With Georgia’s 31-17 win over Tennessee, the 8-2 Vols may be headed toward the dreaded “first team out” distinction. I’ll be curious to see whether the committee leaves them ahead of 8-2 Ole Miss this week. The Rebels have two Top 25 wins (Georgia and at South Carolina) to Tennessee’s one (Alabama), but they also…

The dominant Manchester United dynasty of the 2000s can attribute their success to several factors. Most pertinently, they had world-class players, such as Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand, who were coached by Sir Alex Ferguson, arguably the greatest manager in English football history. There was also Old Trafford, the largest club stadium in…

Rory McIlroy has won his sixth Race to Dubai title after triumphing in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The 35-year-old has now won three successive Race to Dubai crowns and his sixth overall — previously winning in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023 — to match the record of golfing legend Seve Ballesteros on…

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Week 12, where no one won bigger than Indiana’s Curt Cignetti. He got a $64 million contract on his week off. 1. Preseason No. 1 Georgia faced the prospect of missing the College Football Playoff entirely if it suffered its third loss of the season on Saturday…

And the beat goes on. Another action-packed slate of games is upon us as Week 11 of the NFL regular season offers four high-stakes divisional matchups and another three contests between projected playoff teams. Philadelphia and Washington faced off in the City of Brotherly Love Thursday night when the Eagles improved to 8-2 and took…

When Amazon Prime Video became an exclusive partner with the NFL in 2022 — the first time a streaming service received a full, exclusive package of NFL games — the buzzword in the sports media industry was “proof of concept.” Though Amazon had worked with NFL Network and Fox on “Thursday Night Football” starting in…

There are two weeks left in college football’s regular season, and there appear to be more teams hanging around College Football Playoff contention than falling out. No. 12 Georgia, very much alive. No. 17 Colorado, humming along. Got a little dicey for No. 3 Texas and No. 14 SMU, but they’re still going. No. 20…

“Inside the NBA,” TNT’s longtime basketball studio show, will appear on ABC and ESPN as the NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of TNT Sports, have settled their months-long lawsuit, sources briefed on the agreement said. “Inside the NBA” panelists Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith will remain with the…

Giannis Antetokounmpo should stay in Milwaukee. Making that clear up front. This is not a longtime Warriors writer once again pondering a future with the Greek Freak as the new pillar of Golden State, one of the NBA’s it brands. I’ll leave that to Warriors owner Joe Lacob. And maybe Stephen Curry. And maybe Giannis.…

Rebecca Cheptegei loved chickens. She reared them and collected their eggs each morning. Her family would gently joke she loved them too much. “She was always laughing,” says her mother, Agnes. “You always knew when she was home.” Cheptegei had a chicken coop wherever she lived. Earlier this year, she built a house in the…