The NCAA on Thursday said it had reached an eight-year agreement with ESPN worth $115 million annually to televise 40 college sports championships each year, including the marquee Division I women’s basketball tournament that many people within college sports had hoped would be primed for even bigger returns given a wave of recent popularity. The…

CNN  —  Aryna Sabalenka showed why she’s one of the favorites to win this year’s US Open after producing a dominant performance against Zheng Qinwen on Wednesday to reach the semifinals. The world No. 2 breezed past the Chinese 20-year-old, winning 6-1 6-4 inside the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Zheng was no match for Sabalenka’s big…

By taking a step back, Franz Beckenbauer put himself a step ahead. The “libero” — taken from the Italian word for “free” and describing a player who had a covering role behind a defensive line — was not an entirely new concept to soccer by the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was just that…

The Patriots were not interested in trying to recoup the first-round draft pick that they once gave up as part of a package to acquire Bill Belichick. On the day that Belichick and the Patriots parted ways after 24 seasons, owner Robert Kraft was asked why he didn’t try to trade Belichick instead of letting…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save A recurring theme in Josh Harris’s brief tenure as the Washington Commanders’ owner is the search for edges, little ways he can gain an advantage over opponents. “Certainly sports science and analytics, and coaching staff and front office and being attractive to players and location…

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