It was the scene none of us wanted to see: Tua Tagovailoa incapacitated on the football field after another collision and blow to the head. But there we found ourselves late Thursday night, watching in fear of the Miami Dolphins quarterback’s well-being as medical personnel tended to him after his third-quarter scramble and collision with […]
Editor’s note: This is a Weird and Wild short. To read this week’s full Weird and Wild column, go here. For weeks now, months to be honest, we’ve been spending way too much valuable time making all-important comparisons between the 2024 White Sox and Casey Stengel’s legendarily hapless 1962 Mets. But now we know: That was actually
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TORONTO — Luis Severino has just finished his pregame work on a sunny Wednesday in Toronto. This was a simple day, catch, as the right-hander prepares for the 29th and most important start of his season, Saturday in Philadelphia. Severino’s emergence as a reliable option in the Mets’ rotation is one of the main reasons
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On Saturday against Brentford, Erling Haaland will attempt to do something nobody has managed since 1946. The Manchester City striker has scored hat-tricks in his previous two Premier League games and if he can get another at the Etihad Stadium against Thomas Frank’s side this weekend, he will join a very exclusive list of players.
Erling Haaland is aiming for three hat-tricks in a row – but how rare a feat is it? Read More »
Caitlin Clark, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, made the most outward political statement of her young career when she liked music superstar Taylor Swift’s Instagram post on Tuesday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. Clark did not publicly endorse Harris but explained to reporters on Wednesday
LAS VEGAS — Four of the past five Stanley Cup championship teams have come from states that don’t collect state income taxes — and seven of the past 10 finalists. Those runs, by the Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars, have understandably sparked a debate over whether the teams involved
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SAN DIEGO — Last week, I tossed out my plans to be in Washington D.C. for a different NWSL match and booked a last-minute flight to San Diego. I then stood on the field at Snapdragon Stadium, staring through my camera lens at Alex Morgan, the athlete, one more time. I watched every microexpression flicker
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For 14 seconds, Jordan Chiles paused and looked down to collect her thoughts and emotions. The question — about what Chiles felt she lost when the International Olympic Committee stripped her of her bronze medal in the Olympic women’s gymnastics floor exercise — forced her to stop mid-answer. The audience at the Forbes Power Women’s
At first, his screams were met with silence. Stunned silence, really. This rookie was standing there, two weeks into his NFL career, moments after a humiliating loss at home, and he was calling out … the entire team? “Where my leaders at?!?” C.J. Stroud shouted, grabbing the attention of everyone inside the home locker room
The two-member Pac-12 is starting to rebuild, beginning with four Mountain West schools. Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State will join the conference in 2026, the Pac-12 announced on Thursday. The schools will officially join on July 1, 2026. After conference realignment decimated the Pac-12 and left it with just Oregon
