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The MVP of NFL Moms
Giants rookie Eli Apple is having a breakout debut—but it’s nothing compared to his media-savvy mother, Annie.
Daily Fix
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ESPN’s Swami Is Going Out on a High Note
Chris Berman has made NFL predictions for ESPN for the past 38 years, but will bow out after the Super Bowl.
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Lane Kiffin Leaving Alabama Before Title Game
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Buffalo Bills Fire Head Coach Rex Ryan
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The Romo-Prescott Debate Rears Its Ugly Head
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105-Year-Old Frenchman Completes 92 Velodrome Laps
With a 14-mile ride, Robert Marchand sets the one-hour bicycle record for anyone 105 or older.
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New PGA Tour Commissioner Aims to Widen Golf’s Reach
New PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan wants to rearrange the golf calendar to maximize attention. The Tour has also explored the possibility of starting its own cable network.
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Big Ten Swallows a Bowl of Humiliation
Losses by Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan sting the once prideful conference.
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Whether They Like It or Not, the Fate of the Texans Rests With Brock Osweiler
An injury to Tom Savage means the former starter retains his job for wild card in Oakland.
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How Clemson Created Alabama
Last year’s national championship helped reinvent the way college-football teams use their scout teams. No teams have benefited more than Alabama and Clemson.
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Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski to Undergo Back Surgery
Duke announced that Mike Krzyzewski, men’s college basketball’s all-time winningest coach, will be sidelined for up to four weeks after he undergoes back surgery on Friday.
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Christian Hackenberg Is Taking a Redshirt Year in the NFL
If the Jets’ Christian Hackenberg doesn’t play in Week 17, he’ll be only the eighth quarterback taken in the first two rounds since 1990, not to throw a pass in his rookie season.
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Sports 2016: The Year of Living Shirtlessly
From J.R. Smith to Tiger Woods to the Tongan Olympic flag bearer, bare torsos became a bizarre trend in sports in 2016.
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Alabama Beats Washington to Return to College Football Playoff Championship
The Crimson Tide’s 24-7 victory in the Peach Bowl scuttled a brief lead by the Washington Huskies and sends the team back to college football’s championship game. A win there would give Alabama two consecutive titles and five of the last eight.
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Clemson Beats Ohio State and Wins a Championship Rematch With Alabama
No. 2 seed Clemson routed No. 3 seed Ohio State, 31-0, in the College Football Playoff semifinal and clinched a rematch in the national championship opposite the Crimson Tide—the first time in the current era of college football that a pair of teams has played for the title in consecutive seasons.
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Upset of the Year: Mark Davis Rescues the Raiders
Mark Davis, the son of the NFL’s original renegade owner, once seemed close to losing the Raiders. Now his team is one of the league’s best and he’s on the cusp of becoming a billionaire.
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Cyclist Bradley Wiggins Makes Quiet Exit Amid Swirling Questions
Cyclist Bradley Wiggins announced his retirement from pro cycling at the age of 36. His muted exit comes amid scrutiny of his career and questions over his use of special exemptions to take banned substances at the peak of his career.
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Premier League’s Most Important Striker: Diego Costa
How Chelsea’s Diego Costa has become the most important striker in the Premier League.
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Why NFL Coaches Take No Chances
Rex Ryan, fired on Tuesday, stuck with a conservative style that most math experts say doesn’t add up but remains the league norm.
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Tennis Star Ana Ivanovic Retires
Tennis star Ana Ivanovic, who won a Grand Slam title and briefly became No. 1 in the world, announced her retirement on Wednesday at age 29.
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Swansea City Fires Bob Bradley After 11 Games
Bob Bradley’s foray in Premier League soccer management, the first by an American in the history of England’s top tier, ended after just 11 games on Tuesday.
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Kenneth Starr’s Baylor Exit Followed Years of Hidden Turmoil
Former Baylor president Kenneth Starr reinstated a troubled football player over the objections of other administrators in 2011. The disagreement is indicative of deeper tensions that simmered between him and other officials long before the sexual-assault scandal that roiled the school.
