Carson Hocevar seems intent on driving as aggressive as ever. After all, he was the runner-up in Atlanta for a career-best finish. It also prompted a week of criticism from some veteran drivers, and warnings not to make things harder on himself by making enemies on the track.
Islanders ride three first-period goals to 7-4 win over Predators
New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin was credited with his first career goal when Nashville Predators forward Steven Stamkos sent a pass into his own net in the final seconds of New York’s 7-4 victory on Saturday.
Aaron Judge drives in a pair in spring debut as Yankees trounce Astros
Aaron Judge made his long-awaited spring training debut and picked up where he left off last season, driving in two runs to help lift the Yankees to a 9-3 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday afternoon.
Blade Tidwell strikes out five over two perfect innings, Jose Siri homers in Mets’ win over Rays
The Mets beat the Rays on Saturday as their 2025 MLB spring training slate continued.
What we learned as Warriors miss Butler in streak-snapping loss
The Golden State Warriors missed a chance to secure the Western Conference's No. 6 seed with their loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday.
Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton to start season on IL after receiving PRP injections in elbows
The Yankees announced that DH Giancarlo Stanton will start the season on the injured list after receiving PRP injections in both elbows.
European football: Atlético capitalise after Betis’ Isco stuns Real Madrid
- Atlético 1-0 Athletic Bilbao | Real Betis 2-1 Real Madrid
- Napoli 1-1 Inter | Mourinho’s Turkish suspension halved
Real Madrid stumbled in the three-way race for the La Liga title as Isco guided Real Betis to a 2-1 comeback win over the defending champions on Saturday, enabling Atlético Madrid to overtake their neighbours by winning the late kick-off against Real Betis.
Atlético won thanks to a second-half strike from the substitute Julián Álvarez. Atletico came close to taking the lead in the first half through Alexander Sørloth, who missed a header from Antoine Griezmann’s pass. Álvarez, who came on for Sørloth just before the hour mark, gave Atlético the winner in the 66th minute with a precise left-foot shot after being played through by Marcos Llorente.
Continue reading...All played out: Raheem Sterling in startling decline after hitting the fateful 500 mark | Jonathan Wilson
The Arsenal forward, once England’s key player, is only 30 but his confidence is shot and his career on a downward curve
In Rafa Benítez’s first season in English football, he rested Steven Gerrard for an FA Cup tie at Burnley, who were in the Championship. When Liverpool lost, there was a predictable backlash and, from certain quarters, derision as Benítez explained his rotation policy and the need to manage the number of minutes each player played.
Social media being in its infancy, it wasn’t quite the culture war that it would have become today, but certain old-school football men clearly felt that players should just get on with it: hard work never hurt anyone. But at the same time a piece of ancient wisdom kept surfacing, usually from elderly coaches who had spent a lifetime in the game: as a rule of thumb, however much they play, whatever age they start, a player has 500 games in them.
Continue reading...McCullum weighs in on captain’s future after ‘sad’ demise as England complete CT humiliation
Coach Brendon McCullum backed Jos Buttler to play a big role for England after standing down as the team’s white-ball captain following a dismal Champions Trophy campaign.
Deebo Samuel shares farewell post to 49ers after Commanders trade
Deebo Samuel shared an emotional farewell post to his Instagram after the San Francisco 49ers agreed to trade the star receiver to the Washington Commanders on Saturday.
Schieffelin scores 21, No. 13 Clemson comes from behind to beat Virginia 71-58
Ian Schieffelin scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half to help No. 13 Clemson come from behind to beat Virginia 71-58 on Saturday. Schieffelin, coming off a 24-point outing against Notre Dame, also grabbed 13 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season, as the Tigers (24-5, 16-2 ACC) stayed a game behind first-place Duke in the conference standings. Isaac McKneely had 16 points for the Cavaliers (14-15, 7-11).
Lubin leads UNC’s balanced scoring in 92-73 win over Miami for Tar Heels’ 5th straight victory
Ven-Allen Lubin scored 19 points, Jae'Lyn Withers had 11 points and 10 rebounds and North Carolina beat Miami 92-73 on Saturday for its fifth straight victory, the Tar Heels' longest win streak this season. Lubin was 9-of-10 from the floor and Withers collected his third double-double this season. Drake Powell added 16 points, RJ Davis 13, Ian Jackson 11 and Seth Trimble 10 for the Tar Heels (19-11, 12-6 ACC), who shot 59%, made 10 of 18 3-pointers and outrebounded the Hurricanes 38-26.
NFL ends season tickets for London games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Starting in 2019 and in every season since then, with the exception of the pandemic year of 2020, the NFL has played two games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
O’Reilly double leads Manchester City to FA Cup fifth round win over Plymouth – as it happened
The hosts were forced to come from behind against a spirited Argyle side but a brace from Nico O’Reilly and Kevin De Bruyne’s late strike saw them into the quarter-final draw
“It’s Manchester City, it’s away, the team which has dominated the Premier League for the last seven or eight years so it truly feels like something very, very big,” said Plymouth’s manager in his pre-match press conference.
Continue reading...Report: 49ers, Commanders discussed Deebo-for-Allen trade
The San Francisco 49ers reportedly were in talks to acquire Jonathan Allen from the Washington Commanders in their trade of Deebo Samuel.