Month: October 2024

NASCAR suspended Truck Series driver Conner Jones for one race on Wednesday after he intentionally crashed another driver, Matt Mills — who was hospitalized for two days over the weekend as a result of the wreck. Jones, 18, lost his temper while racing Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway and rammed into Mills’ rear bumper, sending Mills’ […]

The Indianapolis Colts’ decision to replace young franchise quarterback Anthony Richardson with 39-year-old Joe Flacco offers a window into a poorly understood NFL world. The decision makes no sense on the surface because Richardson has started only 10 games, including six this season, and the variance in his play was predictable. The organization at every […]

Brad and Charlie Hart are season-ticket holders at Spurs. Father and son, they always sit near the tunnel at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and at full time, after every game, 10-year-old Charlie will rush to try to get the attention of the players as they walk off the pitch. But earlier this month, after Tottenham […]

Daniel Shoch stepped up in the pocket and rolled out to his right. The quarterback at East Coweta (Ga.) High School — under pressure all night — saw his receiver open for a split second. But there was a problem. Travis Hunter was on the other team. “I threw it to where I thought only […]

The first thing you notice is how different he seems. His hair is chestnut brown. He appears polite and reserved, nothing like the imposing, often divisive figure we see today. He is not even the biggest voice in the room. It was the rather surreal day in winter 1991 when Donald Trump — the man […]

Editor’s note: This article is part of The Changemakers series, focusing on the behind-the-scenes executives and people fueling the future growth of their sports. LAKE ELMO, Minn. — When he retired from the Green Bay Packers, finally ready to leave the job that surpassed his wildest dreams, Mike Eayrs plucked folders from file cabinets and […]

Turns out Jerod Mayo wasn’t completely wrong when he made his much-analyzed comment about the New England Patriots being “soft.” It’s just that he directed his Insta-slam post at the wrong people: If only he had aimed it at Patriots legends instead of Patriots players, Mayo would be getting saluted in every port of call […]

NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe still wore his dirt-stained pinstripes 20 minutes after Game 4 of the World Series. He had just experienced a moment he described as the coolest of his young life, with 49,354 fans at Yankee Stadium chanting his name after his grand slam catalyzed a season-saving 11-4 victory for the New […]