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Duke Suspends Grayson Allen Indefinitely for Tripping
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski suspended star guard Grayson Allen indefinitely on Thursday, the morning after he tripped Elon’s Steven Santa Ana in a 72-61 win for the fifth-ranked Blue Devils.
What's Your Workout
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A Tough Mudder Learns to Listen to Her Pain
Amelia Boone, a champion of endurance races used to fighting through injuries, had to change her approach after breaking her femur.
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How an Entrepreneur Made Time to Be Healthy
Lauren Marrus of luxury stationery company Dempsey & Carroll improved her diet and exercise regimen one step at a time.
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She Started Running in Her 70s and Hasn’t Stopped
Anne Garrett, an 82-year-old runner, describes her workout and four-day-a-week running regimen, often with the children she meets as an anti-obesity advocate.
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Troy Aikman’s Workout to End Back Pain
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NFL
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NFL Week 17 Predictions: A Week for Underdogs
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Is the NFL’s Sequel in L.A. Going to Flop?
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Joe Flacco’s Awesome Mediocrity
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Browns’ Haden Is Tired of Hearing the Jokes
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Bears, 49ers Take a Pass at Catching the Ball
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Leonard Fournette to Enter NFL Draft
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NFL Week 11 Predictions: Bills Can Handle Bengals, Packers Bounce Back
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The Day Extra Points Became Extra Hard
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A Game Changer for Diagnosing Concussions in the NFL
New York Sports
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New York Giants Seize Control in NFC Wild-Card Race
Five years removed from their last postseason berth, the New York Giants are now on the verge of the playoffs after Sunday’s 17-6 win over the Detroit Lions.
Jason Gay
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My (Nonexistent) MVP Vote: Dak Prescott
This year’s NFL MVP race is considered a humdinger. Jason Gay explains why Dallas Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott should win the award.
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Ronda Rousey Loses Again; What Now?
The UFC’s best-known fighter, Ronda Rousey, suffered her second consecutive brutal defeat, this time at the hands of Brazilian Amanda Nunes.
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Sports 2016: Cubs Won, That’s Enough!
There was a Summer Olympiad, and the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead. But nothing approached the triumph for the Cubs and the Wrigley faithful.
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Beware the Zombie Bowl Games!
The college football playoff has rendered the bowl system near-irrelevant so it’s tough to chastise a player for opting out.
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Jerry Jones Is Having a Jerryaissance
With an improved team, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is again riding high—and stirring it up.
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I’m Courtside With LeBron! (In Virtual Reality)
The NBA and other sports bet big on an emerging technology; how does it feel to put on those goggles?
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College Football Picks a Playoff—but No Penn State
Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Washington get slots in the College Football Playoff, while Penn State misses out despite a Big Ten title.
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No, Alabama Can’t Beat the Browns
With a 12-0 college juggernaut and a 0-12 NFL disaster, a classic if flawed barroom debate returns.
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Aaron Rodgers and the Mystery of the Sideline Tent
The Packers quarterback befuddled America when he disappeared inside a camping tent during Monday’s game.
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College Football Is Crazy as Ever
College football’s playoff format pleases some, stiffs others and creates a whole new flurry of contradictions.
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Conor McGregor Runs New York (For a Night)
Brash Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor backs up the talk with a decisive victory to take a historic second championship belt.
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The Count
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The Atlanta Falcons Offense Is Pretty Close to Super
The Atlanta Falcons’ offense currently averages 6.61 yards per play—the fifth-highest since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
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An American Soccer Coach in England Learns to Speak British
Swansea manager Bob Bradley was criticized for saying “PK”, but a WSJ study shows he’s been good at avoiding Americanized soccer lingo.
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Why the Washington Redskins Have the NFL’s Most Maddening Defense
No unit in at least 20 years as been as bad as this one when it comes to stopping third and long
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Winter Is Coming for Aaron Rodgers
The Packers-Bears game on Sunday may be eighth game since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger played in subzero weather
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Who Will Win the 2016 Bowls?
We’ve simulated each of the bowl games to see which teams will walk away winners.
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