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Ashton Jeanty won. Travis Hunter lost. These results did impact The Athletic’s Heisman Trophy straw poll — ever so slightly, with Hunter losing two first-place votes to drop to 24, and Jeanty doubling his first-place votes to get to two. Miami quarterback Cam Ward got the other first-place vote, picking it up after throwing for 280…
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers are an improved team. But Monday night’s 30-23 loss to the Baltimore Ravens showed just how far they have still to go. That is not an indictment of what coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Joe Hortiz are building. It is still Year 1 of an organizational overhaul.…
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The numbers alone are frightening. Viktor Gyokeres has made 25 appearances for club and country so far in 2024-25. He has scored 33 goals. He was top scorer in the Portuguese top flight for Sporting CP last season with 29 goals (eight more than anyone else). He has already scored 16 in the league this…
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Marie-Philip Poulin stood on the blue line at the Bell Centre, fighting back tears. She had just been introduced to a world record crowd in Montreal and the fans were giving her a deafening ovation. Poulin, the best women’s hockey player in the world for almost a decade, typically gets the loudest pregame cheer, especially…
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The Week 13 NFL Power Rankings are in a holiday mood so we’re going to look at this season’s best-case scenario for all 32 teams. For some teams (hello, Philadelphia!), that’s a Super Bowl win. For some teams, it’s a new quarterback. For some teams, it might be sticking with the same quarterback. We’re also…
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Popular hockey podcaster, broadcaster and former NHL player Paul Bissonnette was taken to a hospital Sunday after getting attacked by several men at a family restaurant in Scottsdale, Ariz. In a three-minute video posted to X, Bissonnette said the altercation took place inside and outside of Houston’s restaurant after he observed a group of guests…
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Over the past four years, the Orlando Magic have been aware of a budding friendship between point guard Jalen Suggs and big man Wendell Carter Jr. “Those two have a great relationship,’’ forward Paolo Banchero said. “Ever since I’ve got here, they have that best-friend type of thing, where they are always joking, always messing…
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Ten months ago when the nights were longest, Ned Rice emailed total strangers to share his family’s unthinkable dilemma. These were doctors across the country who had not met and did not treat his 3-year-old daughter. Wynnie had brain cancer. This was how Rice, a Phillies assistant general manager, coped. He had to gather as…
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The first time Emma Hayes introduced herself to the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) she put a photo up on the big screen. The photo showed the intersection on Camden High Street, north London, just outside a pub called the World’s End. Hayes said to the players: “This is Camden, England. This is where I’m…
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Ed Sheeran has apologised to new Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim for interrupting his post-match interview following Sunday’s draw at Ipswich Town. Sheeran, 33, said he had been intending to greet Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp and was unaware Amorim was being interviewed at the time, when the UK broadcaster cut to him mid-way…