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The U.S. men’s soccer team’s new core is taking shape in Mauricio Pochettino’s second term. Ahead of the USA’s first competitive games of the 2030 World Cup cycle, the Argentine coach named a 25-player roster that doesn’t include several longtime mainstays who were members of Pochettino’s roster at the 2026 tournament. Headliners like Folarin Balogun,…

Colin Cowherd predicted the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks would meet in the NFC title game, and after Monday night’s 34-17 Chicago win, he thinks the Bears are the best team in football. Cowherd revealed his latest Herd Hierarchy, featuring a new team at No. 1 after the defending champion Seahawks, last week’s top team,…

Wednesday brought a mix of good and bad injury news around the league as teams prepared for Week 9. The Baltimore Ravens traded for Jacoby Brissett after Lamar Jackson’s likely season-ending thumb injury. The Seattle Seahawks will be without Sam Darnold, and the Philadelphia Eagles are turning to Joe Milton at quarterback. Micah Parsons and…

Joel Klatt has a problem with the College Football Playoff committee’s first top 25 of the season, and it has little to do with any one team. The committee unveiled its rankings Tuesday night, with Miami at No. 1, followed by Georgia, Utah and Indiana, and Ohio State at No. 12 as the first team…

Who will win the NASCAR Cup Series championship? That question is less difficult to answer this year than in the previous 12 years, as NASCAR doesn’t have four drivers with an equal shot of winning a title. The other two NASCAR national series are not so clear-cut. But in Cup, it’s so clear who will…

SoFi Stadium (Inglewood) — Los Angeles Chargers president of business operations A.G. Spanos walked to the sprinter vans in the concourse at SoFi Stadium with a dour look on his face. A few minutes later, his younger brother, Chargers president of football operations John Spanos, headed to the vehicles with the same disgusted look. Inside…

Welcome to the Quarterback Notebook, where I’ll cover the past week in NFL quarterbacking — from the most interesting passers, plays and storylines to some other stuff that caught my eye while watching film this week. This week, we’ll bust some narratives about Caleb Williams, check in on Aaron Rodgers’ fight against Father Time, and…

When Tom Brady unveiled his power rankings last week, he teased that the Chicago Bears could jump from No. 6 to No. 1 if they defeated the Seattle Seahawks — and that was before they added All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons. Well, the Bears made it tough for Brady not to be a man of…