 2026 MLS season on Feb. 21 at Nashville SC.

–Field Level Media

PGA News: Ten top-25 golfers competing as 2026 PGA season begins with Sony Open

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PGA News: Ten top-25 golfers competing as 2026 PGA season begins with Sony Open

The PGA Tour season will open a week later than expected when the Sony Open in Hawaii tees off Thursday in Honolulu.

The Sentry (previously the Sentry Tournament of Champions) has traditionally kicked off the professional golf season in the first full week of January, but the signature event was canceled this year due to drought conditions on the island of Maui.

Instead, the season opener is a more muted affair at Waialae Country Club, though 10 of the top 25 players in the Official World Golf Rankings are in the field.

Among them are U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, 2022 Sony Open winner Hideki Matsuyama of Japan and two-time major champion Collin Morikawa, who has familial ties to the islands.

“It all started in Lahaina on Maui. That is where my grandparents were born, that’s where my great-grandparents lived, and, you know, pretty much (spent their) entire lives,” Morikawa said.

“It’s awful to see kind of what has happened over the last, let’s call it three years with the fires, seeing the loss of Front Street, obviously us not being there. … Hopefully we’ll be back. The crowd out here, the fans, the culture, I love coming out here. Like I said, it’s nice to be back at the Sony Open.”

The tour’s Hawaiian swing is rumored to be on the chopping block if it contracts the schedule in future seasons, between the situation in Maui and the fact that Sony’s title sponsorship of the Honolulu event ends this year.

“It just makes you realize, stay present this week and enjoy it as much as you can and see what kind of memories we can make. Hopefully finally find a way to win on the islands out here,” Morikawa said.

Morikawa is just one of a number of big-name golfers trying to start 2026 off on the right foot after disappointing stretches. Jordan Spieth, who hasn’t won a tournament in nearly four years, is playing the Sony for the first time since missing the cut in 2023. South Korea’s Tom Kim fell out of the top 100 in the world after a poor 2025 season.

The top-ranked players on the property are World No. 5 Russell Henley and No. 6 J.J. Spaun, the reigning U.S. Open champion. Both were on the U.S. Ryder Cup team in September.

Back to defend his title is Nick Taylor of Canada, who forced a playoff with Colombia’s Nicolas Echavarria by chipping in for eagle on the final hole of regulation and then winning on the second playoff hole.

Taylor spoke about the conditions at Waialae, a par-70, 7,044-yard track.

“Greens are receptive right now. I feel like that’s always kind of early in the week here, and then if we don’t get much rain the fairways really firm up,” Taylor said. “The greens stay semi-receptive, but the challenge is off the tee, finding fairways. With the doglegs it’s easy to chase them through and you just got to be in position.

“The course, again, is quite similar to years past.”

–Field Level Media

NAS News: Reports: Home of Greg Biffle’s family burglarized 3 weeks after deaths

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NAS News: Reports: Home of Greg Biffle’s family burglarized 3 weeks after deaths

The home of former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family was burglarized last week, three weeks after Biffle, his wife, two children and three others were killed in a plane crash.

According to multiple outlets, the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the house in Mooresville, N.C., on Jan. 8. When deputies arrived, they found forcible entry had been made and several items missing. Among them were $30,000 in cash, a backpack, guns and memorabilia. According to Fox News, investigators believe somebody entered a safe in the house.

Biffle, 55, along with his wife, Cristina; daughter, Emma; son, Ryder; Dennis Dutton and his son, Jack; and Craig Wadsworth, were killed Dec. 18 as the private plane they were in crashed on approach at an airport in Statesville, N.C.

The plane reportedly traveled about five miles before turning back toward the airport, but the reason is unclear.

Named one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023, Biffle won 19 times in the NASCAR Cup Series and won season championships in the Craftsman Truck Series (2000) and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (2002).

The victims of the crash will be honored at a public memorial Friday in Charlotte, N.C.

The service will begin at 11 a.m. ET at the Bojangles Coliseum and will be live-streamed on NASCAR.com, The NASCAR Channel, Facebook and YouTube.

