HARTFORD, Conn. — It takes about two weeks, depending on the weather, to convert Fenway Park into a football stadium. The process involves removing the pitcher’s mound and the bullpen walls, installing sod over the infield dirt and certain areas in foul territory as well as the bullpens. The…
"NFL Christmas Gameday on Netflix" kicks off with a two-hour pregame show before Pittsburgh hosts Kansas City. Baltimore faces Houston in the second game. Here's what to know before watching.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — In losing Sunday’s battle with the Buffalo Bills, perhaps the best team in football, Jerod Mayo won the war. Best I can tell, he’s staying put. For 2025, and maybe beyond. To his angry fan base and incredulous pockets of the New England Patriots’ media corps, remember Ma…
SEATTLE — This story was supposed to be about something else. I was planning to write about how Washington is positioned to win in an evolving era of college football. How new North Carolina coach Bill Belichick — let those last six words sink in — called UW "a template" for the program he p…
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. He was 65.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Last week, North Carolina shocked the football world by convincing six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick to join the college ranks as head coach of the Tar Heels. Two decades earlier, Kentucky almost shocked the football world by nearly convincing a two-time Super Bowl w…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a late-summer Friday years ago, Trey Smith stopped taking the medication prescribed to keep him alive. Some 24 hours later, he rummaged through his college football locker on game day before securing his orange and white Tennessee Volunteers jersey top. If he wasn’t alr…
Netflix is turning its Christmas Day NFL football games into a pop culture moment, with a Mariah Carey opening and a halftime Beyoncé performance in Houston. The global streaming giant tapped comedian Bert Kreischer as its tailgate correspondent: He'll be in Pittsburgh for the game between t…
American professional tennis player Jenson Brooksby tells The Associated Press he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder when he was nonverbal at about 2 1/2 years old.
FRISCO, Texas – Brock Hoffman vowed never to be called soft again. The Dallas Cowboys’ offensive lineman remembered playing in Pop Warner as a third grader when his mother, Stephanie Hoffman, called him out. “She called me soft,†Hoffman was saying Wednesday afternoon. “She called me another word (describing soft) and ever since then I wasn’t going to be a soft football player.†Hoffman’s ...
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Kirk Cousins was signed to a massive four-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons because he was perceived to be the missing piece at quarterback for a team that otherwise was ready for a return to the playoffs.
A quarter-century after quarterbacking Virginia Tech to the brink of a national title, Michael Vick is attempting to bring championship football to Norfolk State — as the Spartans’ fledgling head coach. Vick and NSU agreed to contract terms Tuesday, multiple sources said, with an introductory news conference expected within a week. He replaces Dawson Odums, whom the Spartans dismissed last ...
The league has announced the finalized changes for the reimagined All-Star Game, turning it into a one-night tournament.
There are some records in professional sports that will never be broken. The fans know it. Other players know it. The record holder even knows it himself. The record book might as well have an asterisk next to these records—the asterisk meaning “unbreakable.†Jose Reyes may end up with close…
Nobody likes to gamble more than Detroit head coach Dan Campbell, who isn’t shy about going for it on fourth down no matter the situation.
Former NFL and Virginia Tech star quarterback Michael Vick said Monday that he has interviewed for the head-coaching position at Norfolk State. Speaking from his Florida home, Vick told The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press that he has spoken with university president Javaune Adams-Gaston and Spartans athletic director Melody Webb and that he expects resolution “soon.†Vick said Norfolk State ...
Had it been any better, “Joker: Folie a Deux†might have been in the conversation for awards attention.
Cord-cutters are again dealing with the reality of rising programming costs.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Sunday’s 30-17 loss served as a worst-case scenario for the New England Patriots coming off of their bye week. A team desperately looking to build for the future, the Patriots laid an egg on the road to the Arizona Cardinals. Those expecting the Patriots to look any different coming out of their Week 14 bye against the Cardinals on Sunday were sorely mistaken and apparently ...
LOS ANGELES — The face of the franchise, Landon Knack is not — that distinction belongs to Dodgers stars Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw — but the rookie pitcher has been as much, if not more, of a social media presence than his more famous teammates in the weeks since the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in the World Series. What Knack, a 27-year-old ...
PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni's job is more secure than Bill Belichick's. Could you have imagined suggesting such a thing 11 months ago? But it's true, and the fact that Belichick has officially been in his job — as the head coach at the University of North Carolina — for just a couple of days doesn't change that truth. Does this mean Sirianni is a better coach than Belichick? Of course not. ...
While sales of electric vehicles surge in China, adoption of more environmentally friendly vehicles is stumbling in the United States and Europe.
Millions of TV viewers cut cable in favor of YouTube TV due to ridiculously high cable prices, but YouTube TV is starting to feel an awful lot like cable!
HARTFORD, Conn. — The NFL alumni’s back-to-school club has a new, illustrious member, and UConn coach Jim Mora couldn’t have sounded more delighted. “I think it’s awesome and I think he’s going to love it,†Mora said Thursday, offering his take on the rather surprising news of Bill Belichick’s hiring to coach North Carolina. “And I think he’s taking it very seriously, given his first hire was ...
DALLAS — For a couple of schools that will play football for only the third time in next week’s playoff opener in Happy Valley, SMU and Penn State share a lot of history. Starting with the ‘48 Cotton Bowl, the first bowl game integrated. Though SMU agreed to the arrangement, it didn’t go over well locally. The Nittany Lions bivouacked at a Naval Air Station outside Dallas because no hotels in ...
There are many reasons to believe that legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick is a bad hire for mid-tier college program North Carolina. Take your pick. Maybe Belichick, 72, is washed up. After all, no NFL team wanted him when he was available last offseason. The Falcons are the only team that even seriously considered hiring him. Belichick is taking the UNC gig because the NFL no longer has any ...
New North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick said he had long been interested in coaching in the college ranks. But it had never worked out until now.
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We break down the key nominations and catch up with RaMell Ross, the director of the Golden Globe-nominated film "Nickel Boys."
For the second straight MLB offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing on a $765 million deal.
