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Question: Has Drake Maye locked up the MVP race this season?
December 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Question: Has Drake Maye locked up the MVP race this season?
With their loss today, the Las Vegas Raiders now hold the best odds to land the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
With their loss today, the Las Vegas Raiders now hold the best odds to land the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
A.J. Brown has now topped 1K yards in all four seasons in Philly 🦅
December 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A.J. Brown has now topped 1K yards in all four seasons in Philly 🦅
The NFL will have two winner-take-all matchups in Week 18 for the final two playoff spots 🍿
◽️ AFC North: Ravens at Steelers
◽️ NFC South: Panthers at Buccaneers
◽️ AFC North: Ravens at Steelers
◽️ NFC South: Panthers at Buccaneers
December 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The NFL will have two winner-take-all matchups in Week 18 for the final two playoff spots 🍿
◽️ AFC North: Ravens at Steelers
◽️ NFC South: Panthers at Buccaneers
◽️ AFC North: Ravens at Steelers
◽️ NFC South: Panthers at Buccaneers
NEWS: Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark is taking a leave of absence for “personal reasons,” the team announced Sunday.
December 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NEWS: Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark is taking a leave of absence for “personal reasons,” the team announced Sunday.
Ja'Marr Chase and Randy Moss are the only players in NFL history with 7+ receiving TDs in each of their first five seasons 💪
December 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ja'Marr Chase and Randy Moss are the only players in NFL history with 7+ receiving TDs in each of their first five seasons 💪
Drake Maye is entering the second half vs. the Jets with four touchdowns already 😳
MVP? 👀
MVP? 👀
December 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Drake Maye is entering the second half vs. the Jets with four touchdowns already 😳
MVP? 👀
MVP? 👀
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is the third quarterback in team history to throw for 4,000 passing yards in a single season.
The other Patriots QBs to accomplish this? Tom Brady and Drew Bledsoe 🔥
The other Patriots QBs to accomplish this? Tom Brady and Drew Bledsoe 🔥
December 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is the third quarterback in team history to throw for 4,000 passing yards in a single season.
The other Patriots QBs to accomplish this? Tom Brady and Drew Bledsoe 🔥
The other Patriots QBs to accomplish this? Tom Brady and Drew Bledsoe 🔥
Sunday in Dubai, Aryna Sabalenka faces 2022 Wimbledon men’s singles runner-up Nick Kyrgios in “The Battle of the Sexes.”
Unlike the 1973 epic between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, plenty of stars have taken aim at today’s contest, questioning how tennis benefits from it.
Unlike the 1973 epic between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, plenty of stars have taken aim at today’s contest, questioning how tennis benefits from it.
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sunday in Dubai, Aryna Sabalenka faces 2022 Wimbledon men’s singles runner-up Nick Kyrgios in “The Battle of the Sexes.”
Unlike the 1973 epic between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, plenty of stars have taken aim at today’s contest, questioning how tennis benefits from it.
Unlike the 1973 epic between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, plenty of stars have taken aim at today’s contest, questioning how tennis benefits from it.
Malik Willis put together a strong audition ahead of free agency.
◽️ 18/21 c/att
◽️ 288 pass yards
◽️ 60 rush yards
◽️ 3 total TDs
◽️ 0 INT
Which team should Willis sign with this offseason?
◽️ 18/21 c/att
◽️ 288 pass yards
◽️ 60 rush yards
◽️ 3 total TDs
◽️ 0 INT
Which team should Willis sign with this offseason?
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Malik Willis put together a strong audition ahead of free agency.
◽️ 18/21 c/att
◽️ 288 pass yards
◽️ 60 rush yards
◽️ 3 total TDs
◽️ 0 INT
Which team should Willis sign with this offseason?
◽️ 18/21 c/att
◽️ 288 pass yards
◽️ 60 rush yards
◽️ 3 total TDs
◽️ 0 INT
Which team should Willis sign with this offseason?
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With the Packers’ loss to the Ravens, the Chicago Bears have clinched the NFC North for the first time since 2018.
December 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
With the Packers’ loss to the Ravens, the Chicago Bears have clinched the NFC North for the first time since 2018.
