The NFL kicked off the 2024 regular season in dramatic fashion, with the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Baltimore Ravens by a toe on Thursday night in a rematch of the AFC Championship Game. Friday, the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles met in the first NFL game in Brazil. The Eagles won, but worse…

And now, 18 thoughts on an early September Saturday that dared AP voters to just blow up their ballots and start over. 1. Two weeks in, I feel confident that Georgia, Ohio State and Texas are the correct top three teams. After that, I’d be guessing just the same as you. A lot of highly…

NEW YORK — By winning the U.S. Open, Aryna Sabalenka established herself as the preeminent force in women’s tennis of the moment — but world No. 1 Iga Swiatek will have something to say about that. Sabalenka’s gritty 7-5, 7-5 win over Jessica Pegula felt like a landmark victory for a number of reasons. It…

The NFL’s 29-3 approval Tuesday of new kickoff rules creates one of the league’s most radical changes ever, with the hope of bringing excitement back to the play while reducing injuries. With it comes intriguing possibilities for strategy and personnel decisions as teams will have to figure it out on the fly this season. In…

By Pete Sampson, Stewart Mandel and Justin Williams No. 5 Notre Dame suffered a shocking upset against Northern Illinois, losing 16-14 on Saturday in South Bend after missing a 62-yard field goal on the last play. The Irish were 28.5-point favorites, per BetMGM, and it’s the first time NIU has beaten a top-10 team in…

It was just two months ago in the tunnel of a stadium on the other side of Kansas City that the U.S. men’s national team players filed through the mixed zone talking about the disappointment of a group-stage exit from the Copa America. The message that night was one of frustration and needing to find…

Lee Carsley was one of the first men out from the England dressing room, almost an hour before kick-off. He only had the England goalkeepers for company and he stood arms crossed in the middle of the pitch watching them work. Eventually, the outfield players and the rest of the staff came out to join…

Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese, the league leader in rebounds, will miss the remainder of the WNBA season with a wrist injury, the team announced Saturday. It was after undergoing a medical evaluation following Friday’s game that Reese was ruled out for the rest of the season, according to the team. “I’m filled with emotions…

By Austin Meek, Chris Vannini and Sam Khan Jr. Texas solidified its status as a national title contender by going to Michigan and dominating last year’s champion 31-12 behind three takeaways from the defense and a strong performance from quarterback Quinn Ewers. The No. 3 Longhorns ended the No. 10 Wolverines’ 23-game home winning streak,…

A late afternoon in late summer. The middle row of a very large SUV headed into Manhattan. The Midtown Tunnel traffic is backing up. This might be a slow roll back to the city from the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre, site of the U.S. Open. That’s just the way you want it because…