I t was a round of poker, fittingly, that upended Mathew Bowyer’s life in spectacular fashion. While he preferred to sate his appetite for risk by playing baccarat, poker had served as his formative introduction to the pleasures and possibilities of gambling. Back in the early Nineties, as an enterprising high school student in Orange County, California, Bowyer ran a …
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Arch Manning will become the center of the college football universe at noon Saturday, when he leads No. 1 Texas into Columbus to play defending national champion Ohio State, which is ranked No. 3. In some senses, Manning is the most futuristic big-time quarterback prospect to ever come around. He has been an Instagram and TikTok sensation since early in …
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BOSTON — The Red Sox had hoped to give Walker Buehler time to acclimate to a bullpen role. But the team’s decision to start Payton Tolle in Friday’s game against the Pirates meant they needed a spot on the 40-man roster and Buehler was the most expendable player. Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow explained the decision to give …
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(26 votes: Abdoo, Andrade, Baca, Band, Battista, Bergman, Bhanpuri, Blair, Carr, Cersosimo, Chadiha, Edholm, Filice, Florio, Gordon, Holzman-Escareno, Koplowitz-Fleming, Kownack, Okada, Parr, Patra, Reuter, Rosenthal, Ross, Shook, Zierlein.) 2) Cincinnati Bengals (+290) | 3 votes: Gonzales, Jones-Drew, Rank. One of four teams to appear on all 29 ballots (Bills, Chiefs, Eagles), the Ravens are again considered the overwhelming favorites in the …
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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted that the rollercoaster nature of the job “sometimes” makes him want to quit, alternated with a desire to stay for “20 years”. There was quiet optimism surrounding United during the summer, with Amorim finally getting the time he didn’t have last season to implement his specific tactical system, as well as handed a …
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Micah Parsons finally got paid. Not by Jerry Jones, but by the stockholders of the Green Bay Packers, Inc. Here’s a look at the full details of the deal, per a source with knowledge of the terms: 1. Signing bonus: $44 million, with $20 million paid within 10 days and $24 million paid by December 26. 2. 2025 base salary: …
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Charles Leclerc conceded the opening day of the Dutch Grand Prix weekend was “probably the worst Friday of the season” after ending up almost a second shy of the pace. After taking a surprise pole position last time out in Hungary, Leclerc struggled for pace at Zandvoort, setting the eighth fastest time in Free Practice 2 for Ferrari as he …
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Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse coach Fran Brown spent two years at Georgia being taught to hate the folks in Knoxville. His players say he’s playing “Rocky Top” obnoxiously loud at practice. He’s played the Tennessee fight song so much that the Orange can barely stomach the sound of it anymore. Both Syracuse and Tennessee sport new-look offenses in 2025, and …
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Stefanos Tsitsipas angrily hit out at his opponent’s use of the underarm serve after he blew a match point during a humbling US Open exit. Daniel Altmaier deployed the legal but rarely used tactic at least twice as he rallied in the fourth set against the former world No 3. Tsitsipas let Altmaier know he did not approve as the …
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Do you want to share your predictions, analysis or thoughts on Sunday’s Notre Dame-Miami game? Get involved with our coverage at live@theathletic.com. Pat Walsh set up shop outside the Orange Bowl figuring business would be good. A year earlier, as a senior at Notre Dame in 1988, he had made a small fortune selling “Catholics vs. Convicts” T-shirts around campus …
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