Derrick Henry went OFF with the Ravens' season on the line 🔥
◽️ 36 carries (career-high)
◽️ 216 rush yards
◽️ 4 rush TDs (ties career-high)
He has the most 200+ yard rushing games in NFL history (7), passing Adrian Peterson and O.J. Simpson.
◽️ 36 carries (career-high)
◽️ 216 rush yards
◽️ 4 rush TDs (ties career-high)
He has the most 200+ yard rushing games in NFL history (7), passing Adrian Peterson and O.J. Simpson.
December 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Derrick Henry went OFF with the Ravens' season on the line 🔥
◽️ 36 carries (career-high)
◽️ 216 rush yards
◽️ 4 rush TDs (ties career-high)
He has the most 200+ yard rushing games in NFL history (7), passing Adrian Peterson and O.J. Simpson.
◽️ 36 carries (career-high)
◽️ 216 rush yards
◽️ 4 rush TDs (ties career-high)
He has the most 200+ yard rushing games in NFL history (7), passing Adrian Peterson and O.J. Simpson.
Derrick Henry has passed Adrian Peterson for fourth on the all-time rushing TDs list, scoring his 121st tonight.
He has scored THREE rushing TDs in the first half alone.
He has scored THREE rushing TDs in the first half alone.
December 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Derrick Henry has passed Adrian Peterson for fourth on the all-time rushing TDs list, scoring his 121st tonight.
He has scored THREE rushing TDs in the first half alone.
He has scored THREE rushing TDs in the first half alone.
The Indianapolis Colts are now the sixth team since the AFL-NFL merger to miss the playoffs after starting 8-2 or better.
H/T @joshdubowap.bsky.social
H/T @joshdubowap.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Indianapolis Colts are now the sixth team since the AFL-NFL merger to miss the playoffs after starting 8-2 or better.
H/T @joshdubowap.bsky.social
H/T @joshdubowap.bsky.social
The time to toast and eat the Pop-Tarts Bowl mascots has arrived 🔥
This is what college football is all about.
This is what college football is all about.
December 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The time to toast and eat the Pop-Tarts Bowl mascots has arrived 🔥
This is what college football is all about.
This is what college football is all about.
After winning the Pop Tarts Bowl, BYU coach Kalani Sitake went Joey Chestnut-mode on the trophy pastries.
December 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
After winning the Pop Tarts Bowl, BYU coach Kalani Sitake went Joey Chestnut-mode on the trophy pastries.
It's time for @jaysonst.bsky.social's Strangest But Truest MLB Injuries of 2025.
From shower caps to rogue water bottles, we've recapped all the weird ways players got hurt in 2025 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...
From shower caps to rogue water bottles, we've recapped all the weird ways players got hurt in 2025 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's time for @jaysonst.bsky.social's Strangest But Truest MLB Injuries of 2025.
From shower caps to rogue water bottles, we've recapped all the weird ways players got hurt in 2025 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...
From shower caps to rogue water bottles, we've recapped all the weird ways players got hurt in 2025 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...
If the Jets finish with three wins, most coaches don’t survive very long with that outcome.
Aaron Glenn has to show real signs that a turnaround is happening.
But history is not in his favor, writes @zackblatt.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
Aaron Glenn has to show real signs that a turnaround is happening.
But history is not in his favor, writes @zackblatt.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
December 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If the Jets finish with three wins, most coaches don’t survive very long with that outcome.
Aaron Glenn has to show real signs that a turnaround is happening.
But history is not in his favor, writes @zackblatt.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
Aaron Glenn has to show real signs that a turnaround is happening.
But history is not in his favor, writes @zackblatt.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
One of the most entertaining and unpredictable NFL seasons in years has reached crunch time.
Division titles, top seeds and the No. 1 pick are all on the line.
Here are five of the most compelling storylines of Week 17.
✍️ @bymikejonessports.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
Division titles, top seeds and the No. 1 pick are all on the line.
Here are five of the most compelling storylines of Week 17.
✍️ @bymikejonessports.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
One of the most entertaining and unpredictable NFL seasons in years has reached crunch time.
Division titles, top seeds and the No. 1 pick are all on the line.
Here are five of the most compelling storylines of Week 17.
✍️ @bymikejonessports.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
Division titles, top seeds and the No. 1 pick are all on the line.
