Category: Sports
No Hit League? The ‘lost art’ of body checking in the NHL
Seventeen years and more than 1,200 games ago, Andrew Cogliano remembers how difficult it was to traverse the state of California. The Los Angeles Kings,…
NFL Power Rankings Week 16: 49ers, Ravens on top, plus a surprise from every team
We’re coming down the stretch of the NFL season, and the playoff seedings and Power Rankings are starting to sort themselves out, but that doesn’t…
Sean Payton’s flare-up at Russell Wilson puts coach-QB relationship back in spotlight
(Editor’s note: This is excerpted from Mike Sando’s Pick Six of Dec. 18, 2023.) Sean Payton blasting quarterback Russell Wilson on the sideline, then suggesting he was…
Jesse Lingard is a non-footballing footballer – he won’t be the last
Follow live coverage of Liverpool vs Manchester United in the Premier League today It’s Jesse Lingard’s birthday. He turns 31 today and, at this stage…
‘For the District?’ Yeah, right; Ted Leonsis will take Wizards, Capitals angst across the river
WASHINGTON — The Prince of Potomac Yard spoke of water. “When I first came to this site,” Ted Leonsis said Wednesday, “and stood on top…
Morning Person? You Might Have Neanderthal Genes to Thank.
Neanderthals were morning people, a new study suggests. And some humans today who like getting up early might credit genes they inherited from their Neanderthal…