Is your NBA team built to win a title now or later? Where all 30 teams stack up
The modern NBA is typically a league built around competitive windows rather than perennial contention. Every team has missed the…
Steady Butler, ‘matured’ Kuminga lift Warriors
LOS ANGELES — An hour after lifting the Warriors to a statement 119-109 road win over the Lakers on Tuesday…
Tullis-Joyce’s rise to USWNT, Man United No. 1 (via a rainforest)
MANCHESTER — For most professional soccer players, the summer break offers the opportunity to jet off to glitzy locations like…
Ranking the 10 greatest NWSL teams of all time: Who’s No. 1?
This year, the Kansas City Current have put together the best season in NWSL history, statistically speaking. From most points…
Ranking every open Power 4 job in college football
The 2025-26 coaching cycle wasn’t expected to be calm, like its predecessor. But few forecasted such a robust line of…
Why the Mariners are built to be back after a crushing ALCS loss
Seattle Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo was being interviewed in the clubhouse following the team’s Game 7 loss in the American…
Why Barça vs. Villarreal in Miami was cancelled
Less than two weeks after LaLiga announced it would stage its first-ever regular-season match outside of Spain, with champions Barcelona…
Which NHL teams have the most to prove in 2025-26? Placing 13 teams into tiers
Few teams in NHL history have proved themselves in the face of their doubters more than the Florida Panthers of…
The U is back … in the Bottom 10
Inspirational thought of the week: (Cole Trickle drives his mangled Chevy Lumina into the pit stall) Buck Bretherton: “Well, how…
Why it’s now — or maybe never — for the Cavaliers and Knicks
TEX WINTER, ONE of the 20th century’s great basketball coaches, once summed up a classic NBA paradox with five words:…
A shocking comeback and a meme: Remembering ‘Surrender Cobra’ 10 years later
Ten years ago, Michigan and Michigan State produced one of the most unforgettable finishes college football has ever seen. In…
Where Dodgers-Blue Jays ranks among best World Series matchups since 2000
Here’s a hot take: We’re going to have an epic World Series between the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers and…
Ohtani, Vlad … and then who? Player rankings and superlatives for the 2025 World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the overwhelming favorites to win the 2025 World Series and become the first repeat champion…
Buzz for Week 8: Trade deadline latest, Jets’ rough start, QB futures
Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season is here, and insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano have been making calls…
The best players available at the NFL trade deadline: Our 1-25 ranking, chances to move and team fits
The 2025 NFL trade deadline is less than two weeks away (Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 4 p.m. ET), making this…
Transfer rumors, news: Man United target Barcelona’s Lewandowski
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski could join Manchester United as a free agent in the summer, while Manchester City and Chelsea…
Durant blames himself after Rockets’ 2OT loss
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant blamed himself for a Houston Rockets debut gone awry Tuesday, as the defending champion Oklahoma…
SGA’s winning FTs put bow on 35-point ring night
OKLAHOMA CITY — The symbolism didn’t strike Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the moment as the clock ticked down in…
Raiders’ Meyers ‘for sure’ still wants to be traded
HENDERSON, Nev. — With the NFL’s Nov. 4 trade deadline approaching, Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Jakobi Meyers is standing…
Bruins show love to emotional Marchand in return
BOSTON — The Little Ball of Hate still feels a lot of love for Boston. Brad Marchand struggled to hold…