By Brendan Marks, Justin Williams and Mark Cooper For the second consecutive season, Kansas will begin the year as the No. 1 team in men’s college basketball. This time, the Jayhawks hope to stay there. Kansas received 30 of 60 first-place votes to top the preseason AP Top 25 on Monday, putting it narrowly ahead […]
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Before we sort through end-of-season Deshaun Watson exit strategies for the Cleveland Browns, let’s make one thing clear: Watson remains the starting quarterback. Browns fans know the routine. Another week, another depressing performance from the offense, followed by credibility-sapping assurances that Watson remains QB1. It happened again Sunday after the Browns lost 20-16 at Philadelphia
Two weeks ago, Uruguayan tennis player Pablo Cuevas announced his retirement. When it came, tennis fans the world over dipped into their memory banks in admiration of the modern master of the trick shot. With excellent hands and a huge amount of talent, Cuevas could pull off shots from between his legs, no-look winners, drop-shot
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LOS ANGELES — Limpin’ lizards, here came Freddie Freeman, bounding around third base, barreling toward the plate like a car low on motor oil and short on brakes. He runs as if he stubs his toe with every step. He runs as if his cleat is filled with thumbtacks. He runs as if he watched
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NEW YORK — Betnijah Laney-Hamilton couldn’t immediately pick her favorite moment from the New York Liberty’s WNBA Finals Game 2 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday. So here are some possibilities. Perhaps she will reflect on her first made 3-pointer just over five minutes into New York’s eventual 80-66 win. That’s when Courtney Vandersloot
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YUMA, Ariz. – Buddy Hield … who is this Buddy Hield? Jordan Holt typed furiously on his computer in his Phoenix hotel room, searching for information on Indiana Pacers guard Buddy Hield. Holt, a 43-year-old meter and relay technician, was steaming mad, having just watched an NBA game between the Boston Celtics and the Pacers.
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As a freshman for one of the best teams in college basketball, Donte DiVincenzo was the best player his own team faced all season. Fresh off a fractured foot that caused him to redshirt after just nine games, the Scarlet-headed youngster was cleared to practice as Villanova geared up for its 2016 NCAA Tournament run.
Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. If there’s one lesson to be learned from the first half of this college football season, it’s that the gap between the top teams and the middle-tier teams looks as small as it’s been in a very long time. It’s
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NEW YORK — It all looked kinda familiar, almost as if we’d seen it before … There they were, that where’d-they-come-from wild-card team dancing and hugging in the infield, as fireworks popped and 44,000 people obliterated what was left of their vocal cords … While across the field, but in another universe, those famous dudes from that
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This article is part of our Origin Stories series, an inside look at the backstories of the clubs, drivers, and people fueling the sport. Zak Brown never grew up expecting to become one of the most powerful figures in Formula One. He doesn’t come from a racing background, nor does he have a college degree. Motorsport wasn’t
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