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The NFL’s analytics movement has finally reached the sport’s mainstream
Even the league’s most old-school traditionalists have begun to pay attention, and it’s having an impact on how the game is played.
Burrow, LSU cap Heisman season, beat Clemson 42-25 for title
Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes, ran for another score and capped one of the greatest seasons in college football history by leading No. 1 LSU to a 42-25 victory against No. 3 Clemson on Monday night to win the national championship.
Astros’ manager, GM fired for sign stealing after MLB bans pair
Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after the pair were suspended by Major League Baseball for the team’s use of electronics for sign-stealing during Houston’s run to the 2017 World Series title and again in the 2018 season.
Junior Johnson, “The Last American Hero,” dies at 88
NASCAR announced the death of Johnson, the winner of 50 races as a driver and 132 as an owner.
Russia banned from next two Olympics for doping violations
Russian athletes will still be able to compete if they can show they are clean competitors.
Rams stay in playoff hunt, end Seahawks’ 5-game streak 28-12
With an aggressive, inventive game plan on both sides of the ball, Los Angeles recaptured a measure of the excitement from its previous two seasons on offense while also playing superb defense against Russell Wilson, who was sacked five times.
Anti-doping panel recommends 4-year ban for Russia in international competitions
Russian athletes should be forced to compete as neutrals at next year’s Olympics in Tokyo and other major events, a key World Anti-Doping Agency panel recommended on Monday.
Sounders claim 2nd title in 4 years, beating Toronto FC 3-1
Ten years after helping change the scope of Major League Soccer, Seattle finally got to see its home team host the championship match. And it was rewarded with a second celebration in the past four years.
Nationals win first World Series title, storming back on Astros in Game 7
After losing all three games in Washington over the weekend to Houston, the underdog Nationals became the first team in major league history to win the World Series by claiming four games on the road in.
Game 7 of the World Series will bring chaos theory to life
When it comes to pitching strategy, anything could happen.
Nationals demolish Astros in Houston to take commanding 2-0 World Series lead
Kurt Suzuki hit a tiebreaking homer in what became a messy six-run seventh inning.
Belgian Paralympian fulfills wish to take her own life
Marieke Vervoort, who was 40, won gold and silver medals in wheelchair racing at the 2012 London Paralympics, and two more medals three years ago in Rio de Janeiro.
‘No human is limited’: Kipchoge runs sub-2 hour marathon
Like the sub-four minute mile and walking on the moon, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible — until Saturday.
Alaskan Kelter sets appearance record as USA women power to Sevens Series tournament title
The Chugiak High grad has played in more HSBC Sevens Series tournaments than any other American woman.
Renowned running coach Alberto Salazar hit with 4-year ban for doping
Salazar was kicked out of the world championships in Qatar in a case long pursued by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
California to let college athletes sign endorsement deals
The first-in-the-nation law, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and set to take effect in 2023, could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge.
19-year-old Canadian Bianca Andreescu defeats Serena Williams in US Open final
Andreescu’s victory prevented Williams from claiming what would have been her record-tying 24th major singles championship.
Biles soars to 6th US gymnastics title
Simon Biles began her preparation for the 2020 Games by drilling her boundary pushing triple-twisting, double-flip (aka the “triple-double”) at the end of her first tumbling run on floor exercise Sunday night, the exclamation point of another dazzling performance.
Americans protest on medals stand at Pan Am Games
During their medals ceremonies at the multi-sport event in Lima, fencer Race Imboden took a knee and hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised her fist.