How difficult is it to be a college football referee? Let’s find out how smart you are. Officials are often the target of frustration for fans, especially after questionable or missed calls. But they aren’t noticed when they make the right call, which happens the vast majority of the time. To give you a sense…

Follow live coverage of day 3 of the U.S. Open NEW YORK — Since Jannik Sinner began to assert himself as the best tennis player in the world, there has been a narrative around the 23-year-old Italian and his inimitable mop of red hair.  Terrific talent; phenomenal team. Simone Vagnozzi, 41, the jovial Italian with…

Russell Wilson can still remember the phone call that started it all on April 27, 2012. The Seattle Seahawks had just handed Matt Flynn a three-year contract with the expectation he would stabilize their uncertain quarterback situation. But in the third round (pick No. 75), the Seahawks changed the course of their franchise’s history when…

If and when Mauricio Pochettino moves to the United States and becomes U.S. men’s national team head coach, he’ll be in for an adjustment. Atlanta, Georgia — the future site of U.S. Soccer’s headquarters and training center — is a far cry from Barcelona, Paris or London. Atlanta is, by most accounts, cosmopolitan, but it’s…

ParalympicsGB chef de mission Penny Briscoe said it is an “absolute disgrace” that 11-time Paralympic gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson was forced to “crawl off” a train. The former wheelchair racer arrived at London’s King’s Cross on Monday evening on a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train but there was no one there to assist…

NEW YORK — On Tuesday afternoon, the world No 88, in the U.S. Open main draw as a wildcard, destroyed the 10th seed Jelena Ostapenko in the U.S. Open first round. In theory, that sounds like a shock win, but the wildcard in question is Naomi Osaka, a two-time champion here and one of the…

Did you feel bereft when the Olympics ended? Fear not, because the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics is today (Wednesday), marking the beginning of 11 days of sporting action, concluding with the closing ceremony at the Stade de France on Sunday, September 8. It is the first time France has hosted a Summer…

Another game for Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever meant another run-in with history. Clark moved into a tie with Atlanta Dream wing Rhyne Howard for the most made 3-pointers by a rookie in WNBA history (85) on Monday night in Indiana’s 84-79 win over Howard and the Dream. Clark’s performance — a 19-point, 7-assist…

There it is, plainly stated in the Baseball Writers Association of America’s instructions to voters, for all those who wish to play “gotcha” with Shohei Ohtani’s quest to win his third MVP award in four years. In listing the five criteria, which remain the same as they were written on the first ballot in 1931,…

Two weeks ago, Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world and the current leader of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, called the premise of the entire competition “silly.” “You can’t call it a season-long race and have it come down to one tournament,” Scheffler said in Memphis, Tenn. “Hypothetically, we get to…