The Philadelphia Eagles are leading their division and would be the top seed in the NFC if the playoffs started today. But the defending Super Bowl champions acknowledge that they are still looking for improvements, particularly on offense. Source link
People often discuss which Hollywood star might play them in a movie about their life. For legendary boxer Christy Martin, the actor turned out to be Sydney Sweeney. Sweeney transformed into “Christy,” which hits theaters on Nov. 7. Before Martin’s story was told on the big screen, she sat down with “48 Hours” in 2020…
Will Smith homered in the 11th inning after Miguel Rojas connected for a tying drive in the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 Saturday night to become the first team in a quarter century to win consecutive World Series titles. Source link
The 80th season of the NBA starts Tuesday night in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder — the “defending” champion, even though they don’t seem to like the term — will get their rings and enjoy one final moment of celebrating last season’s seven-game triumph over the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Finals. Source link
Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has been suspended for two weeks for pushing an anti-doping official. Source link
Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986 has died. He was 82. Source link
Read the jokes that spread through text chains and chats and social media – everything from Dak Tuah! to a Star Wars-esque Dak Spit First to the Seinfeld-inspired magic loogie memes – and they were funny enough to make everyone do a, well, spit take. Source link
On Saturday, when she faces No. 8 Amanda Anisimova in the final, the No. 1-seeded Aryna Sabalenka will be trying to become the first woman to claim consecutive championships at Flushing Meadows since Serena Williams got three in a row from 2012 to 2014. Source link
Jalen Hurts rushed for two touchdowns for the Eagles, who lost hot-tempered star defender Jalen Carter early for spitting on Dak Prescott, then withstood a rare weather delay and needed a late stop to beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 early Friday in a wild start to the NFL season. Source link
Long-suffering fans in cities like Buffalo, Detroit and Cincinnati hope this is the year when the NFL once again crowns a first-time Super Bowl champion. Source link
