TORONTO — The fingers of Dodgers catcher Will Smith played upon the keys of the PitchCom device on his right knee like those of a virtuoso pianist playing Johan Sebastian Bach. In and out, up and down, fast and slow, as if weaving multiple melodies within one work, Smith called one of the most beautiful … Read more
BATON ROUGE — Brian Kelly barely flinched at any of the verbal abuse that awaited him, staring blanky ahead as if in a daze as he briskly made his way down the LSU tunnel to a chorus of “Fire Kelly” chants and more than a few additional choice words hurled his way. The 64-year-old, Saturday … Read more
A.J. Brown is expected to remain with the Eagles through the Nov. 4 NFL trade deadline, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Despite reports of chemistry being off between Brown, quarterback Jalen Hurts and the rest of the Philadelphia offense, the Eagles are not actively looking to trade the star wide receiver. Teams … Read more
TORONTO — The first time Yoshinobu Yamamoto tortured hitters for nine innings, even he seemed impressed. “Wow,” he whispered as he allowed himself a single round of applause into his glove. That was all of 11 days ago. By the time he did it again Saturday, this time in Game 2 of the World Series … Read more
There are blowouts, and then there is whatever is happening at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. Coming off the bye week that followed a 24–17 win over No. 22 Iowa State earlier this month, coach Deion Sanders and his Colorado Buffaloes were handed a rude welcome back to the gridiron by … Read more
Week 9 of the college football season proved to have massive implications for postseason play, especially in the SEC. Let’s not waste any time. Here are Sports Illustrated‘s takeaways from the week that was. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The primary narrative coming out of No. 3 Texas A&M’s 49-25 victory over … Read more
Entering the Dodgers’ postseason run this fall, right-handed ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto didn’t have a single complete game on his résumé. He now has two. And they’ve come in his last two outings, nonetheless. To follow up his nine-inning gem in Los Angeles’s NLCS win on Oct. 14, Yamamoto dialed up another complete game Saturday night … Read more
Texas A&M stormed into Baton Rouge and rode a dominant second half to a 49-25 blowout win against No. 20 LSU. Marcel Reed and the Aggies ran right over the Tigers for the statement victory of the day in college football. Elsewhere, No. 4 Alabama stormed back to avoid an upset loss at South Carolina, … Read more
NASHVILLE — There was a beaming Clark Lea, standing on the FirstBank Stadium turf after Vanderbilt’s slugfest of a victory over Missouri, 17–10. And here came a large man in a navy blue sweater, gray pants and white sneakers to shake his hand. The man was Jimmy Sexton, agent to almost all the coaching stars … Read more
The Blue Jays’ 11–4 blowout win over the Dodgers in Game 1 of the 2025 World Series on Friday night turned into a laugher. Game 2 was anything but. In a pitcher’s duel between Toronto veteran Kevin Gausman and Los Angeles ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Dodgers separated themselves with two big blasts by Will Smith … Read more