As the 2024-25 NBA season nears its midway point, some teams are very much at a crossroads. One of those is the defending champion Boston Celtics, who — at full health — dropped a disappointing game Wednesday night against a Toronto Raptors team that entered the night with only nine victories. Boston still has elite talent, but it has one ...
No matter who wins the College Football Playoff championship game Monday night, be prepared for detractors to offer the following data points: “But they lost to Northern Illinois!” will be a popular refrain in the case of a Notre Dame win, noting that no national champion had ever suffered as embarrassing a loss. Meanwhile, should Ohio State deliver coach Ryan ...
Defending Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner stumbled early Thursday, losing a set for the first time in three months, but recovered his composure to defeat Aussie wild card Tristan Schoolkate and advance to the tournament’s third round. The world’s No. 1 player, Sinner had won 30 of his last 31 matches, not even dropping a set since losing to Carlos ...
Exit poll after exit poll found the economy was the driving issue for most voters last year. Whether it was the price of eggs or housing costs, Americans said they felt squeezed financially and wanted those elected to do something about it. So what did the new House of Representatives do in one of its first acts? It passed legislation ...
PHOENIX — Agent Scott Boras, who represents the two biggest free-agent MLB stars who still are unsigned, had to look only a few feet to his right Wednesday afternoon to illuminate his position this winter. Spring training starts in just a month, and All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman and All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso remain on the outside looking in, ...
‘Yeah, an ablation on the heart,’ Harbaugh said when asked by reporters at the Chargers’ end-of-year press conference. Harbaugh briefly left the Chargers’ Week 6 game in Denver after experiencing an atrial flutter, a type of arrhythmia that causes the heart to beat at an abnormally high rate. He was escorted to the locker room during Los Angeles’ first offensive ...
Indiana Pacers player Bennedict Mathurin has been suspended one game without pay ‘for making inappropriate contact with and verbally abusing a game official,’ the NBA announced Wednesday. The incident happened Tuesday in the Pacers’ 127-117 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. With 3:58 remaining in the fourth quarter, Mathurin was called for a foul on Cavaliers center Evan ...
‘Sam Darnold picked the right time to have a career year.’ In case you missed it, I’m quoting what I wrote before the Minnesota Vikings got run, 27-9, by the Los Angeles Rams in Monday night’s wild-card game. Yes, Sam Darnold also picked a terrible time to have his two worst outings of the 2024 season. But two things can ...
Sean McVay was two weeks shy of his 31st birthday when the Los Angeles Rams hired him in 2017, making him the youngest head coach in modern NFL history. In a league where grizzled veterans had long been the coaching archetype, the Rams’ decision to hire a 30-year-old drew plenty of skepticism. But it also proved to be inspired, with ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. – How tough is it to sack Jayden Daniels? Za’Darius Smith knows. The veteran defensive end, acquired by the Detroit Lions in a midseason trade, has already been down that road this season. Smith got a full dose of the elusive Washington Commanders rookie in Week 5 while with the Cleveland Browns. “Ever seen a chicken in ...