Jan. 10, 2022, 7:10 p.m. ET Jan. 10, 2022, 7:10 p.m. ET Credit…Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Georgia spent much of December defending Stetson Bennett’s status as its starting quarterback. Then he powered through the Orange Bowl against Michigan, completing two-thirds of his passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns. But there was an uglier outing […]
The drama about the final teams that would make the N.F.L. postseason was not cleared up until the last possible moment of the regular season, when the Las Vegas Raiders beat the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday night on a field goal on the last play of overtime to claim one of two remaining wild […]
Wentz has mainly been a caretaker this season, working off play-action and hitting the occasional deep throw. But Sunday, with the Jaguars holding Taylor to 77 yards on 15 carries, Wentz needed to be a playmaker. He took six sacks, lost a fumble and threw a pick against a Jacksonville defense that ranks as the […]
“I’ve rested players, I’ve not rested players,” said McCarthy, who previously coached the Green Bay Packers for 13 seasons. “But we felt where we were as a team, our first year in the playoffs, it was important for us to play.” It was important for Prescott, who looked comfortable dissecting the Eagles’ defense, completing 21 […]
NASHVILLE — Mariah Bell, a newly minted national champion, wants everyone to know that she is considered “ancient” in the sport of women’s figure skating, and that she does not care. Why would age matter when, at 25, she is finally a champion equipped to handle the pressure of the Olympics after nearly a decade […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — In a court filing on Saturday, lawyers for Novak Djokovic said the tennis star had tested positive for the coronavirus in mid-December, and that the Australian government had erred this week in canceling his visa over a vaccine requirement. Mr. Djokovic, who hopes to defend his men’s singles title at the Australian […]
NASHVILLE — Alysa Liu, one of the favorites to make the U.S. Olympic figure skating team for next month’s Beijing Winter Games, tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday and withdrew from the U.S. national championships. Liu, 16, finished third in the short program at nationals on Thursday and was hoping that a strong showing […]
Thursday afternoon, roughly one month from the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, Mikaela Shiffrin was still a bit out of breath from a slalom training session in Austria. But it felt good, and not just because Shiffrin, an eight-time Olympic and world champion, is once again atop the Alpine World Cup overall standings. “I finally feel […]
In a less dangerous time, a more forgiving public viewed Novak Djokovic’s nontraditional views of science and health as the quirky characteristics of a hyperactive seeker with strongly held beliefs about everything from sports to spirituality. He has sat inside a pressurized, egg-shaped pod during major tournaments, believing it would improve circulation, boost his red-blood […]
She held the job until 2000, marshaling a dozen sports that won 27 Big Ten Conference championships, then taught courses until 2006. According to The Athletic, Grant grew the women’s sports budget from $3,000 to nearly $7 million. And in her unflagging pursuit of equality for women, she was not allergic to showmanship and mischief. […]
