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Seattle’s biggest obstacle to repeating starts in a tough NFC West

A steady Sam Darnold and a stellar defense helped the Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl last season. Can they repeat? They’re not even favored to win their own division. The Seahawks have a tough challenge trying to stay on top in the NFC West, let alone the entire NFL. They have to go ...

Three new coaches in as the AFC North enters a new era

The last play of the 2025 regular season determined the winner of the AFC North. Then Baltimore and Pittsburgh — the two teams playing in that game — soon entered new eras. Gone are coaches John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin. The former spent 18 seasons with the Ravens, the latter 19 at the ...

Eagles are back-to-back East champs, but Super Bowl wins are the standard now

The Philadelphia Eagles are the first in a generation with back-to-back titles in the NFC East, a division that didn't have another team with a winning record last season. The New York Giants, with just two playoff appearances since the franchise's fourth Super Bowl championship 15 years ago, ...

CFB Week 1: No. 24 Louisville-No. 9 Ole Miss only Top 25 game

After its soft launch last week, college football holds its grand opening on Labor Day weekend. It's certainly not as grand as last year, when there were three Top 25 matchups, but fans hungry for football will find motivation to tune in as the race for the College Football Playoff ...

Angels to be sold to Rams and Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kroenke Sports and Entertainment has reached a deal to purchase controlling ownership of the Los Angeles Angels from Arte Moreno, expanding its sprawling empire of teams across every major U.S. professional sport with the addition of the beleaguered baseball club. The company led by Stan Kroenke made the surprising announcement Tuesday, saying it expects to close on the transaction in early 2027. Major League Baseball, which must approve any sale, didn't immediately comment on the news, but The Athletic reported the deal is being done at a $4 billion valuation ...

US women look to jell quickly in Berlin

BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. women's national team is short on practice time heading into a major competition where anything less than winning a gold medal is considered a failure. The Americans will have to jell quickly if they hope to win a fifth straight FIBA women's World Cup. The tournament ...