While Tua Tagovailoa’s concussion has been the talk of the league in Week 2, the Green Bay Packers could attempt to tread water without quarterback Jordan Love, the early Dallas Cowboys hype train looks to run through the New Orleans Saints, Joe Burrow meets Patrick Mahomes once again and the …
Read More »Caitlin Clark sets WNBA single-season assists record
The records keep on coming for Indiana Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark. Having already broken the record for most assists in a single game and assists by a rookie in their debut season, Clark set the WNBA single-season assists record Friday against the Las Vegas Aces. Clark needed four assists …
Read More »White Sox watch: Shutout loss puts Chicago within six losses of MLB record
The 1962 New York Mets lost 120 games, setting the record for the most defeats in a single season in modern baseball history. The 2024 Chicago White Sox are on pace to supplant the Mets as the worst team ever. As the season winds down, we’ll track their efforts to …
Read More »How do Premier League teams kick off games in 2024-25?
Plenty of attention has been paid to the new ‘Dynamic Kick-off’ regulations in American football’s NFL in the early days of its 2024 season but even in the fluid realm of the Premier League, how a team begins play is an increasingly-rehearsed process. And despite the ongoing evolution in intricate …
Read More »Mauricio Pochettino aims to bolster belief as USMNT role takes him outside his comfort zone
The question came 20 minutes into Mauricio Pochettino’s introductory press conference as U.S. men’s national team coach; the first query of the event in his native Spanish. “It’ll give me a break,” Pochettino joked at the chance to rest his English. “What was the challenge that made you want to …
Read More »With Tua Tagovailoa’s future and health on the line, Dolphins must exercise ultimate caution
It was the scene none of us wanted to see: Tua Tagovailoa incapacitated on the football field after another collision and blow to the head. But there we found ourselves late Thursday night, watching in fear of the Miami Dolphins quarterback’s well-being as medical personnel tended to him after his …
Read More »Kepner: MLB’s latest tasteless cash grab? Ads on helmets
The thing about baseball, and it’s always been this way, is that the game itself is so enchanting, riveting and charmingly ridiculous that the people who run it know you’ll keep coming back, no matter what they do to it. This latest indignity isn’t a scandal. It’s not the Black …
Read More »The 5 NFL units with best chances to improve in Week 2: Steelers run game, Jets offense and more
After a victorious debut as the Los Angeles Chargers’ head coach, Jim Harbaugh, who knows a thing or two about team building, told his squad: “You won’t make as much progress in the entire season as you will from Week 1 to Week 2, I’m telling you this.” Of course, …
Read More »Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams, Detroit’s adopted son, is having fun right where he belongs
DETROIT — The adopted son of this city changed out of his work uniform, turned the corner, walked up three steps, hung a left down the hall and stepped into a room that was all too new to him. “I ain’t never did this before,” said Jameson Williams Sunday evening, …
Read More »How the Pac-12’s raid of the Mountain West shifts the basketball balance of power out west
The Mountain West has established itself as college basketball’s preeminent mid-major conference in the last few years. San Diego State made the national title game in 2023. The league put six teams in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. While conference realignment wreaked havoc around it, the Mountain West’s stability put it …
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