Irv Cross, a Pro Bowl defensive back with two N.F.L. teams who later made history as the first Black full-time television analyst for a network television sports show, died on Sunday in a hospice in North Oaks, Minn. He was…
Read MoreAs Rivals Boom and Bust, the Royals Just Want to Get Better
In his first season as general manager of his boyhood team, Dayton Moore watched his Kansas City Royals lose 100 games with the worst pitching staff in franchise history. That winter, before the 2007 season, he signed a starting pitcher…
Read MoreLeon Rose’s Quiet Effect: Knicks’ Good Vibes Come Ahead of Schedule
The Knicks had just sullied their better than expected start with a loss at home to the Miami Heat, but the more pressing topic on Feb. 7 was a looming trade. A deal with the Detroit Pistons was about to…
Read MoreGolf: Lydia Ko’s terrific late charge falls short in Orlando
Lydia’s Ko’s long wait for another golf title goes on. A brilliant finish from the Kiwi always looked likely to fall short in the latest LPGA event, in which 22-year-old American Nelly Korda gained her first title on home soil….
Read MoreGolf: PGA Tour stars wear red and black to support Tiger Woods after car crash
PGA Tour players have shown their support for golfing great Tiger Woods by wearing his signature Sunday outfit at the Workday Championship tournament in Florida. Rory McIlroy, Cameron Champ and Tommy Fleetwood all donned red shirts and black pants for…
Read MoreBoxing: Mexico's Alvarez crushes Yildirim to retain super middleweight crown
MIAMI (AFP) – Saul “Canelo” Alvarez demolished Turkey’s Avni Yildirim in three rounds to retain his WBC and WBA super middleweight titles by knockout on Saturday (Feb 27). Mexico’s Alvarez dominated underdog Yildirim from the opening bell and sent the…
Read MoreAmerica’s Cup 2021: Team New Zealand to reach 80 days without racing as America’s Cup match against Luna Rossa postponed
Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa will have a few more days to finetune their performances before the start of the America’s Cup match, with a delay in racing confirmed. Due to Auckland’s return to Covid-19 alert level 3 for…
Read MoreDylan Cleaver: Big questions remain for Joseph Parker after eerie night
There was no knock down before lockdown. Instead the highest-profile, all-New Zealand heavyweight fight in history went the distance, providing a gripping, closer-than-expected but not totally satisfactory end point to Auckland’s latest foray into level 1 normality. With blood streaming…
Read MoreMMA: Victoria Lee, 16, chokes out opponent to win by submission on her One Championship debut
SINGAPORE – You can only wonder what was going through Victoria Lee’s head as she stood alone in the middle of a mixed martial arts (MMA) cage on Friday night (Feb 26) under bright lights at the Singapore Indoor Stadium….
Read MoreOne year ago today, Colorado hired Karl Dorrell: The inside story of a courtship that required just one conversation – The Denver Post
One year later, the relationship seems preordained. Karl Dorrell has instilled his brand of calm and cool into a Colorado football program that was in dire need of both — a program that had been ditched by its head coach,…
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