Mark Puleo
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Mark Puleo
Baylor defensive lineman Alex Foster died at age 18, athletic director Mack Rhoades and coach Dave Aranda announced Wednesday in a joint statement. They called Foster's death "unexpected" and gave no further details. Foster, a redshirt freshman, was a three-star recruit in the Bears' Class of 2024 and was expected to play a key role on Baylor's defensive line rotation this coming season. "We are heartbroken by the unexpected loss of Alex Foster, a beloved member of our football family.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Mark Puleo
Follow The Athletic's live coverage of Fever-Sky. The years-long rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese added another moment Saturday. Clark knocked Reese to the floor midway through the third quarter of the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky's season opener, a play that led to Clark's first career flagrant foul. The foul occurred as Reese went up for a layup and Clark appeared to wrap her up to prevent the shot.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Mark Puleo
The Baltimore Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde on Saturday, the team announced. The team is mired in a four-game losing streak and is off to a 15-28 start after winning 91 games last season. Hyde, 51, joined the Orioles after the 2018 season and guided the team through its rebuild, beginning with a 54-108 record in 2019. In 2023, the team won 101 games and topped the American League East for the first time since 2014. It was the team's first 100-win season since 1980.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Mark Puleo
Caitlin Clark didn't just bring new fans to women's basketball, she introduced new viewers to the world of sports, WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert said during an interview on "The Bill Simmons Podcast.""(NBA commissioner) Adam (Silver) and I talk all the time about this; she's the most popular athlete in America," Engelbert said.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Mark Puleo |Kevin Fishbain
Caleb Williams and his father sought to avoid Williams getting drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 2024 NFL Draft, ESPN's Seth Wickersham details in a new book about quarterbacks, publishing in September. "Chicago is the place quarterbacks go to die," Williams' father, Carl, said in the book. With Williams being the clear-cut top pick coming out of USC, Carl told several agents in 2024 he didn't want his son to play for the Bears, who had the No. 1 pick.
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