In a year of gut punches, none has hit harder for Oakland A’s fans than the sudden loss of the greatest player to don the green and gold, Hall of Fame outfielder and native son Rickey Henderson. Since the rumors of Henderson’s passing began to surface late Friday night, A’s fans were left to cope […]
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By Sam Khan Jr., Grace Raynor and Doug Haller AUSTIN, Texas — Fifth-seeded Texas held on Saturday afternoon to top 12-seed Clemson 38-24 in a first-round College Football Playoff game at Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium. It was the first meeting between the national championship programs, which pitched the first game of the first round
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Billions of dollars can buy a lot of things. It can help revive a football program and get your alma mater into a bigger conference. It can buy a private jet. But it can’t clear more space at a tiny regional airport. SMU donor Bill Armstrong’s last name is on the team’s indoor practice facility.
“What Jimmy really loved to do? What he really loved to do was steal. I mean, he actually enjoyed it. Jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guy in the movies.” — Ray Liotta as Henry Hill That’s a quote from “Goodfellas,” which premiered in September 1990, when the Oakland A’s were
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Max Gilbert, Tennessee Gilbert has missed six field goals this season, and five of them came in a two-game stretch against Kentucky and Alabama. Take out those two games, and he’s 18-for-19 with three field goals of 50-plus. Gilbert, a redshirt freshman in his first season as Tennessee’s kicker, hasn’t had to make many pressure
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Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration. “With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition
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A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct. Any movement on the issue appears unlikely as Republicans prepare to take control of the Senate in January, underscoring the hurdles in
The Steelers offense faced its biggest test to date last week in Philadelphia… and flunked it. They tallied just 163 yards, which was Pittsburgh’s lowest offensive output since Week 2 of the 2010 season. In a low-possession game, quarterback Russell Wilson threw for a season-low 128 yards. It won’t be any easier today in Baltimore.
Nolan Hauser, Clemson Prior to his winning kick in the ACC Championship Game, Hauser was 2-for-5 on field goal attempts from 40-plus. When offensive line coach Matt Luke asked Dabo Swinney if Hauser had the leg to make a 56-yarder, Swinney’s response was, “We’re about to find out.” The Tigers learned that no moment is
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Well, the glass-one-quarter-full perspective on the Bronny James Show this weekend is to say it could have been worse. But it certainly could have been better. The NBA G League Winter Showcase came to Orlando, Fla., this weekend, and with the Los Angeles Lakers’ decision to assign James for this event, he
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