Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Pat McAfee reaffirmed his commitment to ESPN on Monday afternoon but stood by comments he made last week in which he ripped one of the network’s highest-ranking executives. “A lot of people are saying I’m trying to get fired; no way,” McAfee said from a…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save That Ron Rivera was finally, mercifully relieved of his duties as head coach and roster builder of the Washington Commanders falls into the pope-is-Catholic, sun-rises-in-the-east category. If new owner Josh Harris hadn’t fired Rivera on Monday, there might have been a mutiny of a fan…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save While Ron Rivera looks at his phone, sees Josh Harris’s number pop up and decides whether to answer, let’s consider the other major issue facing the Washington Commanders as they head into an offseason that could scarcely be more important: quarterback. What’s now apparent to…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Nothing, not even the brutal realities of the sport itself, can stop the NFL. This weekend, as another regular season stomps to a close, we’re reminded of its dominance. While ambivalent retiree Tom Brady might criticize today’s football, believing it has tumbled into “mediocrity,” millions…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save SEATTLE — Thirty-two summers ago, Napoleon Kaufman stepped onto the practice field at the University of Washington and received the scariest greeting. He was a true freshman running back fighting for a role on the greatest team in program history, and for one unforgettable play,…
The top-ranked Wolverines capped an undefeated season with a victory over the No. 2 Huskies at NRG Stadium. The win gives Michigan its first national championship since 1997 and caps an eventful season that included a signal-stealing scandal and two suspensions for Coach Jim Harbaugh.
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save HOUSTON — I remember the first notable play call of Jim Harbaugh’s coaching career. It happened in 1997, when he was still an NFL quarterback. And it was a touchdown, a fool-’em special that left me certain 27 years ago that Harbaugh was destined to…
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…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Tiger Woods and Nike parted company, ending a relationship that began when he was a 20-year-old rising star in 1996 and grew into one of the longest lasting and most lucrative in sports history. “Over 27 years ago, I was fortunate to start a partnership…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save HOUSTON — Apparently the honchos of college football intend to stage a national championship game Monday night with zero teams from the South. They seem hellbent on this sacrilege. How bold. Not since Ohio State and Oregon turned up at the first College Football Playoff…
