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US Open provides the scene for the latest chapter in rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz | CNN
CNN — The stage is set for another epic showdown between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open which starts on Monday. The pair have thrilled tennis fans this season with two special matches, first in the Wimbledon final and then most recently at the Cincinnati Open. Djokovic described last Sunday’s Cincinnati Open…
Analysis | The best and the worst of Ron Rivera’s four seasons in Washington
“We can be eliminated?”: There are plenty of choices. Washington was favored by three or more points 12 times under Rivera and went 5-7 in those games. But the worst loss was Cleveland at home in Week 17 of 2022. In early December, Washington was 7-5, on track for a playoff berth, and then it…
Rams’ Matthew Stafford prepares to be Ford Field tough: ‘I’m the bad guy coming to town’
Team events. Wardrobe changes for photo shoots. Media days. Those were the few times Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford can recall being in the visitors’ locker room at Ford Field in Detroit, where he spent his first 12 NFL seasons playing for the Lions. But Sunday, before an NFC wild-card game, the visitors’ locker room is…
Inside Bill Belichick’s downfall after 24 years, six titles with the Patriots
Robert Kraft hoped things would end differently. He’d spent the final years of a dying dynasty patching together a fraying relationship between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, but in early 2020, it was all over. Separate conversations with his head coach and quarterback had kept the pair together long enough to win a sixth Super…
Franz Beckenbauer, German soccer star, dies at 78
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Franz Beckenbauer, who led the West German national team to World Cup championships as player and coach and whose on-field presence was so dominant that he was nicknamed “Der Kaiser,” died Jan. 7 at 78. His family announced his death in a statement to German…
Virginia has no shot clock, and some coaches think it’s a ‘travesty’
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save After more than two decades around Northern Virginia high school basketball, Thomas Jefferson boys’ basketball coach Mark Gray-Mendes is still waiting for a shot clock. Until it arrives, he says, he’ll coach a different game than his peers in D.C., Maryland and 25 other state…