–Field Level Media

UFC News: Max Holloway-Charles Oliveira title fight to headline UFC 326

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UFC News: Max Holloway-Charles Oliveira title fight to headline UFC 326

Max Holloway will face Charles Oliveira in a rematch 10-plus years in the making when the two face off in the main event scheduled for UFC 326 on March 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and shown on Paramount+.

No. 7 ranked middleweight contender Caio Borralho (17-2) will face No. 8 Reinier De Ridder (21-3) in the co-main event.

Holloway beat Oliveira by TKO in a featherweight bout on Aug. 23, 2015, that lasted less than two minutes after the latter said he suffered a freak neck injury.

Holloway previously told Uncrowned of opposing Oliveira: “That’s the fight I want. That’s a fight a lot of people want to see. We have history. There’s not too many people right now that people are considering BMFs. But on that very short list, Charles Oliveira is one of them.

“So you tell me that I get to go out there and defend the BMF title again against a man who’s very respected, who I have history with? And (whenever) they talk about our (first) fight or he talks about it, (he blames) an injury or whatever, so let’s go figure it out.”

Oliviera also has been vocal about his desire for a rematch against Holloway.

“Everyone would love to see the Max fight…” he told Shak MMA in October, and said in December on his Instagram stories, “… this fight will happen. I want it, he wants it and you also want it.”

Holloway, 33, is a former UFC featherweight champion and current unofficial holder of the UFC’s “BMF” designation (a symbolic title representing the promotion’s “baddest” fighter). Holloway (27-8) retained the BMF title with a unanimous-decision win over Dustin Poirier in July at UFC 318.

The 36-year-old Oliveira (36-11, 1 no contest) is a former UFC lightweight champion, the class at which both he and Holloway currently compete.

–Field Level Media

NAS News: Memorial for Greg Biffle set for Friday in Charlotte

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NAS News: Memorial for Greg Biffle set for Friday in Charlotte

NASCAR great Greg Biffle and the six other victims of a Dec. 18 plane crash will be honored at a public memorial Friday in Charlotte, N.C.

The service will begin at 11 a.m. ET at the Bojangles Coliseum and will be live-streamed on NASCAR.com, The NASCAR Channel, Facebook and YouTube.

Biffle, 55, perished in the crash in Statesville, N.C., with his wife, Cristina; daughter, Emma; son, Ryder; Dennis Dutton and his son, Jack; and Craig Wadsworth.

Named one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023, Biffle won 19 times in the NASCAR Cup Series and won season championships in the Craftsman Truck Series (2000) and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (2002).

–Field Level Media

UFC News: Reports: Kayla Harrison injured, out of UFC 324 co-main event

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UFC News: Reports: Kayla Harrison injured, out of UFC 324 co-main event

Kayla Harrison is out of the co-main event of UFC 324 on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas due to a neck injury that required surgery, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.

Harrison, the UFC bantamweight champion, was slated to fight Hall of Famer Amanda Nunes as the UFC planned to kick off its new partnership with Paramount+ with a pair of high-profile bouts.

Per the Eagle Tribune, Harrison underwent surgery in New York on Tuesday to repair herniated discs in her neck.

The other co-main event features an interim UFC lightweight title fight between former titleholder Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett. Gaethje (26-5) and Pimblett (23-3) will compete to hold the title that Ilia Topuria (17-0) is ceding temporarily.

A two-time Olympic judo gold medalist, Harrison (19-1) captured the bantamweight title in June 2025 with a submission win over Julianna Pena.

Harrison reportedly will be sidelined for at least the first half of 2026.

Nunes (23-5) previously held the UFC featherweight and bantamweight title belts, but the 37-year-old hasn’t competed since successfully defending the latter crown in June 2023. She vacated that championship weeks later when she announced a retirement that will end in January.

