Jim Donovan, the Cleveland Browns’ longtime radio play-by-play man, died Saturday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 68. Donovan became the full-time voice of the Browns upon the team’s return to the NFL in 1999 and held the job until the start of this season when he retired to focus on his health. […]
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After military-on-military attacks, will Israel and Iran be able to contain their conflict? Maria Abi-Habib, an investigative correspondent for The New York Times, looks at an unprecedented new chapter in the Middle East. Source link
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LOS ANGELES — Carlton Fisk … Kirby Puckett … Derek Jeter … David Freese. As he smoothed the dirt in the batter’s box in the 10th inning Friday night, Freddie Freeman never could have envisioned he’d be spending the rest of his life hanging out with those October legends. But then walk-off magic happened. Before […]
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Over the last month, North Korea’s role aiding Russia in its war in Ukraine has significantly escalated. U.S. officials reported that North Korean soldiers are already operating in the Kursk region in western Russia, where Ukrainian forces are staging a counteroffensive. Michael Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what the […]
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It’s a compelling slate of games this weekend, including five ranked matchups, four of which feature double-digit spreads. (Any chance the favorites cover — or even win — all of those?) Plus a Friday night bout that could determine the Group of 5 team in the College Football Playoff, as well as an undefeated team […]
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LOS ANGELES – He had felt the lonely, humbling sensation before. It happened three years ago, on a Thursday night in May before 2,135 witnesses in Rochester, N.Y. You better believe Nestor Cortes remembered the last time he’d walked off the field after somebody beat him with a home run. “Of course – Luis García […]
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Just over three weeks into the 2024-25 NHL season, things are looking interesting. The Edmonton Oilers — our preseason Stanley Cup favorites — are struggling to score goals. The Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild — two teams that missed the playoffs last year — are unexpectedly off to hot starts. And the Winnipeg Jets are […]
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A sudden shift could take place for more than a few NFL teams in Week 8. The Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet in the second of two NFC South showdowns. The Philadelphia Eagles–Cincinnati Bengals loser might feel like any good fortune they’ve built up over the last few weeks will vanish. The AFC […]
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LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball and the Players Association just worked through the last remaining big-ticket item for the A’s move to Sacramento, a playing surface to combat the heat: MLB is going with grass, not turf as it originally planned. Now the two parties can go through a whole new checklist once MLB […]
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Incredible, isn’t it? Every summer, Europe’s top five leagues input their clubs’ names into a machine so mythical you’re left with the impression it’s carried around in a locked suitcase by a boffin who has been handcuffed to it. The fixture computer, in reality a dull laptop, uses an algorithm to randomly draw up the […]
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