SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California) — Los Angeles Rams long snapper Joe Cardona silently looked on from near his locker while teammate Harrison Mevis stood in front of a throng of reporters and publicly accepted blame for their team’s latest shortcoming, a 37-34 overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills, in which edge rusher Greg Rousseau blocked…
Shohei Ohtani insists that he can play, that his symptoms “have subdued a lot,” and that his “No. 1 priority is for the team to win.” Now, after looking completely out of sorts to start the postseason, it’s on him to show it. The Dodgers’ season rests, at least in part, on his candidness. “I…
AT&T Stadium (Dallas) — It didn’t seem like the Dallas Cowboys’ defense could play any worse than they did in 2025. They’re putting that theory to the test through the first five games of the 2026 season, though. The Cowboys had the NFL’s worst defense last year, giving up 30 points a game, but that…
TROPICANA FIELD (St. Petersburg, Fla.) — Game 2 of the ALCS was simple for the Rays. Just win. After watching a two-run lead slip away in Monday’s series opener, the last thing Tampa Bay wanted was to fall further behind against the Guardians and leave their home turf in a serious deficit. So all they…
TROPICANA Field (St. Petersburg, Fla.) — Talk about an upset. Facing the Tampa Bay Rays, the best team in the American League, it was the tough and tired Cleveland Guardians who came through and remarkably took Game 1 of the ALCS with a 7-3 win on Monday night at Tropicana Field. The odds were against…
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING CENTER (Fayetteville, Ga.) – The epiphany came to Emma Hayes about a decade ago. She was well into her coaching tenure at Chelsea and her team had just lost to rivals Arsenal, 1-0, in the 2016 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. When Hayes talks about this moment, she explains the…
Remember when we were pressing the panic button on Drake Maye two weeks ago? Maybe we did that too soon. The New England Patriots quarterback had one of the best performances of his young career in his team’s dominant win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. He looked like the version of himself that…
It felt like receivers defined this week, whether it was Justin Jefferson’s incredible catch over three defenders to help the Vikings beat the Saints — or whether it was Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s drop on the Seahawks’ game-losing drive against the 49ers. We’ll talk endlessly about quarterbacks — and for good reason. (I’ll get to plenty of…
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California) — In a battle between the last two players to win MVP, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills emerged victorious over Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams in a 37-34 overtime win in a game widely billed as a Super Bowl preview. And the win helped Allen get at least…
AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD (Milwaukee) – The scene was understandably quiet in the visiting clubhouse Monday night, save for the clanking of silverware from the kitchen in the back and the zipping of bags as the Dodgers prepared to return home in unfamiliar territory. For the first time since getting swept out of the 2023 National…
