The Giants will run it back with head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen in 2025. You would expect two men entering their fourth seasons to have a team ready to compete, but that is not the case. While the roster is not expansion-level mediocre, there is still so much work to be … Read more
2024 season: 10-7, second in NFC West, missed playoffs Overview: Mike Macdonald’s first season as the Seattle Seahawks’ head coach wasn’t bad. It just didn’t end how Seattle hoped. The Seahawks won 10 games and it felt like a disappointment. Seattle had a shot to win the NFC West but stumbled down the stretch, leaving … Read more
2024 season: 11-6, second in AFC West, lost to Texans in wild-card round Overview: Jim Harbaugh’s first season with the Chargers was undoubtedly a success, even if it ended the same way it always seems to. The Chargers made the playoffs for the second time in the past three seasons, but were rolled in the … Read more
2024 season: 5-12, third in AFC East, missed playoffs Overview: At the beginning of the season, the Jets had playoff hopes. Maybe even Super Bowl dreams. That faded fast. The Jets got off to a horrible start, fired head coach Robert Saleh, and never got much better. They were 2-4 when they made the desperate … Read more
Blowouts in sports feel like a dam breaking. The cracks, both apparent and hidden to the naked eye, become larger. The weaknesses even weaker. Until they cripple under the unyielding pressure of water flow and the cracks become gaps, gaps become holes, holes become chasms, and everything is caught in the path of now-freed water. … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers have their new center. The Lakers struck a deal to sign free agent center Alex Len on Tuesday afternoon, the team announced. Len was initially going to sign with the Pacers, but he reversed course after the Lakers’ trade for Mark Williams fell through in recent days. Len will now provide … Read more
The Raiders announced their full coaching staff Tuesday. The staff includes both of Pete Carroll’s sons, Brennan as the run game coordinator/offensive line coach and Nate as the assistant quarterbacks coach. Raiders 2025 Coaching Staff Pete Carroll Head Coach Matt Capurro SVP – Coaching Operations Offense Chip Kelly Offensive Coordinator Chris Beatty Wide Receivers Bob … Read more
Shohei Ohtani warms up with other pitchers and catchers at the Dodgers baseball spring training facility Tuesday in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press) The Dodgers have fielded stacked teams during the previous 12 years, but none of them were as stacked as the team they have now. A $1.4-billion winter last year was … Read more
Eagles defensive end Josh Sweat had one of the all-time best defensive performances in a Super Bowl. He did not become the 11th defensive player (including co-MVPs Harvey Martin and Randy White of Super Bowl XII) to win the MVP award, though. Quarterback Jalen Hurts instead won that, the 34th time in 59 Super Bowls … Read more
The Philadelphia Eagles are looking like a potential dynasty after their show of force in Super Bowl LIX. That means the rest of the teams in the NFC East have some catching up to do. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott addressed his team’s position on Tuesday while speaking at a Children’s Cancer Fund gala. He … Read more