In baseball’s Age of Collaboration, the hot seat for managers should be viewed more as an oversized sofa, with front-office executives and statistical analysts all squeezing in. Firing the manager when others bear responsibility for shaping rosters and influencing decisions often amounts to blatant scapegoating. Perhaps that is one reason early dismissals are becoming less…
A man who claims to be a “direct descendant of the Kings of France” has lost his legal bid to wrest control of the fleur-de-lis symbol from the New Orleans Saints, after a US appeals court found he had no standing to challenge the team’s decades-old trademark. Michel J Messier of Rutland, Vermont, argued that…
Nora Cornolle called out Ailin Perez, and now she has a response. After her submission win at UFC 314 in Miami, Cornolle (9-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) took the microphone and let the world know that she wants Perez (12-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) next. Perez doesn’t think the French fighter is deserving of the opportunity, and…
The Orlando Magic will host the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday in the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament with the winner earning the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs and taking on Boston in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. The Magic went 41-41 this season, including 22-19 at home, while the Hawks…
Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper struck out during his first at-bat Monday night against the San Francisco Giants. He was probably a bit distracted. Harper and his wife, Kayla, are expecting their fourth child, and the eight-time All-Star had just learned the gender of the baby … through the color of the custom Victus Sports…
Apr 15, 2025, 05:53 AM ET Argentina captain Lionel Messi wants to play at the 2026 World Cup, according to his Inter Miami teammate Luis Suárez. Messi, 37, the Most Valuable Player at the last World Cup, has not announced if he intends to play in next year’s tournament, which will be held in the…
There hasn’t been a safety drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft since 2022, when three of them came off the board. This 2025 safety class has a chance to change that with two potential first-round caliber players. This prospect group has star power at the top and appealing talent in the middle…
The second night of WrestleMania 41 will certainly be one to remember with Cody Rhodes and John Cena headlining the main event that pro wrestling fans will be talking about the entire week, but it is far from the only match on the card on the second night of the biggest spectacle in sports. The…
As the Bahrain Grand Prix unfolded and George Russell raced in second place, messages slowly came through on his radio that different systems were failing. Team principal Toto Wolff put it simply: “The car was wounded.” The Mercedes driver suddenly suffered a brake-by-wire failure, and it took time to find the settings to reset the…
Reese Mistretta wasn’t thinking about history after he climbed through the ropes on Saturday night. He was thinking about his legs, which felt like cement. About his lungs, which wouldn’t quite fill. And about the man across from him: Ali Conde, a sinewy technician from El Maestro’s Gym in the Bronx who has made his…
