On Sunday, Nebraska made Scott Frost a cautionary tale in college football coaching — the best proof yet that, no matter how spotless a hire might look, it can still flame out in spectacular fashion. That morning, athletic director Trev Alberts fired Frost at a cost of $15 million, viewing Frost’s exit as so urgent […]
Even by the seldom-threatened standards of Alabama’s dynasty, September is not traditionally a challenging month for the Crimson Tide. Since Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, Bama has averaged a 29-point margin of victory in the month of September and lost just three games in 61 tries. No Football Bowl Subdivision team has lost […]
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In many ways, the 2022 WNBA Finals, which tip off Sunday, are the culmination of a playoffs that predictably followed the regular season data. The matchup features the top two teams in the league by net rating, the Connecticut Sun (+9.5) and the Las Vegas Aces (+7.7). It’s the league’s best offensive team in the […]
As on 25 or so other occasions this season, Aaron Judge had himself a week. Sunday afternoon, in the first inning of a series-capper against the Tampa Bay Rays, Judge saw a fastball — in but not in enough — and swept his bat through the zone, buzzing the left foul pole with a leadoff […]