Alexander Mogilny won’t be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night. He has been eligible for 15 years, with cries from critics intensifying upon each rejection. Rebukes are delivered with indignation. The Athletic has called his exclusion “inexcusable.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has labeled it “a disgrace,” Sportsnet “almost laughable” and the Toronto Star…

How good are the Detroit Lions? How gritty? Jared Goff threw more picks Sunday night — five — than he had all season, and the Lions still erased a 16-point halftime deficit in Houston for a 26-23 victory. Detroit, now 8-1, remains the class of the NFC. Nineteen unanswered points from the Lions were punctuated…

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. The ACC and Big 12’s hopes of sending multiple teams to the first 12-team College Football Playoff took a big hit over the weekend. Miami (Fla.) and Iowa State both lost, greatly damaging their at-large hopes. Meanwhile, Ole Miss’ win…

Let the bidding war begin. After seven big-league seasons, four All-Star selections, two blockbuster trades, two World Series appearances and a batting title, Juan Soto is a free agent. His decision will dominate headlines in the coming months, as fans and executives debate the superstar’s present and future value. Though the Soto sweepstakes has been…

“I never think of him as a Shula,” the Rams general manager Les Snead said. “That’s how Chris always wanted it.” Source link

RIYADH — On an otherwise unremarkable evening in May 2018, dozens of cars approached the Al-Hathloul household in Riyadh. Security officers got out the cars, broke down the door and took Loujain Al-Hathloul into custody. Al-Hathloul, a prominent women’s rights advocate in Saudi Arabia, had led the campaign for the right for women to drive…

Fireworks shot out from the rafters of Inter Miami’s Chase Stadium on Saturday night, but there was nothing for the home team to celebrate. When the final whistle blew in Fort Lauderdale, Inter Miami had been beaten 3-2 by Atlanta United and eliminated from the MLS playoffs. Atlanta had taken the decisive Game 3 of…

CHICAGO — The New England Patriots’ first practice of the week, the one where they install the game plan for the coming opponent, went terribly. It was Wednesday, four days before a matchup here against the Bears, and the Patriots couldn’t do anything right offensively. Quarterback Drake Maye fumbled a snap. The offensive line bungled…

CHICAGO — Fans booed and chanted to fire the head coach. They headed for the exits in droves. The locker room had an all-too-familiar silence to it. The players who spoke were stunned and lacked answers to the obvious. How did the Chicago Bears get here? “Can’t put it into words,” wide receiver DJ Moore…

Week 10 Sunday brought an even more improbable escape for the Chiefs, the Steelers staying hot and foiling more Jayden Daniels late-game magic, the Falcons stumbling in New Orleans, and the Bucs falling short against the 49ers despite some Baker Mayfield heroics. BAKER & RACHAAD KEEP IT ALIVE 🤯 📺: #SFvsTB on FOX pic.twitter.com/9tQ4uwNm6s —…