The 2026 World Cup was supposed to be another waypoint on Lamine Yamal’s path to becoming a generation-defining superstar, but there is the genuine threat that an injury could deprive the tournament of one of its biggest names. The Spanish wonderkid made everyone sit up and take notice at Euro 2024, and two years on,…
While the Los Angeles Rams celebrated landing two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett in a blockbuster trade with the Cleveland Browns on Monday, rising edge rusher Jared Verse found himself going from the Super Bowl favorite to a team projected to have one of the worst records in 2026. Verse, who was a…
The Minnesota Vikings are handing the keys of the franchise to one of the sharpest young minds in football. On Wednesday morning, the team officially introduced Nolan Teasley as their next new general manager. Teasley arrives in Minnesota after a 13-year tenure with the Seattle Seahawks working under general manager John Schneider. Long described as…
Cristopher Sánchez ran his consecutive shutout innings streak to 50 2/3 before allowing a run and earned the win after J.T. Realmuto and Kyle Schwarber homered in the seventh inning, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. Jhoan Durran worked a scoreless ninth for his 14th…
San Francisco 49ers left tackle Trent Williams acknowledged that the contract he signed in April might be the last of his stellar career. Williams said he’s committed to completing the two-year, $50 million contract that runs through the 2027 season but then said he would likely retire at age 39. “It’s scary. It’s scary,” Williams…
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners’ salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and says the plan is needed because management concluded that the luxury tax system in place since 2003 no longer is working. Owners last week made their…
We’ll learn a lot more about the U.S. national team on Saturday, when it takes on Germany in Chicago. We should see what head coach Mauricio Pochettino is thinking for his starting lineup, which I’ll talk about below, and get a look at what we can expect during the tournament. I sifted through an avalanche…
The Montreal Canadiens are no longer waiting for prospects to arrive. After back-to-back playoff appearances and a 48-24-10 regular-season record this season, management has shifted from patience to competition. That shift matters for players on the outside looking in, because roster spots aren’t handed out as development opportunities anymore. They have to be earned. With…
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara unexpectedly showed up for voluntary offseason training on Wednesday, saying he was “literally” lying in bed a day earlier when he thought to himself, “Eh, I’ll go tomorrow.” Kamara, who usually skips optional team workouts to train on his own, and who had missed the previous week’s work…
In 2022, Sebastian Berhalter went to the World Cup, but not as a player. Instead, he went to support his father, Gregg, who was coaching the United States men’s national team in Qatar. This time around, it’s Sebastian that will be going to the World Cup with Mauricio Pochettino at the helm of the U.S….
