A U.S. Navy destroyer shot down three drones during a sustained attack in the Red Sea on Sunday, the Pentagon said, in what could signal another escalation in the tit-for-tat attacks between…
What the College Football Playoff got wrong: Leaving out Florida State
Next year, all this College Football Playoff arguing will be moot with the CFP expanding to 12 teams. Arguing over Nos. 3, 4 and 5 is very different than 10, 11, 12…
Israeli Mothers Knew Their Sons Would Serve. But They Didn’t Expect War.
The six mothers had gathered in a Jerusalem home on a recent Friday to prepare challah, the braided bread that Jews eat on the Sabbath. After they recited a blessing that is…
Quincy Promes and how Amsterdam’s criminal underworld preys on footballers
When Marylio V was escorted from his cell in Amsterdam’s district court on October 31, his alleged accomplice in a drugs bust involving 1,363kg (3,005lbs) of cocaine with a street value estimated…
Opinion | 60 Journalists Have Been Killed in the Israel-Gaza War. My Friend Was One of Them.
I was sitting in my apartment in Beirut on the evening of Oct. 13 when I read that journalists had been struck by a missile attack in southern Lebanon. My close friend,…
Who is Miriam Adelson, the casino billionaire buying the Dallas Mavericks from Mark Cuban?
The Dallas Mavericks have long been associated with Mark Cuban, its voluble owner for the last 22 years. But that relationship took an unexpected twist Tuesday with the news that Cuban is…
Dr Pepper Halftime Scholarship Giveaway Error Draws Ire of Fans
The Big 12 Championship game between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday evening delivered the kind of controversy-mired barn burner that inspires legions of college football fans to…
Hall of Fame plans to speak with Andre Dawson about switch to Cubs hat on plaque
The National Baseball Hall of Fame is planning to evaluate Andre Dawson’s request to change the cap on his Cooperstown plaque from the Montreal Expos to the Chicago Cubs. Dawson has long…