Williams driver George Russell wins the latest Formula One esports race on the weekend of the postponed Spanish Grand Prix, after a penalty for cutting corners cost Charles Leclerc a shot at victory on the penultimate lap.
Injuries forced Carson Wentz to watch another quarterback lead the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl title and put him on the sideline for playoff games in each of the next two seasons. The Eagles didn’t draft Jalen Hurts to compete with Wentz, only to provide insurance. Constant scrutiny and intense criticism are part of the job for NFL quarterbacks.
The true story of the 45 days that drove Michael Jordan back to basketball in 1995, culminating in his legendary press release.
A look back at the Lakers’ 2009-10 season and how the team defeated the Boston Celtics in seven games during the 2010 NBA Finals.
Zion Williamson is in a legal battle with his former marketing agent, who is seeking $100M after the Pelicans rookie signed with CAA.
Alex Antetokounmpo, the youngest brother of NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, plans to skip college and play professionally in Europe to prepare for the NBA.
In the makeshift interview room just outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, defensive tackle Chris Jones yelled across to Chiefs teammate Frank Clark, vowing that the Super Bowl championship they had just won would not be the last. An organization that was merely an afterthought less than a decade ago is now one of the centerpieces of the NFL schedule, which was released Thursday night with plenty of fanfare and even more hope that it will actually be played. The Chiefs will celebrate their first championship in five decades by getting a Thursday night match-up with the Houston Texans, who have quickly become one of their new-look rivals, to officially kick off the 2020 season.
For all the focus on the big names that left San Francisco this offseason like longtime left tackle Joe Staley and defensive anchor DeForest Buckner, the reality is the 49ers will look much the same in 2020. The defending NFC champion Niners are returning 18 of 22 starters from a team that fell one quarter short of winning it all, the type of continuity that could be especially crucial during this virtual offseason. While many teams are trying to install new systems or get several new players up to speed while teams are spread out around the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 49ers are mostly intact.
Nowadays, fans look upon Michael Jordan’s foray into another sport 26 years ago as a whim and conclude that his baseball career was a bust. They could not be more wrong.
A lot can happen before the scheduled first round back at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Some of how this will work is clear, but there’s just as much that still has to be figured out.
