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The Hall of Fame’s Classic Baseball Era Committee considers players, managers, umpires and executives who made their greatest impact before 1980. That’s a huge swath of the sport’s history — more than a century — so simply reaching the ballot is an achievement. Now, for the eight candidates announced on …

The outcome of the 2024 presidential election could have significant implications for the future of men’s professional golf. The administrations of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are likely to respond differently to an executed agreement between the PGA Tour, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the …

After a 23-22 loss to the lowly Carolina Panthers that extended their losing streak to seven games, the New Orleans Saints on Monday fired head coach Dennis Allen. Allen followed Robert Saleh, formerly of the New York Jets, as the second head coach fired this season. Allen posted an 18-25 …

If John Halls was playing the game Two Truths and a Lie, the 42-year-old north Londoner would be difficult to decipher. In 1991, as a young child, he appeared in the opening scene of a Kylie Minogue music video. The video for Word Is Out was filmed in Camden Market …

The Power Rankings are aware that there may be bigger news around the country today, and that makes Week 10 the perfect time for us to focus on the positive. Our regular readers know that the comments on this piece each week trend away from our better angels as a …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — 23XI Racing co-owners Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin started off NASCAR championship week by facing the sanctioning body in federal court. 23XI, which along with Front Row Motorsports is suing NASCAR and its CEO Jim France for antitrust violations, had its first in-person courtroom showdown with NASCAR …

The first College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed Tuesday night (7 p.m. ET), and once again I’ll be using my projections model to try to predict how the selection committee will rank the teams each week. I’ve studied metrics that have been valued by the committee in the past, …

The Oakland Athletics are officially no more. The team sent out new brand guidelines Monday, specifying how they want the club to be referred to going forward. “When referring to the team name, use only ‘Athletics.’ You may use ‘A’s’ on second reference,” the email reads. The team has a …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a matter of seconds, the loud roar at Arrowhead Stadium dissipated. Most fans went silent. Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs’ leading man, had thrown a touchdown pass but ended the play with his hands on his helmet and his facemask on the wet turf, his knees …

A coffee wagon that has been converted into a portable video analysis hub is making its way back into the FC Nordsjaelland (FCN) training base when the sudden thud of  football on crossbar brings it to a halt. It is the very specific sound of a Conrad Harder effort on …