Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save For the first time this season, the Washington Capitals led through two periods before losing in regulation. And Friday’s modest milestone was not about half-measures — the Capitals gave up a stunning five goals over the final 20 minutes in a 6-2 loss to the…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Are Nick Sirianni and Mike McCarthy coaching for their jobs in the first round of the NFL playoffs this weekend? Plenty of people around the league believe it’s possible. The two NFC East coaches, whose Eagles and Cowboys entered the season with sizable expectations, realize…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship, died Jan. 10 at a hospice center in East Northport, N.Y. He was 79. The Mets announced…
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…
