Northwestern will host its first game at Ryan Field, its revamped football stadium that cost $862 million, in primetime on Friday, Oct. 2, when the Wildcats open Big Ten play against Penn State.

The date is notable because it will mark exactly 100 years since Northwestern played its first game at Northwestern Stadium, which was located on the same site, on Oct. 2, 1926.

Northwestern will play its first two home games of the 2026 season (vs. South Dakota State on Sept. 5 and vs. Colorado on Sept. 19) at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, a temporary stadium where the school has hosted most of its football games over the last two seasons.

Ryan Field, which will have a capacity of 35,000 and has been billed as the largest stadium project in college football history, will host each of the Wildcats’ final five home games. That also includes games against Ball State (Oct. 10), Rutgers (Oct. 24), Iowa (Nov. 7) and the season finale vs. Illinois (Nov. 28).

Northwestern finished the 2025 season with a 7-6 record, making a bowl for the second time in three seasons under David Braun.

–Field Level Media

LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry will anchor one of two U.S. teams in the inaugural NBA All-Star Game under the new U.S. versus World format.

The rosters for the Feb. 15 game in Inglewood, Calif., were revealed Tuesday, and the “USA Stripes” squad will have the veteran trio of James, Durant and Curry, with a combined 50 All-Star appearances among them.

They’ll be joined on a star-powered roster by Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson, Donovan Mitchell, Norman Powell, and Kawhi Leonard — the latter a late addition to the player pool Tuesday before the rosters were confirmed.

Because Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss the game due to his calf strain, the World team was short a player to reach the required eight. Karl-Anthony Towns, who was born in New Jersey but represents the Dominican Republic internationally, was moved from the American player pool to Team World, and Leonard was added by commissioner Adam Silver.

The “USA Stars” have a much younger group with Anthony Edwards, Cade Cunningham and Devin Booker. First-time All-Stars Jalen Duren, Jalen Johnson, and Chet Holmgren also made the team.

Under the new format, USA Stars, USA Stripes and Team World will play a round-robin of 12-minute games, with the teams having the best records advancing to the championship game. If all teams go 1-1 in the round robin, point differential will serve as the tiebreaker.

USA Stars roster

Scottie Barnes (Toronto)

Devin Booker (Phoenix)

Cade Cunningham (Detroit)

Jalen Duren (Detroit)

Anthony Edwards (Minnesota)

Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City)

Jalen Johnson (Atlanta)

Tyrese Maxey (Philadelphia)

USA Stripes

Jaylen Brown (Boston)

Jalen Brunson (New York)

Stephen Curry (Golden State)

Kevin Durant (Houston)

LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)

Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers)

Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland)

Norman Powell (Miami)

Team World

Giannis Antetokounmpo* (Milwaukee)

Deni Avdija (Portland)

Luka Doncic (Los Angeles Lakers)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City)

Nikola Jokic (Denver)

Jamal Murray (Denver)

Pascal Siakam (Indiana)

Karl-Anthony Towns (New York)

Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio)

*Antetokounmpo will not play due to injury.

–Field Level Media

The PGA Tour returns to “The People’s Open” in Phoenix this week, while LIV Golf tees off its 2026 season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PGA TOUR

THIS WEEK: WM Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Feb. 5-8

Course: TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course (South: Par 71, 7,261 Yards)

Purse: $9.6M (Winner: $1.728M)

Defending Champion: Thomas Detry

FedEx Cup Leader: Chris Gotterup

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Thursday-Friday: 3:30-7:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday: Noon-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS); Sunday: Noon-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)

Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 9:15 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 11:30-6:30 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

X: @WMPhoenixOpen

NOTES: This is the 39th edition of “The People’s Open.” The field includes 32 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. … Brooks Koepka was added to the field under the Returning Member Program so as to not take a spot from another player, with Pontus Nyholm and A.J. Ewart also added to round out threesomes for the first two rounds. The winner of the 2015 and 2021 WM Phoenix Opens, Koepka finished T56 in his return to the tour last week. … Detry will not defend his title after signing with LIV Golf. … Scottsdale residents in the field include Wyndham Clark, Max Homa, Jake Knapp, Matt McCarty and Joel Dahmen. Dahmen is playing on a sponsor exemption along with Sahith Theegala after both finished T7 last week. … Three players have posted top-20 finishes in each of the first three events this season: Pierceson Coody, Ryan Gerard and Si Woo Kim. … The tournament scoring record of 256 is shared by Mark Calcavecchia (2001) and Phil Mickelson (2013).

