Armando Villarreal was hanging onto the back of a garbage truck in his hometown of Imperial, Neb., when his phone rang. He quickly hollered to the driver to hit the brakes. Villarreal hopped off and answered the incoming call from Brad Haley, business manager of Schutt Sports, a company that manufactures football equipment. That conversation,…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — As long as the New York Yankees’ championship drought persists, the fifth inning of Game 5 in the 2024 World Series will be a symbol of their humiliation. In stunning fashion, the Yankees embarrassed themselves on baseball’s grandest stage. Aaron Judge dropped a routine line drive, Anthony Volpe misfired a short…

College Football Playoff expansion was made for teams such as Indiana. Coach Curt “Google me” Cignetti and the Hoosiers are having one of the great seasons in program history. Indiana football dates back to the 1880s, and this is the first time it has been 9-0. The Hoosiers have never won as many as 10…

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — John Calipari looked upon the room and, hitting his audience with a dash of practiced humility, leveled with everyone. “I know people say, ‘He cares more about the kids or getting NBA players than winning,’” he lamented, talking about himself. “You don’t need me to go over what I’ve been able to…

When Wyc Grousbeck put the Boston Celtics up for sale this summer, it was just days after Boston won its 18th NBA championship, and Grousbeck was riding high. His surprise decision to make the franchise available for sale may be less surprising because it is in line with many of Grousbeck’s peers around the league.…

Three games is right for Joel Embiid. A one-game suspension for the 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player shoving a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist in a postgame incident Saturday night would have been too light, a slap on the wrist for putting his hands on Marcus Hayes, no matter how incendiary Hayes’ recent columns have been, or…

After Manchester City’s 4-1 defeat to Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday evening, Bernardo Silva said that his side were “in a dark place”, although Pep Guardiola did not agree. The City boss pointed out that his side had played very well for the most part, as they did when exiting the Carabao Cup at Tottenham last…

Juan Santamaria’s World History II teacher comes up often, more than any 38-year-old’s high school teacher should. Santamaria recently attended a soccer event in Kansas City and found himself in a crowd of basketball fans. He noticed a man reading “The Miracle of St. Anthony,” a book about legendary high school basketball coach Bob Hurley…

The NFL had a flurry of action at this year’s trade deadline, which was Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. A year after 15 deals took place, 19 players changed teams during the 2024 in-season trade window. Wide receivers were in high demand, as were pass rushers, and in many cases, this was a case of…

Oregon, Ohio State, Georgia, Miami and Texas were the top five ranked teams Tuesday night in the first College Football Playoff rankings under a 12-team format, with No. 13 SMU, No. 14 Texas A&M and No. 15 LSU starting the championship race just outside the cutoff to make the newly expanded field. No. 12 Boise…