NEW YORK — Saturday’s drama between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox appeared as if it might carry over into the final game of the season between the two rivals, thanks to some pre-game comments from Red Sox manager Alex Cora. The game itself, however, remained tame, …
Read More »United States wins Solheim Cup for first time since 2017
The Solheim Cup again belongs to the Americans. The U.S. team successfully finished their leftover business from a year ago, winning the cup for the first time since 2017. The final score was 15.5-12.5, the biggest gap since 2017 when the Americans won by five points. It was Lilia Vu …
Read More »Top NFL Week 2 storylines: Bengals-Chiefs next chapter; C.J. Stroud, Caleb Williams on SNF
Follow live Sunday Night Football coverage of the Bears vs. Texans today The NFL kicked off the 2024 season in grand fashion, offering a slate of action-packed contests that featured everything from renewed rivalries, new faces, comeback performances and 10 games decided by a touchdown or less. Can Week 2 …
Read More »Mandel’s Final Thoughts: A gloomy Week 3 in the Sunshine State for Florida and FSU
And now, 18 thoughts from Week 3, which was awfully fun to watch, so long as you weren’t in Gainesville or Tallahassee, Fla. 1. Florida and Florida State claim a total of six national championships. Their state produces more blue-chip recruits than any outside of Texas. And their head coaches, …
Read More »Former NFL players call for Tua Tagovailoa to retire after suffering another concussion
Minutes after Tua Tagovailoa suffered his latest concussion Thursday, former NFL players took to social media — and later to national broadcasts — to call for the Miami Dolphins quarterback to step away from football. Thursday’s concussion comes less than two years after Tagovailoa suffered numerous head injuries in the …
Read More »The U.S. must believe ‘we can win the World Cup’? Pochettino will need all the help he can get
It is perhaps easy to hear Mauricio Pochettino say his new players must “believe” they can win the World Cup and roll your eyes. It’s the sort of flashy soundbite in first press conferences that ambitious managers often produce. What else could he say after all those months of international …
Read More »Colorado responds to week of ‘disrespect’ with Travis Hunter-led rout of Colorado State
Colorado rebounded from taking a rivalry beatdown by delivering one. Playing at Colorado State for the first time since 1996, the Buffaloes rolled over the Rams 28-9 on Saturday. The rematch of last year’s heated double-overtime thriller in Boulder lacked the scoring and dramatics, but did showcase an improved Colorado …
Read More »Birmingham City vs Wrexham: The EFL celebrity derby and a battle for U.S. fandom
The phrase ‘Monday Night Football’ may be no stranger to heavyweight clashes but an all-time NFL great taking on Deadpool has to be a first. This is Tom Brady tackling Ryan Reynolds, League One’s big spenders going head-to-head with Hollywood FC — or simply, Birmingham City versus Wrexham. No matter …
Read More »What I’m Hearing: Jordan Love’s timeline, what’s next with Watson, Cousins’ struggles
Before we dive into Week 2, I want to share why many in the league were talking about training camp over the past couple days. We saw some teams come out of the gate looking conditioned and fierce — like the Chiefs, Steelers, and Lions, who are all known for …
Read More »Two-minute ‘timeout’ or two-minute ‘warning’? College football’s hottest question, explained
College football introduced a new rule this season, but the biggest debate over the rule has nothing to do with the change itself. Instead, we can’t seem to agree on what to call it. Is it the “two-minute timeout” or the “two-minute warning”? The name of college football’s stoppage at …
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