The Belgian Football Association says it still wants answers about why Folarin Balogun was allowed to play against its team in the World Cup, and has asked for the issue to be on the agenda of the next FIFA Council. In one of the most controversial moments of the summer World Cup, Balogun was cleared … Read more
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has been salty about the Rams’ desire to export a home game to Australia, to avoid another takeover of SoFi Stadium by San Francisco fans. Now that Shanahan and the 49ers have holed up in Melbourne, Shanahan feels different. Via David Lombardi of the San Francisco Standard, Shanahan explained in a … Read more
Manaia Ogbechie and Andi Jackson each had two kills when the match was stopped again. Players from both teams started a dance battle during the second stoppage, then then left the court and went back to the locker rooms. An announcement regarding a “15-minute break” was made to the 40,000-plus — more than the attendance during … Read more
It’s been more than two months since Shohei Ohtani last threw a pitch in a major league game, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts downplayed the idea that Ohtani could return to the mound before the end of 2026, whether in the regular season or the postseason. Roberts didn’t “officially” confirm Ohtani’s pitching shutdown when speaking … Read more
We’re back, baby. So, back. Well, okay, not exactly back. But going back in the time warp, at least for a while, as on a pale blue afternoon at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal and Chelsea produced an opening half-hour that felt like a throwback to the excellent Barclays of the early 2000s. In that period, … Read more
The Dodgers announced that catcher Daulton Rushing has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to September 5. Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was recalled from Triple-A in the corresponding move. The official designation of Rushing’s injury is “right elbow discomfort,” which naturally stems from the partial ACL tear that sidelined the backstop for most of … Read more
The Italian Grand Prix is probably the worst place for a dispute between teammates to arise, but that’s what happened at Monza, when Lewis Hamilton finished a distant sixth after Charles Leclerc threw him into the gravel on the first lap. Leclerc then spun into the Parabolica barrier at high speed at the end of … Read more
Three years after quarterback Jayden Daniels put together a Heisman-winning season at LSU, the attitude of the fan base has taken a sharp turn. It’s a direct result of the recent dispute over the reissue of issue #5, a move to which Daniels had a strong reaction. Beyond cracking a thousand jokes, it caused many … Read more
At halftime of Saturday night’s 51-10 victory over Clemson, when LSU led 31-3, Tigers coach Lane Kiffin capped an on-field interview by saying, “Imagine if we had professional players.” After the game, Kiffin was asked about his halftime joke. “What’s the difference?” Kiffin said. “Everyone hates you. They can’t hate you much more. So there … Read more
Canadian athlete Kalie McCrystal disappeared during preparations for a record attempt in the Alps. McCrystal, from Squamish in British Columbia, was on a “reconnaissance/training session” in the run-up to his attempt to ascend and descend the 14,692-foot (4,478 m) Matterhorn on the Swiss-Italian border. According to the Skyrunner World Series, the 38-year-old woman was last … Read more