Month: August 2024

The message reached Mike McDaniel from Steve Young in early spring, 2022. When you coach Tua Tagovailoa, make sure he feels his left-handedness is an advantage, not a flaw or annoyance. In 2005, Young became the first left-handed quarterback selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is one of only 33 to have […]

NEW YORK — Nearly 3,000 miles away, Jack Flaherty will make his second start for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. After reviewing his medical records, the New York Yankees backed out of a preliminary trade agreement for Flaherty with the Detroit Tigers. When asked after the trade deadline, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman […]

OXNARD, Calif. — The Dallas Cowboys remain stuck in an extraordinarily complex situation with three of their stars’ contractual status. Quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and linebacker Micah Parsons are all up for new deals, though they’re all in very different phases of negotiations with the team. However, if the Cowboys extend all […]

College football’s postseason enters a new era in 2024 with the arrival of the 12-team College Football Playoff, featuring automatic bids for the five top-ranked conference champions plus seven at-large selections. The bracket intrigue will only build throughout the fall, but one thing’s for sure: More teams will have a realistic shot to play for […]

SAINT-DENIS, France — For the first time since the spotlight began shining on the phenom from Bullis School in Maryland, Quincy Wilson wasn’t smiling. The infectious charm that made him so beloved these last couple of months was replaced with a stern countenance. Wilson ran the first leg for the U.S. in the first round […]

PARIS — The ball bounced off the rim five times. Five! Stephen Curry came off that brick-house screen from Joel Embiid late in the fourth quarter, with Serbian guard Ognjen Dobrić running into the wall as if he were Wile E. Coyote and crumpling to the floor, and the greatest shooter of all time fired […]

Noah Lyles took the bronze medal Thursday in the men’s 200 meters at the Paris Olympics, then hunched over on the track, motioned for water and was eventually taken away on a makeshift wheelchair. Minutes later, he said in an interview with NBC while wearing a mask that he was diagnosed with COVID-19 two days […]

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is a privilege. A splurge. The immense entertainment from watching her underscores the infrequency of the pleasure. And perhaps in her scarcity, McLaughlin-Levrone is teaching, whether coincidentally or intentionally. In a culture of instant gratification, fueled by relentless consumption, she refuses to be governed by greed masked as adoration. She’s […]

SAINT-DENIS, France — Grant Holloway rested his hands atop the sixth hurdle on the straightaway at Stade de France. The 110m hurdles final was moments away and anyone who understands history, understands Holloway’s other-worldly talent, and appreciates symmetry, could easily tie all these threads together. Tokyo 2020. Holloway, leading the 110m hurdles final, ready to […]