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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For over four decades, Brewers fans have carried the weight of near-misses, heartbreak, and what-ifs. On Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, it all disappeared. In Game 5 of the World Series, the Milwaukee Brewers finished the job against the Tampa Bay Rays, winning 4-1, clinching their first championship in franchise history and sending an entire state into pandemonium. A team that has always been defined by […]

Tom Brady knows that Super Bowls aren't won in October, but you can get an "I told you so" or two during the fall. That's what the seven-time Super Bowl champion did when he unveiled his most recent power rankings. With the San Francisco 49ers losing to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 7, Brady has a new team at No. 1 ahead of Week 8, saying that he's taking a […]

So much for a quiet coaching carousel. After a chaotic cycle last offseason, industry sources expected a slower carousel this offseason. But with Baylor, Maryland and NC State all making changes in the past week, the carousel is already threatening to spin out of control again. These are a few coaches who remain on the hot seat heading into the back half of the season: The Main Event: Are College […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays watched the Brewers dugout spill onto the field and celebrate on their home turf. No, it wasn’t the final out of the World Series. Brewers shortstop Cooper Pratt had just taken an Ian Seymour sweeper and parked it in the left-field seats to give Milwaukee a 3-2 lead with three outs to go. It was the top of the 12th inning of a four-plus […]

When a new generation of blue-chip teenagers recently led the U.S. men’s soccer team to four convincing wins in its first four games since capturing the imagination of the American public during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, optimism about the program's future surged among USA fans old and new. Perhaps nobody was happier about how Cavan Sullivan, Julian Hall and the rest of the youngsters fared than U.S. Soccer COO Dan […]

Hot seat season is, well, heating up. Three coaches — Mike Locksley (Maryland), Dave Doeren (NC State) and Dave Aranda (Baylor) — were relieved of their duties over the last week for the first Power Four firings of the cycle. I called around to agents and search firm executives in recent weeks to help put together my 2026 guide of names you need to know during silly season. Let’s get […]

I’m rather astonished by the reality faced by Oregon, USC and Texas A&M. They're not represented anywhere at all in my latest projected 24-team College Football Playoff field. In a 12-team format, only USC still stands a chance of receiving an invitation to the tournament. But that's like saying a ripe banana dropped into a blender stands. As long the Trojans can keep the remaining teams on their schedule from […]

I left last week's Caleb Williams-Drake Maye showdown wishing that the two quarterbacks could face off against each other more often. They’d make incredible rivals — not because of any animosity between the draft classmates. But because of how good they are, how their games overlap and how their stories overlap. They are both top 10 QBs. They are both in secure organizations where they can succeed for a long […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Years from now, when someone wants to remember this inexorable, incessant, indomitable Milwaukee machine that is one win away from immortality, point them to the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series. The Brewers do not simply win games. They overwhelm opponents to the point of exhaustion, then rip away their will. They work counts persistently, knock starters out swiftly, put the ball in […]