How Bruno Fernandes transformed Manchester United’s fortunes | CNN

How Bruno Fernandes transformed Manchester United’s fortunes | CNN

CNN  —  There hasn’t been much to shout about at Manchester United over the last few years. The success enjoyed under legendary manager Alex Ferguson feels like a distant memory for a global fan base that has watched its once great club lurch from one bad decision to another. An FA Cup win in 2016…

He wrote letters to MLB GMs, asking for advice. Now he works for the Nats.

He wrote letters to MLB GMs, asking for advice. Now he works for the Nats.

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Brad Ciolek’s interest in baseball began in Detroit, where he watched his first game with his dad, an avid Tigers fan. As Ciolek grew up in the Chicago suburbs, his love of the game grew, too. He attended every White Sox game he could. By…

Perspective | Smart NFL owners should be lining up to hire Bill Belichick

Perspective | Smart NFL owners should be lining up to hire Bill Belichick

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save If somebody told you to trust your money to Bill Belichick to invest, would you? Now turn the question around. Why would you trust football decisions to a mall developer? It’s that time of year again, the NFL hiring cycle, when billionaire superegos confuse their…

Perspective | The Ron Rivera era was a mess. It’s time to clean things up.

Perspective | The Ron Rivera era was a mess. It’s time to clean things up.

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…

Perspective | In the ruthless NFL, everyone is disposable. Everyone.

Perspective | In the ruthless NFL, everyone is disposable. Everyone.

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…

Entering Paris Games, the top U.S. male Olympian isn’t a swimmer

Entering Paris Games, the top U.S. male Olympian isn’t a swimmer

Updated January 4, 2024 at 5:25 p.m. EST|Published January 4, 2024 at 5:51 a.m. EST Noah Lyles won three gold medals at last year’s world championships and aims to do the same this summer in Paris. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Never shy about publicly proclaiming grand…

Analysis | The eye-popping price of MLB starting pitching keeps going up

Analysis | The eye-popping price of MLB starting pitching keeps going up

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save For teams that never had much chance at Shohei Ohtani and even for those who did, the defining feature of this baseball offseason has been the frantic and expensive scramble to secure starting pitching. From the top of the market to the bottom, the prices…

Draymond Green reinstated by NBA after serving 12-game suspension

Draymond Green reinstated by NBA after serving 12-game suspension

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The NBA reinstated Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green following his indefinite suspension for striking Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the head, the league announced Saturday. Green, 33, has missed Golden State’s past 12 games after the Dec. 12 incident with Nurkic and is…