Patrick Mahomes wasn’t smiling. His Chiefs had just notched a last-second victory on the road, but the best quarterback in football was in no mood to celebrate. The 30-27 win over the Carolina Panthers on Nov. 24 moved Kansas City to 10-1 after a loss the previous week at Buffalo. Mahomes, as he almost always … Read more
Two teams remain. A battle between the seventh and eighth seeds. With one trophy on the line. In the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. Those are just a few of hundreds of numbers that describe Ohio State and Notre Dame, two of the sport’s preeminent brands. Here’s what to know — cultures, coaches, quarterbacks and … Read more
As six NFL teams search for head coaches, it’s easier to be a critic than to find solutions that make sense, especially for the New York Jets. “I don’t know what you do for the Jets,” an executive from another team said, “and looking at their interview list, I’m not sure they know either.” That’s … Read more
It’s every collector’s dream to pull the biggest chase card from a newly released set. However, it does come with some baggage. Not the low-value base cards that pile up, forming miniature skyscrapers on your desk that you continuously fight the urge to throw in the trash. Instead, it’s the decision you have to make … Read more
For all of the excitement an expanded College Football Playoff has created, there is at least one unintended consequence that seems to be revealing itself during Ohio State’s incredible postseason tear. Rivalries no longer matter. For all the dancing, prancing, flaunting and flag-planting we witnessed during rivalry week this season, Ohio State is proving teams … Read more
Ever since Jessie Diggins started collecting Olympic medals and crystal globes and staking her claim as the world’s top cross-country skier, she has made it clear that she wants her legacy to be something more than wins and appearances on podiums. She wants to spawn a new generation of top American skiers, even among the … Read more
Chelsea Gray has made a habit of competing internationally during her WNBA offseasons. For nearly a decade, the Las Vegas Aces star would pack her bags after the W season concluded and fly to compete for teams in Israel, Spain and Turkey as a way to work on her game, travel the world and supplement … Read more
It is 76 days since Liverpool moved back to the top of the 2024-25 Premier League table with a 2-1 home win against Brighton & Hove Albion — a position they haven’t relinquished since. Arne Slot’s side are not always showing imperious form but have still only been beaten once in their 20 league matches … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia — In 2020, Iga Swiatek won her first Grand Slam title at 19. The following year, Emma Raducanu won her first Grand Slam title at 18. The pair of teenage major winners have followed divergent paths since then. Swiatek has added four more Grand Slam titles to her tally, spending over 100 weeks … Read more
The NFL is down to its final eight teams and historically this weekend’s games are viewership powerhouses. Last year, the NFL’s divisional round, led by a mega-matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs, averaged a whopping 40.0 million viewers, the highest audience number on record, dating to 1988. Kansas City’s win at … Read more