On the heels of two of the more riveting weeks of college football in recent memory comes a jam-packed Saturday that features a trio of SEC headliners, including a top-five clash between blue bloods. There’s also multiple rivalry games that feature boots (sort of), and a potential College Football Playoff showcase in Bloomington, Indiana, of…

It could have come straight from the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy. A king is challenged to a battle by a young pretender, with victory earned only by the destruction of the other. The king emerges triumphant, but there is suspicion that he has acted nefariously in the tussle for the crown.  Then a newcomer…

Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula One. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday. AUSTIN, Texas — Just outside Circuit of the Americas stands a large, multicolored billboard. On the right side, set on a black background, is the Formula One logo, the dates for Sting…

Lynx hold off Liberty in an intense WNBA Finals Game 4, forcing winner-take-all Game 5: Live updates and reactions MINNEAPOLIS — The first three games of the 2024 WNBA Finals threatened to turn into laughers at the start, with one team racing out to a double-digit lead. On Friday, with the finals trophy in the…

Over dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant near their Central Park hotel last month, Mauricio Pochettino explained to U.S. Soccer staffers the cultural significance of mate, the herbal tea enjoyed by South American soccer players including Lionel Messi. Among the thoughts Pochettino shared with his new colleagues that night in New York was the name of…

ASHBURN, Va. — Kliff Kingsbury embraces the virtual reality simulation Jayden Daniels credits with advancing his quarterback skills, even if the technology initially sent him in the wrong direction. “The first time I put it on, I backed into the wall,” said Kingsbury, the Washington Commanders’ offensive coordinator and former Texas Tech quarterback. “It felt…

CLEVELAND — The baseball gods work in the shadows, scripting moments and matchups and sequences that we couldn’t begin to fathom. Take, for instance, the night of June 26, when Matthew Boyd just so happened to flip on a Cleveland Guardians game to gauge the pulse of the team desperate for his services. That evening,…

A few years ago when the NCAA started letting transfers play without sitting out, Tony Bennett polled his former stars who made it in the NBA. Bennett prided himself on developing players, but it was a process and some guys “had to fight it for it.” Some redshirted. Most had to wait their turn, in…

Part V of a five-part series ahead of the 2024-25 NBA season, chronicling how the league reached this era of parity and the key questions that remain.• Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Going back to the days of George Mikan’s Minneapolis Lakers and continuing through to Stephen Curry’s Golden…

Troy Aikman was exasperated — and honest. “I don’t like the call at all,” Aikman said. Aikman, ESPN’s lead analyst for “Monday Night Football,” was reacting to a penalty during the most recent game broadcast. With the Buffalo Bills up 20-17 over the New York Jets and 9:32 left in the third quarter, Buffalo linebacker…