Here are five of the most compelling storylines of Week 17.
✍️ @bymikejonessports.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
It has been 5,468 days since England last won an Ashes Test match in Australia.
This victory within two days in a madcap fourth Test played on a desperately poor pitch stopped yet another blighted tour Down Under spiralling completely out of control.
🔗 bit.ly/3YIpNAy
This victory within two days in a madcap fourth Test played on a desperately poor pitch stopped yet another blighted tour Down Under spiralling completely out of control.
🔗 bit.ly/3YIpNAy
December 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It has been 5,468 days since England last won an Ashes Test match in Australia.
This victory within two days in a madcap fourth Test played on a desperately poor pitch stopped yet another blighted tour Down Under spiralling completely out of control.
🔗 bit.ly/3YIpNAy
This victory within two days in a madcap fourth Test played on a desperately poor pitch stopped yet another blighted tour Down Under spiralling completely out of control.
🔗 bit.ly/3YIpNAy
“This is only the second time England have conceded a first-innings lead and then successfully chased down a target in a Test in Australia.
“The only previous time it happened was back in 1895 in Melbourne.”
Cameron Ponsonby, Tim Spiers and Paul Newman dissect England’s victory ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/4pP4J7o
“The only previous time it happened was back in 1895 in Melbourne.”
Cameron Ponsonby, Tim Spiers and Paul Newman dissect England’s victory ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/4pP4J7o
December 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“This is only the second time England have conceded a first-innings lead and then successfully chased down a target in a Test in Australia.
“The only previous time it happened was back in 1895 in Melbourne.”
Cameron Ponsonby, Tim Spiers and Paul Newman dissect England’s victory ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/4pP4J7o
“The only previous time it happened was back in 1895 in Melbourne.”
Cameron Ponsonby, Tim Spiers and Paul Newman dissect England’s victory ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/4pP4J7o
The NBA’s latest idea to fix the lottery continues to ignore the problem — the lottery itself, @davidaldridgedc.bsky.social writes.
Teams are either all in and competing for real, or they’re not. And there’s no way to reconcile those two contradictory approaches.
Teams are either all in and competing for real, or they’re not. And there’s no way to reconcile those two contradictory approaches.
December 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The NBA’s latest idea to fix the lottery continues to ignore the problem — the lottery itself, @davidaldridgedc.bsky.social writes.
Teams are either all in and competing for real, or they’re not. And there’s no way to reconcile those two contradictory approaches.
Teams are either all in and competing for real, or they’re not. And there’s no way to reconcile those two contradictory approaches.
BREAKING: Michigan and Kyle Whittingham have agreed to a five-year deal to make him the Wolverines’ next head coach, a source close to the hiring process said.
December 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
BREAKING: Michigan and Kyle Whittingham have agreed to a five-year deal to make him the Wolverines’ next head coach, a source close to the hiring process said.
A 404-foot rocket turned into a “ground-ball” double play.
A pitcher struck out a hitter whom he never threw a pitch to.
A guy ran off the bench and slammed into a dude about to score the winning run.
All of this happened during the 2025 baseball season ⤵️
A pitcher struck out a hitter whom he never threw a pitch to.
A guy ran off the bench and slammed into a dude about to score the winning run.
All of this happened during the 2025 baseball season ⤵️
December 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A 404-foot rocket turned into a “ground-ball” double play.
A pitcher struck out a hitter whom he never threw a pitch to.
A guy ran off the bench and slammed into a dude about to score the winning run.
All of this happened during the 2025 baseball season ⤵️
A pitcher struck out a hitter whom he never threw a pitch to.
A guy ran off the bench and slammed into a dude about to score the winning run.
All of this happened during the 2025 baseball season ⤵️
After the Christmas Day NFL action, seven of the eight division titles are still up for grabs.
@amock419.bsky.social's model predicts which Week 17 games will have the biggest impact on the postseason picture ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
@amock419.bsky.social's model predicts which Week 17 games will have the biggest impact on the postseason picture ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After the Christmas Day NFL action, seven of the eight division titles are still up for grabs.
@amock419.bsky.social's model predicts which Week 17 games will have the biggest impact on the postseason picture ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
@amock419.bsky.social's model predicts which Week 17 games will have the biggest impact on the postseason picture ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...