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The horror that swept across the NFL when Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during a game last week in Cincinnati was all too familiar to members of the hockey community. Five players in the NHL over the past 25 years who collapsed during a game — terrifying scenes [...]
FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU had quite the conference-hopping journey on its way to the national championship game. The Horned Frogs won or shared titles in three different leagues over 16 seasons after the Southwest Conference disbanded. The small, private school was left out when four other Texas schools from the SWC joined the Big [...]
GLENDALE, Ariz. — TCU thought so much of Max Duggan at the beginning of the season that he lost his job. Georgia seemed like it spent years trying to give its starting quarterback job to anyone not named Stetson Bennett. If they gave out five stars for resiliency, these two guys would have been some [...]
MIAMI — It was 2006. LeBron James wasn't even midway through his first stint in Cleveland. He made the playoffs for the first time, was already a globally recognized star and well on his way to becoming the game's best player. As a 21-year-old, he averaged 30.2 points. Fast forward 16 years. He's left Cleveland, [...]
When Puerto Ricans belt the name Roberto Clemente in song, they want the world to understand their pride, unity and culture. Clemente, for them, is the pinnacle of what it means to be a true Puerto Rican. His name is in their songs, and kids read about his story in school. His picture hangs in [...]
The unspoken deal between sports fans and their favorite teams and players has been, in theory: Sure, there are billions of dollars being thrown around, but at the core, sports are supposed to be fun and games, a never-ending menu of two- or three-hour escapes into a land of winners and losers where nobody really [...]
COLUMBUS — J.T. Tuimoloau stood in front of the Buckeyes before practice the week after Ohio State's second straight loss to Michigan. As the sting of defeat began to set in and the prospect of missing the playoff remained a possibility, the second-year defensive end offered a reminder to his teammates. Ohio State still has [...]
Deion Sanders was the star attraction in this year's class of new black coaches taking over major college programs. Of course, he didn't have a lot of competition. Sanders, who left Jackson State for Colorado of the Pac-12 Conference, was one of just three black head coaches hired by Football Bowl Subdivision schools in the [...]
PITTSBURGH — And it came to pass — actually, quarterback Terry Bradshaw came to pass, but bear with us. This is a story about football, culture and religion, so it seems right to begin with some biblical phrasing. Thus, Bradshaw barely got off the pass, which was deflected in a collision between defender and receiver. [...]
Ohio State has produced the most first-round draft picks of any school and is about to make its fifth College Football Playoff appearance. Those facts would seem to provide quite the recruiting pitch to any college prospect. Yet Athletic Director Gene Smith still felt the need to issue a public call this month for fans [...]