–Field Level Media

FIFA News: FIFA: World Cup received more than 500 million ticket requests

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FIFA News: FIFA: World Cup received more than 500 million ticket requests

The random selection draw phase for 2026 World Cup tickets concluded Tuesday, with more than half a billion requests submitted, FIFA announced.

During the phase, which began on Dec. 11, people could apply for tickets using their credit card. Every person who applied will be put into a pool from which every applicant has an equal chance of being drawn to earn the chance to purchase tickets.

Those who are unsuccessful will have the opportunity to secure their seats during the subsequent sales phases as additional tickets are made available.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the first draw via email no earlier than Feb. 5, according to FIFA’s news release.

The countries with the most applicants were the host nations — the United States, Mexico and Canada — with Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Colombia among the nations outside North America with the most hopefuls.

“Half a billion ticket requests in just over a month is more than demand — it’s a global statement,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in the statement. “On behalf of FIFA, I would like to thank and congratulate football fans everywhere for this extraordinary response.”

The 48-team World Cup is taking place across 16 host cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19.

The match that received the most applications was Colombia vs. Portugal, a Group K contest scheduled for June 27 in Miami. Behind that match in popularity was Mexico vs. South Korea in Guadalajara (Group A on June 18); the final in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 19; the Cup’s opening match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City (Group A on June 11); and a round-of-32 match in Toronto (July 2).

–Field Level Media

No. 9 Gonzaga braces for stern test from Washington State

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No. 9 Gonzaga braces for stern test from Washington State

Most years, Gonzaga’s most difficult games come in the first couple of months of the season — when they load up the schedule with highly ranked non-conference opponents — and during March Madness.

But this season, the ninth-ranked Bulldogs are finding some stiff competition in the West Coast Conference.

Gonzaga (17-1, 5-0) held off a late charge to win 99-93 at San Diego on Dec. 30, rallied from a 13-point, second-half deficit to defeat visiting Seattle University 80-72 in overtime on Jan. 2, and overcame an eight-point deficit to beat visiting Santa Clara 89-77 last week.

The Bulldogs will travel to Pullman, Wash., on Thursday night to face Washington State (8-10, 3-2).

“I don’t know if we respond well to adversity or not,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “It would be nice if we didn’t create our own adversity with the turnovers and things like that.”

Graham Ike saved the Bulldogs against Santa Clara, scoring 34 points on 13-of-17 shooting from the field and grabbing 11 rebounds.

Emmanuel Innocenti added 13 points and Braden Huff 12, the only other Gonzaga players to reach double figures in scoring.

Huff said he wasn’t surprised by Ike’s big night.

“We work out together, I know he’s capable of knocking down those shots,” Huff said. “He had it going from the jump, and he didn’t let up at all. He could be a 20-plus-point-per-game scorer, but he sacrifices a lot to win for the team, so I think you saw how dominant he is. Definitely in my eyes the best big in the country.”

The Bulldogs, who have won 10 straight games, led at the intermission just once on their three-game homestand that ended last Thursday and trailed by at least eight points in the first half in all three contests. But they had a plus-49 scoring margin in the second half and overtime of those games.

“I think it’s definitely some of the veteran leadership,” Ike said. “I really think it was the 7 a.m. practices in the summer. It built a callus; we didn’t have a choice, and nobody batted an eye or said anything in regard to trying to get out of it. Everybody stood together and said, ‘We’re getting through this,’ and it just built a callus for who we are today.”

The Cougars, meanwhile, won five of six games before an 88-82 loss Saturday at Saint Mary’s. Washington State rallied from an 18-point deficit to pull within three with seven minutes remaining but couldn’t complete the comeback.

Freshman Ace Glass led the Cougars with 24 points, and ND Okafor added 14 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

“I’m proud of this team for getting better,” Cougars coach David Riley said, “but the most dangerous thing you can have is a team that feels OK after a loss. And I think that there’s a lot of guys in there that feel like they have some what-ifs, and we gotta make sure that we don’t have that feeling on Thursday night (against Gonzaga).”

The Bulldogs have won the past six meetings dating to 2010.

–Field Level Media

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