Month: September 2024

Sometimes it takes a while before it hits us what we’re watching. One minute, we’re just doing what we do, tuning into baseball in 2024. The next, it begins to dawn on us. We’re witnessing something special. Then we ask: Just how special? Next thing we know, we’ve taken a trip back in time, to […]

It was a meeting of the Premier League’s two best teams, a battle of tactical masters, a clash of technical brilliance and pure drama. Manchester City versus Arsenal just five games into the season lived up to its billing in many of the conventional ways and served up a memorable ending. Yet it also proved […]

Nearly three years ago, with a conference title on the line, Baylor’s defense turned into a brick wall. In the final minute of the 2021 Big 12 Championship Game, Oklahoma State had four tries to get 2 yards and a go-ahead touchdown. The Bears allowed just 1 3/4, and Baylor won the Big 12 crown […]

BERLIN — “As far apart as you are on a tennis court, you can actually feel the other one very intimately.” The Athletic is sitting courtside in Berlin at the Laver Cup next to Andre Agassi, as he explains the rhythms and dynamics of the sport he once conquered. Agassi won eight Grand Slam titles in […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line. It’s the time to use one of your best, go-to plays. It’s time to send in a call that you’re 99.99 percent certain will work for a touchdown. What did offensive coordinator Shane Waldron call for the Chicago Bears against the Indianapolis Colts in that situation in the […]

PITTSBURGH — For the second time in six weeks, Justin Herbert is in a walking boot. And as the Los Angeles Chargers return home after more than a week on the road, something must be asked of this organization: Who is going to protect Herbert from himself? Herbert aggravated his right high ankle sprain in […]

An hour after the final whistle has blown on Sunderland 1-0 Middlesbrough, Chris Rigg re-emerges onto the pitch where he has just settled a local derby with a piece of improvised magic, a backheel from nowhere that has made a stadium gasp and a national audience take note. The netting has been taken down and […]

Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula 1. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday.  SINGAPORE — Under the lights of Marina Bay, Lando Norris was simply untouchable. Regularly lapping 1.5 seconds quicker than Max Verstappen, his Formula One championship rival, Norris never looked for a moment […]

A recent segment on a sports bulletin on Brazilian television neatly captured the excitement — and bafflement — caused by an influx of European players. It started with a montage of goals scored by Memphis Depay, signed by Corinthians last week in a move that has sent large sections of the Sao Paulo club’s fanbase […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Kalel Mullings’ teammates used to tease him because he didn’t look that fast. Mullings, a former linebacker, stands 6 feet 2 and weighs 233 pounds. If Michigan’s skill-position players lined up at the goal line and ran a 100-yard sprint, he probably wouldn’t win. He entered this season in the shadow […]