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The Kansas City Chiefs kicked a field goal with eight seconds remaining to claim a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League’s Super Bowl. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for three touchdowns in the game to earn the Most Valuable Player award. Two of those touchdowns came in the fourth quarter […]
As legal sports gambling proliferates, the number of Americans betting on the Super Bowl and the total amount they’re wagering is surging — although most of the action is still off the books. An estimated 1 in 5 American adults will make some sort of bet, laying out a whopping $16 billion, or twice as […]
PARIS — Iranian Olympic skier Atefeh Ahmadi has quit her home country and applied for asylum in Germany, a Persian-language media outlet outside Iran reported Saturday, publishing an emotional interview with the athlete. Ahmadi, in her early 20s, was the only Iranian woman to qualify for last year’s Beijing Winter Games. “I left Iran to reach […]
Prescott completed 25-of-33 pass attempts for 305 yards with four touchdowns. He also had 24 yards and a score on the ground. Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady gave Prescott the credit he deserved when they shook hands at midfield. “Good job man,” Brady told Prescott. “You played awesome.” Dak & Tom. #SuperWildCard #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/C57DshFOpn — NFL (@NFL) […]
An old-fashioned Georgia Bulldogs beatdown resulted in the most points ever scored in a national championship game, as quarterback Stetson Bennett was responsible for six touchdowns in the 65-7 win over the TCU Horned Frogs. The win kept the national title in Athens, as the Bulldogs have won back-to-back championships. But this one was never a doubt compared […]
AL RAYYAN, QATAR — In what may have been Luka Modric’s final World Cup match, Josko Gvardiol made a play to be Croatia’s next go-to guy. Modric has been the man in the middle for Croatia for more than a decade, leading the team to the World Cup final four years ago and the semifinals of this year’s […]
AL KHOR, QATAR — France and Kylian Mbappe are headed back to the World Cup final for a much anticipated matchup with Lionel Messi after ending Morocco’s historic run at soccer’s biggest tournament. France defeated Africa’s first ever semifinalist 2-0 Wednesday, with Mbappe playing a part in goals by Theo Hernandez in the fifth minute and […]
LUSAIL, QATAR — Two goals by swashbuckling striker Julian Alvarez and a Lionel Messi penalty gave Argentina a 3-0 victory over 2018 runners-up Croatia in the first World Cup semi-final game on Tuesday to set up a showpiece meeting with France or Morocco on Sunday. Argentina’s Lionel Messi scores the team’s first goal from the […]
om Brady has been known to storm off the field without shaking hands after losing a game, but that definitely wasn’t the case following the Buccaneers’ 35-7 loss to the 49ers. Despite the beat down, not only did Brady stay on the field to chat with a few 49ers’ players after the game, but he also did something he […]
DOHA, QATAR — England’s players have been asked one question over and over again as they prepare to face France in the World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday. How do you stop Kylian Mbappe? Hardly surprising, given Mbappe is the tournament’s leading scorer with five goals and is widely considered the man to succeed Lionel Messi and […]
