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Analysis | Victor Wembanyama is a star. The Spurs shouldn’t wait to get him help.
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Victor Wembanyama’s latest one-man carnival show packed a month’s worth of spectacular acts into a single night. During the San Antonio Spurs’ nationally televised 125-121 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday, the 7-foot-4 Frenchman threw an alley-oop to himself off the backboard, dunked over…
Cavaliers have their way with Wizards in a big way in a 39-point rout
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save CLEVELAND — The benches told the story in the third quarter Wednesday night. There were the Washington Wizards dressed in their whites, staring at the action without speaking. On the other side of the court, the Cleveland Cavaliers resembled a picture of joy — the…
Former NHL player dies after ‘freak accident’ in English hockey league game
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Adam Johnson, an American forward for the Nottingham Panthers of the English Elite Ice Hockey League who previously played for the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, died Saturday after appearing to suffer a deep cut to his neck from a skate in what the team said was…
Perspective | In a sport always in flux, Nick Saban’s standard never wavered
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Nick Saban is 72 years old. He began coaching football 51 years ago. It is absolutely his right to say: “You know what? That’s plenty.” He’s a legend whether he retires in 2024 or 2034. Going out when he just made his eighth appearance in…
Perspective | Josh Harris just took a smart step away from the Commanders’ sorry past
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Josh Harris spoke rather flatly, and someone from another town who roots for another team might have taken his address about the future as, well, boring. But Harris is from Washington. He owns the Washington Commanders. And in Washington, where it concerns the local NFL…
The Paris Olympics’ Seine River plan is bold, audacious … and risky
PARIS — By day, the Seine River winds gracefully through the city’s center, but as darkness falls, the Seine turns from turquoise to indigo to inky black until it glows with reflections of the city lights. Many call the Seine the world’s most romantic river, and beneath the Pont d’lena, a man waits beside a…
Analysis | The Ron Rivera era in Washington was even worse than you think
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Ron Rivera’s time in Washington ended with the Commanders’ regular season finale Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, at which point the retrospectives began. Rivera was a steadying influence during a tumultuous first year that included a pandemic, the first investigation into the franchise’s toxic workplace…
Pat McAfee says he’s committed to ESPN but not sorry for bashing exec
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…
Perspective | For two months, Sam Howell showed what he isn’t: The QB of the future
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…
