Rory McIlroy has won his sixth Race to Dubai title after triumphing in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The 35-year-old has now won three successive Race to Dubai crowns and his sixth overall — previously winning in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023 — to match the record of …
Read More »Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Playoff bracket, bubble and Big 12 race have new main characters
And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Week 12, where no one won bigger than Indiana’s Curt Cignetti. He got a $64 million contract on his week off. 1. Preseason No. 1 Georgia faced the prospect of missing the College Football Playoff entirely if it suffered its third loss …
Read More »NFL Week 11 top storylines: Chiefs-Bills, Ravens-Steelers and can Bears get right vs. Packers?
And the beat goes on. Another action-packed slate of games is upon us as Week 11 of the NFL regular season offers four high-stakes divisional matchups and another three contests between projected playoff teams. Philadelphia and Washington faced off in the City of Brotherly Love Thursday night when the Eagles …
Read More »Netflix’s Jake Paul-Mike Tyson streaming issues raise Christmas concerns for NFL
When Amazon Prime Video became an exclusive partner with the NFL in 2022 — the first time a streaming service received a full, exclusive package of NFL games — the buzzword in the sports media industry was “proof of concept.” Though Amazon had worked with NFL Network and Fox on …
Read More »What we learned about the CFP in Week 12: Georgia’s still alive, an SEC-Big Ten debate looms
There are two weeks left in college football’s regular season, and there appear to be more teams hanging around College Football Playoff contention than falling out. No. 12 Georgia, very much alive. No. 17 Colorado, humming along. Got a little dicey for No. 3 Texas and No. 14 SMU, but …
Read More »‘Inside the NBA’ to continue on ABC and ESPN as part of TNT-NBA settlement: Sources
“Inside the NBA,” TNT’s longtime basketball studio show, will appear on ABC and ESPN as the NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of TNT Sports, have settled their months-long lawsuit, sources briefed on the agreement said. “Inside the NBA” panelists Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson and Kenny …
Read More »Giannis should stay with Bucks. But his case is first test in how NBA’s new rules impact stars
Giannis Antetokounmpo should stay in Milwaukee. Making that clear up front. This is not a longtime Warriors writer once again pondering a future with the Greek Freak as the new pillar of Golden State, one of the NBA’s it brands. I’ll leave that to Warriors owner Joe Lacob. And maybe …
Read More »Four women runners brutally killed in Kenya: ‘It’s no longer safe for any athlete’
Rebecca Cheptegei loved chickens. She reared them and collected their eggs each morning. Her family would gently joke she loved them too much. “She was always laughing,” says her mother, Agnes. “You always knew when she was home.” Cheptegei had a chicken coop wherever she lived. Earlier this year, she …
Read More »Jake Paul defeats Mike Tyson with ease in Netflix spectacle
In a display that fell short of even the most measured expectations that come with gimmick fights, Jake Paul breezed past a 58-year-old Mike Tyson on Friday night in a bout that was heavy on nostalgia and bombast but lacking in any sort of competitive satisfaction. Tyson landed just 18 …
Read More »Travis Hunter tracker: Heisman frontrunner dazzles again as Colorado keeps rolling
Travis Hunter was at it again Saturday, making plays on both sides of the ball as Colorado (No. 17 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings) secured its fourth consecutive win, 49-24 over Utah. Earlier this week, The Athletic’s Dane Brugler ranked Hunter No. 1 on his updated 2025 NFL Draft …
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