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U.S.C. Snaps Its Losing Streak With a Win Over Rutgers

LOS ANGELES — The pattern started to emerge again.So many USC games have followed the same script: The offense stalls a bit in the third quarter, the defense gives up a score...

The Early Stars and Unexpected Starts From the N.H.L. Season

Just over three weeks into the 2024-25 NHL season, things are looking interesting. The Edmonton Oilers — our preseason Stanley Cup favorites — are struggling to score goals. The Calgary Flames and...

Freddie Freeman’s Grand Slam Changed the Game and Made World Series History

LOS ANGELES — Carlton Fisk … Kirby Puckett … Derek Jeter … David Freese.As he smoothed the dirt in the batter’s box in the 10th inning Friday night, Freddie Freeman never could...

Ranking College Football’s Week 9 Slate, Featuring an SEC Showdown for First Place

It’s a compelling slate of games this weekend, including five ranked matchups, four of which feature double-digit spreads. (Any chance the favorites cover — or even win — all of those?) Plus...

Dodgers Take Game 1 of World Series With Grand Slam in 10th Inning

LOS ANGELES — The baseball disappeared into the jet-black sky, only resurfacing as the lights of Dodger Stadium illuminated its descent. There have been days this month when Freddie Freeman looked like...

Meet the College Baseball Recruit Who Can’t Stop Storming the Football Field

If there is a Guinness Book of World Records entry for the most consecutive field stormings in a college football season, we have our winner.Meet Gary Morse, a Class of 2026 college...

Why Army and Navy Football Teams Could Clash Twice This Year

The Army–Navy game occupies a special, yet peculiar position on the college football calendar.Its significance is undeniable, given the history, ferocity and pageantry of the rivalry. It stands alone — literally —...

This Is a Marquee World Series, and M.L.B. Plans to Capitalize

This World Series gives baseball a chance to reclaim its own moniker, for the national pastime to again be national. And maybe even more.Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball’s commissioner, has been gifted...

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