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NEW YORK — At long last, the New York Liberty are WNBA champions. Sunday’s Game 5 between the Liberty and Minnesota Lynx was far from New York’s most aesthetically pleasing game of the season, but style points aren’t awarded in winner-take-all affairs. Instead, the only number that matters is the …

LOS ANGELES — Eleven days before winning the National League pennant, the Los Angeles Dodgers huddled inside the visitor’s clubhouse at San Diego’s Petco Park, two hours away from Game 4 of the National League Division Series, one defeat away from another October ending without a parade, another year deemed …

CLEVELAND — We know the final chapter now of the Deshaun Watson saga in Cleveland. It officially ended at 2:18 p.m. Sunday on the 23-yard line when Watson crumpled to the ground clutching his right heel in agony.  The ruptured Achilles will likely be confirmed Monday and the Browns will …

Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula One. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday. AUSTIN, Texas — It was a Ferrari one-two in the Lone Star State on Sunday as Charles Leclerc won the United States Grand Prix and Carlos Sainz …

The Sunday afternoon games of Week 7 featured plenty of kicker heroics, particularly in the NFC North: CLUTCH @jakebates30!#DETvsMIN | 📺 FOX pic.twitter.com/0h4IAxgA5o — Detroit Lions (@Lions) October 20, 2024 The NFC North is the best (and tightest) race in the NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs breezed to a road …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — There have been plenty of times the New York Giants offense has needed a spark since Brian Daboll took over as coach in 2022. But he had never benched quarterback Daniel Jones based on performance. That changed Sunday. With the Giants’ listless offense managing just 104 yards …

FIFA isn’t hiding it anymore. When you’re in desperate need of a big broadcast deal and some major American sponsors in the next few months, the time for subtlety has passed. Lionel Messi Inter Miami have qualified — with the word qualified doing more heavy lifting than a skinflint picking …

LONDON — The Jacksonville Jaguars found the end zone for the final time Sunday, this touchdown ensuring the latest New England Patriots loss would end in blowout fashion, like so many others. Some 35 yards away, coach Jerod Mayo removed his headset and looked around Wembley Stadium, at nothing and …

Oregon moved up to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 college football poll Sunday for the first time since 2012 after Texas became the third top-ranked team in the country to lose this season by falling to Georgia. No. 15 Alabama dropped to its lowest ranking in 14 years …

By Tyler Kepner, Chris Kirschner, Brendan Kuty and Zack Meisel CLEVELAND — It was a moment 15 years in the making, a deep drive that cut through the October sky, climbing high and far and landing in the World Series. The Yankees acquired Juan Soto last winter to return them …