I left last week’s Caleb Williams-Drake Maye showdown wishing that the two quarterbacks could face off against each other more often. They’d make incredible rivals — not because of any animosity between the draft classmates. But because of how good they are, how their games overlap and how their stories overlap. They are both top…
When a new generation of blue-chip teenagers recently led the U.S. men’s soccer team to four convincing wins in its first four games since capturing the imagination of the American public during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, optimism about the program’s future surged among USA fans old and new. Perhaps nobody was happier about how Cavan…
Hot seat season is, well, heating up. Three coaches — Mike Locksley (Maryland), Dave Doeren (NC State) and Dave Aranda (Baylor) — were relieved of their duties over the last week for the first Power Four firings of the cycle. I called around to agents and search firm executives in recent weeks to help put…
I’m rather astonished by the reality faced by Oregon, USC and Texas A&M. They’re not represented anywhere at all in my latest projected 24-team College Football Playoff field. In a 12-team format, only USC still stands a chance of receiving an invitation to the tournament. But that’s like saying a ripe banana dropped into a…
The Milwaukee Brewers will have to wait for their World Series championship celebration. The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field on Ben Williamson’s walk-off single, avoiding elimination and forcing a Game 5 on Wednesday. Brewers manager Pat Murphy’s message to the Brewers after their heartbreaking…
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 evaluate J.J. McCarthy’s first start for the Giants, figure out what’s behind Daniel Jones’ regression, and…
The ball traveled 396 feet off the bat of Brewers rookie Cooper Pratt and into the left-field bleachers in the 12th inning at Tropicana Park, seeming less like a floating orb and more like a darting dagger delivered directly to the hearts of Rays’ fans. But Tampa Bay wasn’t ready for its season to end….
Kenneth Walker III had the chance to prove that he was the league’s most impactful offseason signing. But he didn’t. And as his former team, the Seattle Seahawks, took down his current team, the Kansas City Chiefs, Walker must have felt like he needed help — like the Chiefs’ additions should not stop with him….
Welcome to The Plays that Stood Out, where we take a deep dive into the moments that shaped the past week of NFL games and try to figure out what they could mean for the teams and players going forward. This week, we’re looking at how Mike Evans’s injury derailed the 49ers offense in Atlanta,…
Baker Mayfield returned to the lineup for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but it was nearly everyone around him on his team who stood out in Week 7. We have several players from the Bucs on our All-Star Team this week, and rightly so. They absolutely dominated the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, picking up a 43-13…