AON SWING 5: This is the final event for players to earn exemptions into the first two signature events of the year at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational. The current leaders are Coody, McCarty, Patrick Rodgers, Ryo Hisatsune and Andrew Putnam.

BEST BETS: Scottie Scheffler (+225 at DraftKings) has won seven of his past 14 worldwide starts. He is also a two-time winner in six previous starts in Phoenix (2022-23) … Xander Schauffele (+1900) is seeking to rebound after having his streak of 72 consecutive made cuts snapped last week. He won his previous start to that at the Baycurrent Classic. … Cameron Young (+2400) finished T22 in his 2026 debut last week, snapping a streak of six consecutive results of 11th or better. … Hideki Matsuyama (+2500) is one of three players in the field who has won the WM Phoenix Open multiple times (2016-17). … Si Woo Kim (+2700) has not finished lower than T11 in his past four starts, including a runner-up last week. … Chris Gotterup (+3600) followed up his win in Honolulu with a T18 last week.

Last Tournament: Farmers Insurance Open (Justin Rose)

Next Tournament: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach, Calif., Feb. 12-15

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

THIS WEEK: LIV Golf Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 4-7

Course: Riyadh Golf Club (Par 72, 7,464 Yards)

Purse: $30M

Defending Champion: Adrian Meronk

2025 Season Winners: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Legion XIII

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Wednesday-Saturday: 10:05 a.m. ET shotgun start (Fox Sports, FS1, Fox Sports App, LIV Golf+)

X: @livgolf_league

NOTES: The season-opening event will be contested under the lights at night. … LIV Golf is moving to a 72-hole format for the league’s fifth season in 2026. The daily shotgun start includes 13 teams and 57 total players, including five wild cards. … Phil Mickelson (personal) and Lee Westwood (injury) will miss the first two events of the season. Ollie Schniederjans will replace Mickelson for the HyFlyers and Ben Schmidt will replace Westwood for the Majesticks. … Two teams have changed names: the Iron Heads are now the Korean Golf Club while the South African team is now called Southern Guards.

Last Event: Team Championship (Legion XIII)

Next Event: LIV Golf Adelaide, Feb. 12-15

DP WORLD TOUR

THIS WEEK: Qatar Masters, Doha, Feb. 5-8

Course: Doha Golf Club (Par 72, 7,508 Yards)

Purse: $2.75M

Defending Champion: Haotong Li

Race to Dubai Leader: Jayden Schaper

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Thursday-Friday: 4-9 a.m. ET; Saturday: 4:30-9 a.m.; Sunday: 3:30-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel)

X: @DPWorldTour

NOTES: This is the fourth of seven events on the tour’s International Swing. The winner of the International Swing will earn a $200,000 bonus and a spot in the Scottish Open if not otherwise exempt … World Golf Hall of Fame member Padraig Harrington will make his 500th career DP World Tour start.

Last Tournament: Bahrain Championship (Freddy Schott)

Next Tournament: Kenya Open, Nairobi, Feb. 19-22

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

THIS WEEK: OFF.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stewart Cink

Last Tournament: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Ka’upulehu-Kona, Hawaii, Jan. 22-24 (Cink)

Next Tournament: Chubb Classic, Naples, Fla., Feb. 13-15

LPGA TOUR

THIS WEEK: OFF.

Race to the CME Globe Leader: Nelly Korda

Next Tournament: Honda LPGA Thailand, Pattaya, Chonburi, Feb. 19-22

–Field Level Media