Year: 2024

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Before Marcus Freeman could savor what Notre Dame football had just done, he was forced to look ahead to where the Irish were headed. It was an only-in-college-football moment, where the head coach of a blue-blood program is presented a game ball by two bowl officials who had nothing to do […]

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to retain his unified heavyweight world titles with another pulsating points victory in their rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Usyk first beat Fury in May to become boxing’s first four-belt heavyweight champion and he again prevailed by finishing 116-112 ahead on all three judges’ scorecards. The win extends Usyk’s professional […]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Thirteen hours before the first college football game of its kind, with snow lacquering everything and bitter cold keeping it there, the cars and trucks lined Angela Boulevard. Predawn arrivals seeking prime tailgating locations when the Notre Dame Stadium lots opened at 8 a.m. Hundreds of them, according to one attendant […]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Billions of dollars can buy a lot of things. It can help revive a football program and get your alma mater into a bigger conference. It can buy a private jet. But it can’t clear more space at a tiny regional airport. SMU donor Bill Armstrong’s last name is on the […]

In 1982, George Halas reached into Chicago Bears history to find a head coach and hired Mike Ditka. In 2025, the team Halas founded needs to consider its history again. There are candidates with no ties to the Bears who deserve consideration. Foremost among them is Mike Vrabel, who never should have been fired by […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Well, the glass-one-quarter-full perspective on the Bronny James Show this weekend is to say it could have been worse. But it certainly could have been better. The NBA G League Winter Showcase came to Orlando, Fla., this weekend, and with the Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to assign James for this event, he […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Matt Murray looked up to the scoreboard above him, counted down the seconds as they disappeared and finally pumped his fist. It had been 638 days since Murray last felt the feeling washing over him. Bilateral hip surgery forced the Toronto Maple Leafs goalie out of the entire 2023-24 season, the final […]

Lindsey Vonn crossed the finish line after a strong run, waved to the crowd, and then radioed tips back to her six U.S. teammates still to ski. After almost six years away from the sport’s top level, the 40-year-old American alpine skiing star was back in a familiar scene Saturday, returning to World Cup racing […]

Joe Burrow circa 2019 is not walking through the door of this College Football Playoff. There is no Deshaun Watson nor Trevor Lawrence to be found. It’s not that there aren’t a bunch of really good quarterbacks in the first 12-team College Football Playoff field. The teams wouldn’t have gotten this far if that were […]

Beyond the dust of Liverpool’s dock road and the huge lorries rolling in and out of the city’s port, the glass panels of Everton’s new home at the Bramley-Moore Dock sparkle impressively, radiating ambition. The site, expected to open next year, is a feat of engineering considering the narrow dimensions of the fresh land below […]