Category: Sports
NFL Draft 2024 ‘The Beast’ Guide: Dane Brugler’s scouting reports and player rankings
Related media – Related media Finally! It’s here. I’m thrilled to share this year’s draft guide with everyone. I don’t remember who first referred to…
NBA Pre-Postseason Player Tiers 1 and 2: Wembanyama quickly rising; Giannis, Jokić steady at top
Related media – Linked media Yesterday, I largely focused on setting the table for the updated NBA Pre-Postseason Players Tiers before revealing Tier 3 (players…
U.S. Soccer took a gamble waiting for Emma Hayes, leaving USWNT’s style of play in limbo
Related media – Associated media In November, U.S. Soccer gambled that it was worth sacrificing a year of continuous preparation under a permanent manager to…
Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship
Associated media – Related media The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz of chest hair, the twirling shirt, the body…
Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71
Connected media – Connected media Pat Zachry, who was a co-winner of the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1976, but who is…
A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland
Related media – Connected media Still, the Athletics continued to be competitive, reinventing themselves by shrewdly using data to assess undervalued skills, a process that…
Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports
Connected media – Related media As journalists from the Sports desk began other assignments across the newsroom — and, in a few cases, roles at…
Some Things Are More Important Than History
Connected media – Connected media He didn’t care that it was a no-hitter. He just wanted the Yankees to win. More than five hours after…
USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone
Associated media – Connected media For those who weren’t following along during the 2011 World Cup qualifying cycle — in which the U.S. lost to…
The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’
Associated media – Related media Everyone seems to have a slightly different estimate of how many people were outside the stadium on that strange November…