The Lions enter Week 17 as newly-crowned NFC North champions, but coach Dan Campbell insisted last weekend that the division title was just the beginning. If Detroit wants to achieve its larger goals in 2023, a win over the Cowboys would be a giant step in the right direction. The top seed in the NFC … Read more
Joe Flacco has the Browns on the cusp of something special. Cleveland’s starting signal-caller was a mere fan weeks ago. But after returning to the fore following Deshaun Watson’s season-ending injury, Flacco has had the Browns rolling. It started with a standout showing against the Rams, a game in which he threw two touchdown passes … Read more
Tennis fans are in for an end-of-year treat as the top-two male players in the sport face off in Saudi Arabia with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic competing in the Riyadh Season Tennis Cup. Their most recent meeting was surprisingly one-sided, Djokovic easing to a 6-3 6-2 win at the ATP World Tour Finals in … Read more
Celtic rediscovered their winning form as goals from Kyogo Furuhashi and Liam Scales guaranteed they would top the Scottish Premiership at Christmas. After back-to-back defeats for the first time in a decade, the Hoops knew they needed a victory against Livingston to stop Rangers being able to overtake them when they place Motherwell on Sunday. … Read more
Baltimore’s rising. The Ravens have hit their stride in recent weeks, stringing together three straight wins to climb atop the AFC mountaintop. They haven’t all been convincing — Baltimore needed an overtime punt return to vanquish the Rams last weekend. But they are showing improvement across all parts of the game; Lamar Jackson has looked … Read more
The Steelers have had the Colts’ number for a while now. Pittsburgh has won eight straight games in the series; Indianapolis’ last win came in 2015 when Peyton Manning still wore the horseshoe. Now would be a good time to break that streak. Both teams sit just inside the playoff picture, being two of six … Read more
The Raiders and Chargers have followed nearly identical paths this season, and neither has been ideal. Las Vegas fired Josh McDaniels after a 3-5 start, climbed back to .500 and has since dropped to 5-8. Los Angeles started 2-4, climbed back to .500 and has also fallen out of the playoff conversation at 5-8. A coaching … Read more
DUBAI — The second crack at a breakthrough climate deal has parties debating language that was strengthened from a previous draft about the reduction of fossil fuels, as delegates try to salvage U.N. Climate Change Conference talks. The world’s largest economies, fossil fuel producers, poor countries and island states have all been at odds over … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United, two of the challengers for the Champions League places, lock horns in what should be a gripping Premier League matchup on Sunday. Both these sides have designs on finishing in the top four this season and, perhaps, laying down a title challenge alongside the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, … Read more
The Ronald McDonald balloon floats down Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, 2023, in New York City. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images McDonald’s executives painted a rosy portrait of the fast-food giant’s strength and ability to achieve long-term goals at its investor day, but the company … Read more