Month: September 2024

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brock Purdy is no braggart. But following Sunday’s 30-13 win over the New England Patriots, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback did state that his 10-yard split coming out of college was faster than Deebo Samuel’s and Christian McCaffrey’s. “I think,” he stressed. “You guys will have to fact-check me. I think […]

On the evening of June 3, 2019, roughly 50 people gathered in the backyard of a single-family home in Valley Grande, Ala. The sun was still high on a 92-degree day that showed no signs of cooling down as the group stood around the pool, munching on chips, dip and pizza. Kerry and Allen Henderson […]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — No matter the opponent, no matter the place on the schedule, no matter who is in uniform for the opponent, many of the Kansas City Chiefs remind themselves, as they did Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, of their burden, as cliched as it sounds. “We’re going to get the best from […]

(Editor’s note: This is excerpted from Mike Sando’s Pick Six of Sept. 30, 2024.) Are the Jets heading down the same road the Packers took late in Mike McCarthy’s tenure? Facing third-and-10 with 1:53 remaining in a game his Jets trailed 10-9, 40-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers fired a back-shoulder throw up the left sideline toward Xavier Gipson, […]

There was a bleak feel to the spectacle at Old Trafford as Erik ten Hag and his players walked around the pitch amid pouring rain to applaud fans who had remained in the stands to the final whistle. Those few hundred in the Stretford End kept singing, even though there was not much to sing […]

And now, 20 thoughts from college football’s Week 5, where, if you blinked, you missed a 75-yard touchdown. 1. I keep waiting for college football to go the way of BlackBerry and Blockbuster as so many have predicted. But this weird thing keeps happening. When these teams full of amazing athletes step onto the field […]

NEW YORK — As a two-strike fastball from Paul Skenes whizzed toward him, New York Yankees slugger Juan Soto read it as a ball and began backing off the plate. At a time when almost anything is debatable, there’s an overwhelming consensus that Soto has the best eye of any batter in baseball. This time, […]

INDIANAPOLIS – At Friday’s news conference following the conclusion of the Indiana Fever’s season, rookie Caitlin Clark and head coach Christie Sides condemned the racist rhetoric many WNBA players said they’ve experienced this season. “Nobody in our league should be facing any sort of racism, hurtful, disrespectful (or) hateful comments and threats,” Clark said. “Those […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Kalen DeBoer took the job 261 days ago, but Saturday night felt like the moment he truly became Alabama’s head coach. He won over the roster during spring practice. The Alabama fan base largely hopped on board over the summer after a furious recruiting run. The only thing left was leading the […]

CHICAGO — A mere mention of the year 1991 elicited a pained groan from Sandy Alomar Jr. as he leaned against a railing in the Cleveland Guardians’ dugout. Three decades have passed. Alomar played for seven teams across 20 seasons, appeared in 49 playoff games, won an All-Star Game MVP award and supplied a slew […]