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Yet another injury has left Jackson’s season in doubt, potentially keeping the Ravens’ greatest weapon off the field (again) when they need him most.

Happy Monday! And congratulations to the WNBA’s newest champion — as, apparently, expansion teams are supposed to be good immediately now. The...

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Once poised to dominate the NBA for many years, Oklahoma City has already lost roughly half of the Wins Above Replacement from its championship roster to injuries and departures.

A roundup of what I wrote, read, watched, etc. over the past week.

Happy Friday, and happy Halloween weekend! 🎃 The World Series may be over, but October still has some championships left to hand out. On Saturday...

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Milwaukee tried to emulate the 2010s Royals’ running, fielding and bullpen advantages. But then they kept adding until they had the overall talent of a high-payroll champion.

Happy Thursday — and congratulations, Milwaukee! The Brewers finished off Tampa Bay in Game 5 last night to win their first World Series championship...

If the past two weeks have proven anything, it’s that The Chase can provide plenty of dramatic reversals of fortune on its own.

What a difference another week can make on Podracing -- where Neil and Tyler are back from wondering if Kyle Larson's grip on the title is loose to wondering again if anybody can beat him. That's just one of the big takeaways from Talladega, one of…

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Milwaukee’s first World Series title finished off an 11-2 October — and years of replacing stars, developing new ones, and staying in contention through it all.

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But it’s not 1973. Can this keep working in 2026?

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Championship patches make the biggest games feel special — though they’re a younger tradition, across all sports, than they seem.

The college hoops season is here. Who will win it all? Here's everything to know before games begin.

Happy Monday — and happy Sports Equinox! Tonight gives us one of those rare sports-calendar pile-ups when literally every sport is happening...