It was Brandon Aubrey’s wife Jenn who first realized her husband might have been playing the wrong sport. Two years after being selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, and a year after retiring from soccer without appearing in an MLS match, the Aubreys were watching an NFL game on TV when a…
The end of the National Football League’s regular season on Sunday triggered the start of two annual events: the playoffs, and the period when a wave of teams fire head coaches and general managers and start frenzied searches for their replacements. The league has little control over the outcomes of the games. But over the…
The Nets have gone abroad more than any team in the NBA, exporting the league to the rest of the world more than anybody else. Their globetrotting ways aren’t going to change anytime soon, with Brooklyn set to face Cleveland on Thursday at Accor Arena in Paris. “The Nets specifically are incredibly willing to play…
The Nets have gone abroad more than any team in the NBA, exporting the league to the rest of the world more than anybody else. Their globetrotting ways aren’t going to change anytime soon, with Brooklyn set to face Cleveland on Thursday at Accor Arena in Paris. “The Nets specifically are incredibly willing to play…
Heroes, zeros and full blitz from Michigan’s 34-13 victory over Washington in the College Football Playoff championship game. Hero Donovan Edwards set the tone, producing touchdown runs of 41 and 46 yards that gave Michigan a 14-3 lead at the end of the first quarter. He finished with 106 of the Wolverines’ 303 rushing yards…
Joe Douglas is 27-56 in five years as the Jets’ general manager. The team has not reached the playoffs or had a winning season. Douglas is returning for a sixth season in 2024 and it is going to be playoffs or bust for the GM. “We need to win,” Douglas said in his season-ending press…
HOUSTON — Jim Harbaugh certainly has options. A lucrative extension is on the table from Michigan. Multiple NFL teams are reportedly interested in him returning to the professional ranks. A high-powered agent by his side. After Monday night’s dominant 34-13, national championship victory over Washington at NRG Stadium, he has a decision to make. Stay…
Kaapo Kakko, still in a red non-contact jersey, was more involved in the Rangers’ morning skate Monday than he has been since he rejoined the team on the ice last week. The Finnish forward looked to be pushing the pace, which head coach Peter Laviolette confirmed by saying he had “no real restrictions.” “With regard…
A half-dozen media members converged around the locker of Ivica Zubac late Monday night when one exceptionally tall person joined the scrum, too, pointing his phone’s camera at the Clippers center. It was Zubac’s backup, Daniel Theis, who smiled before quickly leaving. The joke disguised the truth that the spotlight has never found Zubac more…
You could say this has been a long time coming, but this type of deficient performance has been a recurring theme for the last five weeks in which the Rangers have won eight of their last 16 (8-7-1) while losing by three or more goals five times. So this 6-3 defeat Monday night at the…
