BEREA, Ohio — While the NFL world waited for Kevin Stefanski to name Shedeur Sanders his backup quarterback to fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel on Wednesday, he punted. “I always have to be mindful of our players, and our players’ development and I want to make sure that I’m always doing what’s best for our players and, of course, our team,” …
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New Bengals QB Joe Flacco didn’t wait to get to town before diving into the playbook.
CINCINNATI – If you want to know how much work there is to be done to get new Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco up to speed, consider that the team has nixed what typically is a 12- to 15-minute, post-practice Wednesday news conference for the starting quarterback. It’s not that the Bengals are reluctant to commit to Flacco being the …
Read More »After years waiting to call plays, ‘Mr. UCLA’ Jerry Neuheisel got his chance. It was worth the wait
Most of college football was elsewhere. And yet, as then-No. 7 Penn State began to fray beneath the Rose Bowl glow, televisions everywhere tuned in — to a winless UCLA team that hadn’t led for a single second suddenly roaring ahead, daring the football gods to believe the impossible might hold. Against every reason it should have crumbled, an 0-4 …
Read More »Padres’ Xander Bogaerts can’t wait for automatic strike zone after season-changing call
Xander Bogaerts can’t wait for the automated ball-strike system. The Padres’ shortstop went off when talking to reporters after he was called out on strikes on a 3-2 count on a ball that appeared to be below the strike zone with San Diego down 3-1 to the Cubs with nobody out in the ninth inning on Thursday at Wrigley Field. …
Read More »Call of Duty Warzone’s older, better predecessor is returning, and I can’t wait
I’ve certainly had a love-hate relationship with Call of Duty Warzone over the years. When it first dropped, it took over my gaming life. Things took a dive with its ‘Warzone 2.0′ rebrand. But in recent times it’s managed to rediscover some of its initial magic – and not just because it dragged Verdansk back into the fold. I’ve been …
Read More »Arkansas going back to Bobby Petrino as next head football coach would be a disaster lying in wait
Don’t do it, Arkansas. Don’t even think about it. OK, sure, you’ve made Bobby Petrino the interim football coach after firing Sam Pittman on Sunday. For better or worse, we all knew that was coming — in fact, we knew it well over a year ago when you hired him to be the offensive coordinator. At whatever point Pittman wore …
Read More »Red Sox return to playoffs for first time since 2021 with walk-off win: ‘We cannot wait’
BOSTON — After three years of mediocrity, frustration and failure in Boston, during a season in which they traded away a franchise player while watching a rookie phenom rise to power, the Red Sox are returning to the postseason. Ceddanne Rafaela’s drive off the wall in center knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving …
Read More »Pete Davidson defends Pedro Pascal against online critics: ‘They can’t wait’
Pete Davidson is calling out critics of Pedro Pascal for playing into what he says is a never-ending cycle of people building up celebrities only to rapidly take them down. During an appearance on This Past Weekend podcast, the Saturday Night Live alum spoke with host Theo Von about the ups and downs of fame, which includes the rabid response from fans that …
Read More »Wait, is Strava about to join the stock market?
Strava is prepping for a US initial public offering (IPO), with the fitness platform said to have invited banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley to pitch for roles, according to reports. Reuters reported that the listing could happen as soon as early 2026, depending on market conditions, and that Strava has yet to finalise how much it plans …
Read More »Can’t Wait to See These Freaks Again
Photo: Eddy Chen/Eddy Chen/Prime For the last three years, along with millions or possibly billions of others, I have been rapaciously devouring The Summer I Turned Pretty, a YA television series with the central premise of “Challengers, for teenagers, with far-reaching incestuous overtones.” Adapted from Jenny Han’s book series of the same name, the Amazon show followed a high-school girl …
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