BALTIMORE – The last time Baltimore hosted an AFC championship game, the city was enjoying quite a sports renaissance. The Orioles had won the World Series a few months earlier. Then the Colts followed with a Super Bowl title. Even the local basketball team made an appearance in the NBA Finals. “It literally felt, at…
In an effort to “adapt to the quickly changing NCAA landscape,” Loyola Marymount University has announced that it will be eliminating six athletic programs at the end of the 2023-24 season due to new rules regarding name, image and likeness and the transfer portal. The Los Angeles Jesuit university is dropping three men’s teams (cross-country,…
It might be tempting to see some tidy symbolism and greater significance in Novak Djokovic’s loss to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semifinals. The end of the thirtysomething Djokovic’s 33-match winning streak at Melbourne Park. The end of his bid for an 11th championship there and 25th Grand Slam trophy overall. The breakthrough for…
The San Francisco 49ers are back in a familiar spot facing a Detroit Lions team new to this stage. No team has played in the NFC championship game more than the 49ers, who will be making their 19th appearance and third in a row when they host Detroit on Sunday. The Lions are here for…
Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews (89) works out during an NFL football practice, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) (Nick Wass, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Baltimore Ravens are activating Mark Andrews from injured reserve, and coach John Harbaugh said he…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Few people proselytize about the importance of tight ends more than San Francisco’s George Kittle. He helped the NFL create a “holiday” to honor the position each October and launched the annual Tight End University where scores of players gather to share tips of the trade. So Kittle showed no surprise…
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs took a different route to face the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game. They’re going on the road. After hosting this game five straight seasons, the No. 3 seed Chiefs had to beat Josh Allen and the Bills in Buffalo and now travel to Baltimore to face…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The National Football League has urged teams for years to hire more minority head coaches. That mission finally seems to be paying off. Four minority head coaches have been hired this year, including Atlanta’s Raheem Morris, New England’s Jerod Mayo, Las Vegas’ Antonio Pierce and Carolina’s Dave Canales, bringing the number of…
The United States is predicted to top the medals tables — both the overall count and gold-medal count — for the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to one forecast released Friday, six months before the Games open on July 26. The forecast comes from Nielsen’s Gracenote Sports, which supplies statistical analysis for sports leagues around the…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Camden County’s Jeff Herron, one of the best high school football coaches in Georgia history, is calling it a career. Herron announced his retirement on Friday morning, saying that treatment for prostate cancer over the past two and a half years have taken their toll. Herron said that he needed to step…
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