Month: October 2024

Chatter about the rankings in tennis generally focuses on the smallest numbers. That was the case last week, when Aryna Sabalenka overtook Iga Swiatek for the top spot in the WTA rankings for the second time in her career. Neither player should expect much change in her day-to-day existence or quality of life. Setting aside the […]

The Kansas City Chiefs’ winning machine powered through another opponent Sunday with the inevitable efficiency we’ve come to expect. Consecutive victory No. 13 — which matched the franchise record — was hard-fought, like so many Chiefs victories these days: 27-20 over Gardner Minshew and the Las Vegas Raiders. In some ways, Kansas City’s second 13-game […]

The thought comes in flashes, sudden reminders. When a player gets checked into the bench and his legs dangle over the boards. When someone goes hard to the net, trips over a stick and goes soaring through the air, legs flapping behind him like coat tails. When there’s a battle in the corner and guys […]

Week 8’s Sunday slate brought the Hail Mary of the year so far in Washington, not to mention upset after upset: the Cleveland Browns upending the Baltimore Ravens behind backup QB Jameis Winston, and another backup, Jacoby Brissett, outdueling Aaron Rodgers late in the New England Patriots’ win over the New York Jets. .@JBrissett12 threading […]

History will say that a new era for the Indiana Fever began on April 15, 2024. That, of course, was the night that the franchise, which had yearned for any semblance of recent success, drafted Caitlin Clark No. 1. In an instant, everything changed. Another date — one six months later — will now mark […]

NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani is expected to play in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed ahead of Sunday’s team workout at Yankee Stadium. Roberts did not have the immediate results after Ohtani underwent an MRI on his left shoulder after injuring it attempting to steal […]

MEXICO CITY — It may not have been a Ferrari 1-2 like in Austin, but Carlos Sainz won the Mexico City Grand Prix with a 4.7-second gap over Lando Norris. Charles Leclerc rounded out the podium, and Ferrari moved to second in the constructors’ standings. Within the first 20 laps, the title momentum swung as […]

It’s almost one year since Nottingham Panthers ice hockey player Adam Johnson died after he was cut in the neck by a skate worn by an opponent. His death, which occurred on October 28 last year in a cup match against the Sheffield Steelers at the city’s Utilita Arena in front of 8,000 spectators, left […]

The date was November 24, 2018. As referee Juan Martinez Munuera blew the whistle for full time, a disappointed Real Madrid team headed for the tunnel following a 3-0 La Liga defeat at Eibar, a game where Karim Benzema was flagged offside seven times, equalling a league record set by Elche’s Jonathas de Jesus in […]

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football Week 9, which was light on suspense but full of storylines — most involving backup QBs. 1. For two weeks in September, six of the top seven teams in the AP poll were from the SEC. None made it to November with a perfect record in conference […]