DETROIT—On Saturday afternoon, the Detroit Red Wings snapped their seven-game winning streak with a 6–3 loss on home ice to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Red Wings conceded four goals on Tampa’s first six shots to sink into a 4–2 hole after the opening period from which they could never fully recover. The second was … Read more
The Kansas City Chiefs can make NFL history with an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl triumph. Patrick Mahomes takes on the Philadelphia Eagles after reaching the season finale for the fifth time in six years. 3 Mahomes is carrying the weight of history on his shouldersCredit: Getty Their potential accomplishment already has been branded the … Read more
Only one Eagles rookie from Iowa can break the hearts of Caitlin Clark and Patrick Mahomes at the same time. For the once-overlooked Cooper DeJean, Super Bowl LIX already feels like a life breakthrough. 4 Cooper DeJean hasn’t stopped since leaving IowaCredit: Getty “It’s awesome to be here and to have this experience, especially as … Read more
The referees have had enough. NFL officials have heard their names and their profession be slandered and dragged through the mud over the course of the postseason. 2 NFL officials have some of the toughest jobs in all of professional sportsCredit: Getty The tin foil hat crowd and conspiracy theorists have come out in droves … Read more
Eric Dickerson signed a one-day contract in 2017 so he could retire as a Los Angeles Ram. (Greg Beacham / Associated Press) The NFL single-season rushing record has stood for 40 years, far longer than Saquon Barkley has been on this planet. But now, with two games to play, the Philadelphia Eagles running back is … Read more
Harry Kane set a Premier League record in his final season at Tottenham and it may never be broken. The festive piece of history came against Brentford on Boxing Day in 2022. 2 Kane has scored more Boxing Day goals than anyone else in Premier League historyCredit: Getty 2 Alan Shearer could have a festive … Read more
The most amazing leg of darts left fans ‘unable to speak’ but thankfully the man responsible can settle sport’s greatest debate. Michael Smith waded into the 147 vs hole-in-one vs nine-darter dispute having famously achieved the latter in the best possible way. 4 It was one of the greatest legs of darts in the history … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are nearing 40 and still scoring for fun, but the GOAT debate still rumbles on… Messi is now a World Cup winner after leading Argentina to glory in Qatar in 2022 but former Manchester United star Ronaldo continues to stake his claim as the best ever. 7 Ronaldo and Messi … Read more