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The Dallas Cowboys were really good last season. You don’t remember that part. An NFL team can play a full season, look like the best team in football at times, then lose in the playoffs and everything else is forgotten. The Cowboys were good enough to be the best team in Football Outsiders’ DVOA last

MLB trade season is here. The clock is ticking as executives try to prepare their teams for the stretch run before the deadline at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2. All eyes are on Juan Soto, the 23-year-old Washington Nationals superstar who is suddenly on the trade block. We will be following every twist and

The NFL suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games on Monday for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. The decision was rendered by independent hearing officer Sue L. Robinson in response to the NFL’s investigation of multiple women who filed civil lawsuits against Watson before he settled with all but one of them,

There was a time, not that long ago, when Amanda Nunes had lapped the field by such a margin that you almost felt sorry for her opponents when a fight was booked. Those days are long gone, even though on Saturday in the main event of UFC 277 at the sold-out American Airlines Center in

The Juan Soto situation is a lot of things, but it is not entirely unprecedented. Players with Soto’s age and resume become available for a trade maybe once in a generation, and the price it takes to pry the outfielder from the Washington Nationals is likely to reflect that. The Nationals reportedly want four or

Later this week, the LIV Golf tour will play its third event of the season at former President Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf club in New Jersey. Days before the shotgun start, it’s already the most contentious event on a tour that’s known nothing but controversy in its nine months of formal existence. LIV has enticed

The MLB trade deadline is approaching quickly and one name towers above the rest. Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto is the crown jewel of the deadline, and teams should be lining up with offers of multiple top-level prospects to secure his services. Soto is easily the best player available, but he’s not the only difference-maker

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars began anew Monday morning with the first official training camp practice of the post-Urban Meyer era. There’s a new head coach at the helm in Super Bowl winner Doug Pederson. The roster made significant, albeit expensive, additions during the offseason. And the Jags still have one

Who is going to have a much better 2022 than 2021? There are a number of teams across college football looking to rebound from disappointing 2021 seasons. Here are 10 teams that we think will show some significant year-over-year improvement. The teams below are listed in in alphabetical order. Boise State (7-5 in 2021) Did

ATLANTA — As Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin spoke, leading off the final day of SEC Media Days, a grid of the Tigers’ 2022 schedule flashed on the screen above him. Georgia awaits, as do LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and, of course, Alabama. It’s a brutal schedule, and it doesn’t even include Auburn’s toughest

The Cincinnati Bengals were so close. They led the Los Angeles Rams 20-16 in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVI. They picked up a key first down on a 3-yard pass to Chris Evans with less than eight minutes to go. That drive stalled, but the Rams had to convert a fourth-and-1 to keep

Alex Morgan scored the only goal of the CONCACAF W Championship between the U.S. and Canada. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) The U.S. women’s national team retained its regional title and qualified for the 2024 Olympics on a Monday night that began with unease. The Tokyo Olympics had spawned it. The past two weeks in Monterrey, Mexico,

Juan Soto went through a lot of drama this week, and it ended with a Home Run Derby title. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Juan Soto’s future is the talk of MLB All-Star weekend, but his present now includes a Home Run Derby title. The Washington Nationals slugger (for now) defeated fellow phenom Julio

With a pause in the fantasy schedule for All-Star festivities, this is a perfect time to catch our breath and assess the best and worst performances to this point in the 2022 season. The real hardware won’t be handed out until early October, but here are the players who are on pace to pick up

LOS ANGELES — Superstar NBA guard James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers are still ironing out the final details of a one-plus-one contract that will see him take a $15 million discount. But Harden said he is “locked in” with the Sixers and eager to get to work. In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Sports

Ryan Garcia looked fantastic Saturday in his 6-round destruction of Javier Fortuna in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Four years ago, Ryan Garcia, Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis were all fledgling lightweights with oversized personalities who were overflowing with talent. Speed, power, quickness, intelligence, charisma, punching accuracy, courage — you name it,