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Michigan has begun a pivotal season for coach Jim Harbaugh with three decisive wins, fueled by that ground-oriented, weather-proof offense he and most northern teams prefer. Recruiting and developing the right running backs to carry it out remains a vital part of program-building in the Big Ten and elsewhere, a task that seemingly never stops. [...]
Every offseason feels short to Philipp Grubauer, though this one was a doozy. After playing the most games of his NHL career, the German goaltender saw his season end with Colorado in June, waited for a new contract and, by the end of July, joined the expansion Seattle franchise. He had new Kraken gear before [...]
Judging NFL teams after one game has always been foolish. It's even more absurd in a 17-game season. The Bills, Titans, Ravens, Browns, Bears and Washington lost their season openers after making the playoffs last season. No panic. Each team rebounded with a victory in Week 2. The Cowboys, a favorite to contend in the [...]
CHICAGO — Jacob Trouba was the first NHL player who allowed himself to be publicly photographed getting jabbed with a dose of coronavirus vaccine, and his wife did rotations in the emergency room in Florida with the pandemic raging. Perhaps because of that, the New York Rangers defenseman is not surprised that almost the entire [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh has a lot on his plate at Michigan, leading college football's winningest team that is desperately seeking another level of success. Harbaugh has to delegate a lot, as all coaches do, but he personally handles how the program uses the four-game redshirt rule for each player potentially eligible to [...]
COLUMBUS — Perennial powerhouse Ohio State is not accustomed to losing games during the regular season. The Buckeyes especially aren't used to losing in September to two-touchdown underdogs, which happened last week. So how will the Buckeyes, who dropped from No. 3 to No. 9 in the AP Top 25, respond? "I know no one [...]
Southern California is about to embark on a coaching search that will cast a shadow over the entire college football season. Clay Helton's time as the Trojans coach came to end on Monday, 11 weeks before the conference championship game will be played and with eight days left in the summer. One of the biggest [...]
Fifty years later, fans of all ages still ask Johnny Rodgers about that electrifying play. They want a first-person account of the bobbing, weaving, 72-yard punt return for a touchdown that helped Rodgers and No. 1 Nebraska beat No. 2 Oklahoma 35-31 in Norman on Thanksgiving Day back in 1971. After all, it was the [...]
SEATTLE — Her long, black hair is tinged with purple streaks. She's wearing cargo pants and black boots. The young girl with the stick in her hands doesn't fit the traditional image of a hockey player. Neither does the boy with red bushy hair in a yellow shirt, or the young girl demonstrating stickhandling from [...]
CLEVELAND — In just one season, coach Kevin Stefanski transformed the Browns from overhyped underachievers into championship contenders. The next step will be tougher. Passed over during Cleveland's search in 2019, Stefanski gave the Browns a second chance to hire him and, well, the rest is history. Working in harmony with General Manager Andrew Berry, [...]