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…
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 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 A look at the good (Hail!) and bad (Fail!) from the Washington Commanders’ 38-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. New Orleans’s win over Atlanta earlier in the day meant the Commanders could secure the No. 2 pick in April’s draft with a loss…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Over the past three years of Michigan football’s charmed existence, the program’s long-awaited breakthroughs — beating rival Ohio State, winning the Big Ten and reaching the College Football Playoff — suddenly became routine. Those feats, repeated each season since 2021, appeased restless fans who had…
This winter’s NFL playoff slate includes plenty of change. Six teams that missed the postseason last year are in. Both of 2022’s No. 1 seeds failed to win their conferences, meaning the Kansas City Chiefs missed out on a first-round bye for just the second time since Patrick Mahomes became the starter in 2018. In…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) on Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would fulfill a long-sought request from the Washington Nationals: a new revenue fund to pay for improvements to Nationals Park. Mendelson’s legislation would create the Ballpark Maintenance Fund, ensuring a steady stream of…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save HOUSTON — The Michigan players took it all, including the seats. With the smell of cigar smoke wafting through the air, they toted folding chairs as they emerged from the locker room, eager to hop from one celebration to the next. They didn’t care whether…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save This is who the Dallas Cowboys are. This is what they do. They tantalize. They raise hopes. They create belief. They foster expectations that, this time, things will be different — that, this time, they will break through and return the franchise to its “America’s…
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…
