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Which NFL coaches are on the hot seat? As the Jets showed, it’s about the owners

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Which NFL coaches are on the hot seat? As the Jets showed, it’s about the owners

Former New York Jets coach Eric Mangini had a prescient read on team owner Woody Johnson before a Week 5 defeat in London precipitated coach Robert Saleh’s firing Tuesday. The way Mangini saw things, Johnson’s status as a former U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom raised the stakes for what otherwise might have been just […]

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Tennis has a problem with players, umpires and rules. How to fix it?

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In less than 24 hours, three tennis players subjected three umpires to three tirades of different flavors in Shanghai. Tuesday night in that Chinese city, world No. 17 and U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe told umpire Jimmy Pinoargote that he “f***ed the match up’ after the umpire called a time violation against him at 5-5

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Dominik Hašek vs. the NHL: Why a legendary goalie shunned the Global Series spotlight

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PRAGUE — The NHL opened its regular season in Prague last week with two Global Series games between the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils. Czech hockey legends were prominently featured. Jaromir Jagr dropped the ceremonial first puck ahead of the game on Friday. Patrik Eliáš, the Devils’ all-time leading scorer, was around the team

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Rafael Nadal to retire from tennis after Davis Cup Finals in November

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Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will retire from professional tennis after the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain this November. “The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially. I don’t think I have been able to play without limitations,” the 38-year-old said in a video released Thursday, October

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Kyrie Irving unplugged: Mavs guard talks ‘accountability,’ Dallas’ mission, Olympics and more

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LAS VEGAS — Kyrie Irving is beaming. Inside this Mendenhall Center gym he knows so well, having spent all those years with Team USA here for tryouts and training camps that helped elevate his game and sharpen his mind, his focus during this Dallas Mavericks training camp is on the present and the positivity that

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Jack Nicholson’s Hall of Fame basketball life: Tales from courtside and beyond

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Jack Nicholson was synonymous with the Showtime Los Angeles Lakers. He sat courtside at their games at the Great Western Forum. He participated in promotional photos. Occasionally, he invited them to parties at his house in Beverly Hills. One summer night, Nicholson tended bar. The Lakers had just defeated the Detroit Pistons in an exhausting

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How Sabrina Ionescu went from ‘dark days’ of injury to the brink of a WNBA championship

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NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu could barely walk during last season’s WNBA Finals. The New York Liberty star needed an injection into her aching hip to even take the floor in the early games of the series against the Las Vegas Aces. She struggled to score, and as the Aces were en route to clinching

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2025 NBA mock draft: Cooper Flagg leads strong group of prospects. But is it a ‘superclass’?

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The 2025 NBA Draft cycle is officially here. International teams have tipped off their regular seasons, and college teams have started preseason practices. NBA scouts and executives are out and about, seeing teams practice and traveling worldwide to find players. Much has been written about excitement regarding the 2025 draft. It does look drastically better

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Connor Bedard on his ceiling, the business of hockey and captaincy: ‘I can be pretty good’

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SALT LAKE CITY — Days off in the NHL are precious. Days off on the road in a new city are unheard-of. Connor Bedard has plans to enjoy the warm, sunny Wednesday following the season opener against the new Utah Hockey Club — lunch with his dad, Tom, before he catches an afternoon flight home,

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The Minnesota Lynx return to the WNBA Finals. Can they play up to their legacy?

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MINNEAPOLIS — As Lindsay Whalen’s face appeared on the JumboTron in Target Center on Tuesday night to a raucous reception, the Minnesota Lynx PA announcer took some liberties with her introduction. “She’s an avid golfer,” he quipped about arguably the most famous homegrown basketball player in Minnesota … before stating the obvious. “And her No.

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