Category: Sports

  • 31 games that could bring a sense of order to college football's season of chaos

    Are you a fan of the old reliable or new weirdness? Do you go for a good, old-fashioned corny dog at the State Fair of Texas or do you seek out the new oddity, like this year’s Ox’cellent Cornbread Sliders or Deep Fried Carbonara? Regardless of your taste, Week 7 of the college football season…

  • 'You run out of adjectives': Another year, another title for A'ja Wilson

    PHOENIX — THE MORNING after A’ja Wilson hit the game-winning shot in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals — the basket that gave her Las Vegas Aces a 3-0 series lead and became the defining image of Wilson’s already storied basketball career — Aces coach Becky Hammon texted her superstar a graphic comparing an elk…

  • Report: LSU's Lacy hit 88 mph before fatal crash

    Oct 10, 2025, 09:59 AM ET An investigator at the Lafourche Parish district attorney’s office stated in a report released Wednesday that the car that crashed into a vehicle and killed a 78-year-old man was not facing an “imminent head-on crash” with the vehicle driven by former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy. Herman Hall died…

  • Game 4 guide: Keys to an Aces sweep — or Mercury extending the series

    In the first best-of-seven series in WNBA history, the Phoenix Mercury are attempting to do something that no team has ever done in the WNBA or NBA: Climb out of an 0-3 hole in the Finals. They had an opportunity to take Game 3 on Wednesday. Phoenix rallied from down 17 in the fourth quarter…

  • 75 stadiums, 45 states, one vision: Why the Savannah Bananas' next step is their biggest yet

    The new era of the Savannah Bananas begins in 2026. Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images Jesse Cole vividly remembers the early days of owning the Savannah Bananas. They sold only a handful of tickets in the inaugural season in 2016 as a member of the Coastal Plain League playing as a collegiate summer team. He and his wife…

  • Dart, Giants hope win over Eagles shifts narrative

    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart viewed the New York Giants‘ 34-17 win over the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium as a statement. It snapped the Giants’ eight-game losing streak in the NFC East and was their first win over a defending Super Bowl champion since beating the…

  • FSU LB moves to rehab facility after shot in head

    Florida State freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard was released from the hospital Thursday, nearly six weeks after he was shot in the back of the head while driving his aunt home. In a statement, Florida State said Pritchard is alert, responsive and able to communicate. He is being moved from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital to Brooks Rehabilitation…

  • The NBA's next Chosen One will be … tough to predict: Five paths the face of the league could follow

    Amid a very busy year — a stunning trade and max contract extension, playoffs in a new city and EuroBasket competition — Luka Doncic achieved an under-the-radar accomplishment in 2025. Thanks to a host of happy Los Angeles Lakers fans celebrating their new star, Doncic had the highest-selling jersey in the NBA, breaking an 11-year…

  • Stories of Skattebo: 'What you want me to do, tell him to be quiet?'

    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was a Friday afternoon. The New York Giants were winless after two weeks and coach Brian Daboll was in the middle of his normal Friday news conference before his team played its home opener against the Kansas City Chiefs. A reporter was asking Daboll a question when rookie running back…

  • WNBA Finals Game 3 takeaways: How Aces beat Mercury to go up 3-0

    Oct 8, 2025, 11:38 PM ET The No. 2 Las Vegas Aces beat the No. 4 Phoenix Mercury 90-88 in a Game 3 that went down to the wire in Phoenix, and the Aces are now one game away from winning the 2025 WNBA title. A’ja Wilson made history as the first player in WNBA…