Yankee Stadium (New York) – In the build-up to Sunday’s first pitch, Aaron Boone didn’t know how the Yankees would get through the game. It was an exhausting and pressure-packed weekend in the Bronx, featuring a four-game series between the Red Sox and Yankees with everything on the line. It culminated with the division rivals…
Vince Young anointed the Philadelphia Eagles the NFL’s “Dream Team” during training camp before the start of the 2011 season. Young — then serving as a backup quarterback — put a hex on head coach Andy Reid and his team’s Super Bowl aspirations, as the stacked Philadelphia squad that included Pro Bowlers in quarterback Michael…
The Milwaukee Mile (West Allis, Wisc.) — Alex Palou didn’t need to win during the Milwaukee doubleheader weekend to make history. Palou became the first INDYCAR driver to win five championships over six years, thanks to finishing fifth and 10th in the two races Sunday at The Milwaukee Mile. He tied the record of four…
With the NFL cutdown day off to a fast start, there have been plenty of trades, surprise cuts, and even a future Hall of Famer coming out of retirement. Sunday provided much-needed news in a truly eventful fashion. Three-time Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald is coming out of retirement for one last championship…
Perhaps Aaron Donald spent some of his retirement downtime binge-watching the documentary “The Last Dance.” The critically acclaimed series chronicled the inimitable career of Michael Jordan, of course, and concluded with an aging MJ resolutely leading the Chicago Bulls to a sixth championship at 35 years old. That final achievement, which capped off a second…
The Milwaukee Mile — Alex Palou has trouble even thinking about winning a record eight INDYCAR titles. “It’s crazy. It’s 100 percent more than what I had this morning,” Palou told me Sunday night after winning his fifth championship. “It’s quite a lot.” At 29 years old, Palou is the youngest to achieve five titles….
On Sunday afternoon, Texas’ and Nebraska’s women’s volleyball teams will face each in the regular season for the first time in a decade. There wasn’t this kind of gap between matches before, however: the Longhorns and Huskers have an intense rivalry spanning decades, tied in part to the creation of the Big 12. At the…
In Driver’s Eye with James Hinchcliffe, the six-time INDYCAR winner will bring you inside the mind of a racer while breaking down the nuts and bolts of the sport for fans. And then there were two… Two is an important number heading into Milwaukee. Two race weekends left in the 2026 INDYCAR season. Two races…
The most wonderful time of the year is here: college football season. Where else can you experience the weird traditions, the unhinged fan bases or the irrational optimism that this is the year your team will finally win it all? In 2026, the College Football Playoff remains a 12-team field — though expansion discussions are…
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey started with the high points, winding his way through his usual football media days state-of-the-union address. He pointed to the league winning a record 13 team national championships; that it was putting in additional programming to fight the growing influence of sports gambling; that its live viewership hours during football season…
