Month: August 2024

PARIS — They played poorly in the first half against Nigeria. Like, not very good at all. They led by 19 at the half. This is life for the U.S. women’s national basketball team, which won its 59th consecutive Olympic game Wednesday, handling Nigeria 88-74 to advance to Friday’s semifinals, when they’ll play Australia. They’re […]

The Dallas Cowboys are in a pickle with Dak Prescott. They are either going to A) Pay him an astronomical sum of money to be a very, very good — but probably not elite — NFL quarterback; or B) Let him walk, save all that money but wander deep into the quarterback wilderness. There’s no […]

MEXICO CITY — One day in late July, Robinson Canó finished a workout and stepped out into a quiet hallway at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium. He had two hours before his team, the Diablos Rojos del Mexico, would face the Conspiradores de Queretaro in an afternoon matinee, and he had a pregame routine to complete. […]

Editor’s note: The White Sox have fired manager Pedro Grifol, the team announced Thursday morning. OAKLAND, Calif. — It was two hours before first pitch, and Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol sat in his office this week as he would before any other game. As his scuffling club prepared to face the Oakland Athletics, […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — At the Brown Jug, a popular campus haunt, customers can order Jim Harbaugh’s 10 oz. Sirloin Steak or his father Jack’s Famous Brown Jug Burger in a sports bar that shares its name with the symbol of Michigan’s rivalry against Minnesota. Like its namesake, a five-gallon Red Wing Pottery jug allegedly […]

Former Tottenham and Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino is a top target for the U.S. men’s national team opening, according to multiple sources briefed on the coaching search. The sources said that the federation was still considering multiple candidates as of last week, but Pochettino is seen by some as the favorite in the pool, […]

A week after the Olympic triathletes pioneered their way into the murky waters of Paris’s most famous body of water, two dozen of the world’s top marathon swimmers upped the ante. Those triathletes went a mere 1,500 meters down and up the Seine, spending just 20 minutes in a river that only 24 hours before […]

RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks had their most physical practice of the Mike Macdonald era on Wednesday, including a post-play fight that resulted in receiver DK Metcalf swinging a helmet and hitting a teammate in the head. Metcalf’s helmet swing in the direction of cornerback Tre Brown — one of several melees Wednesday, Day […]

At a dinner with his players, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta secretly hired a team of professional pickpockets. The sleight-of-hand artists were tasked with going round the tables, pinching phones and wallets from an unwitting first-team squad. At the end of the meal, Arteta stood up and asked them the team to empty their pockets. A […]

PARIS — Stephen Curry just wanted to feel like one of the Olympians. During the July 26 opening ceremonies, he was floating down the Seine River on the Team USA boat, surrounded by hundreds of elite athletes. But the Golden State Warriors star’s celebrity status kept getting in the way of this once-in-a-lifetime experience. “I […]