Oregon moved up to No. 2 behind top-ranked Texas in the AP Top 25 college football poll Sunday after their dramatic win against Ohio State. The Ducks jumped a spot after beating Ohio State 32-31 in a thriller at Autzen Stadium on Saturday night for their highest ranking since finishing the 2014 season at No.…

NEW YORK — There was no singular way for members of the New York Liberty to turn the page after their historic Game 1 collapse to the Minnesota Lynx. Star guard Sabrina Ionescu said she couldn’t just “flush” the result. Forward Leonie Fiebich watched the contest three full times in the 36 hours immediately after…

If the Bears played like that every Sunday morning, Chicagoans could start their week with a skip in their steps and a song in their hearts. Hey, if the Bears played like that every Tuesday at midnight local time, fans would be tired, but ecstatic. A Bears victory at any hour against any team is…

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from a remarkable college football Saturday that saw three top-10 teams go to overtime and two others play an all-time classic. 1. Conventional pundit wisdom back in August held that preseason No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Ohio State were in a class of their own this season. Maybe that…

It was a topsy-turvy week across the NFL. The New York Jets gave us the first head coach firing of the season. In Cleveland, the pressure continues to mount on Browns coach Kevin Stefanski and quarterback Deshaun Watson. New Orleans had to go to a backup plan at quarterback (Spencer Rattler) far sooner than expected…

“‘Zo? Yeah, I got him. (Dikembe) Mutombo? Got him twice. Got the big dude in Indiana, (Rik) Smits. Got Dale Davis, too. Haven’t gotten (Patrick) Ewing yet.” Then, he paused and smiled. “We play them on Tuesday.”— Vince Carter, “Fresh Vince,” Sports Illustrated, Feb. 28, 2000 Even watching it live, with his own eyes, in…

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani bounded through the puddles of Budweiser and the plumes of cigar smoke polluting the Dodgers clubhouse. He wore a smile as he emerged, drenched but delighted, from the bacchanalia as the team celebrated its victory over the Padres in the National League Division Series. On his way out of the…

Five years ago today, in a park in Vienna, Eliud Kipchoge ran the most significant marathon ever. The clock stopped at 1:59:40. Kipchoge was already a legend. He had won 10 consecutive marathons between 2014 and 2019, including Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. This, though, was something else. A sub-two-hour marathon was…

It is a rarity to see Yunus Musah without a smile. An ear-to-ear grin is a mostly-permanent feature for the 21-year-old midfielder. But as he sprinted towards the corner flag on Saturday night in Austin, Texas, having scored his first goal in a U.S. senior men’s national team jersey in his 42nd appearance, the sense…

NEW YORK — It’s Thursday night, the final buzzer sounds, media obligations are over, phones are blowing up with messages from anyone and everyone, and one of the most dramatic and memorable WNBA Finals games in league history is in the rearview. Now what? You can attempt to live in the emotional high (or low)…