The rest of Week 15’s game previews will be published on Friday. Jets at Ravens, 8:20 p.m. Eastern time, Fox and NFL Network Line: Ravens -15.5 | Total: 44.5 Thursday games are rarely pretty, but this one could be particularly hard to watch. To start, it’s a comical mismatch of the Ravens (11-2), who have […] More
For a while, it looked as if the closest thing this season’s Champions League would get to old-fashioned, soul-stirring romance would be the new-build team, plucked out of thin air and deployed as a rolling billboard for an energy drink manufacturer. As Ajax proved last year, a compelling outsider adds a sense of intrigue that […] More
The French authorities have opened a corruption investigation into the circumstances that led to Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup. The investigation, which will be led by a judge, follows a three year operation by prosecutors specializing in financial crimes into the decision in December 2010. More than half of the 22 members of […] More
The Eagles and Cowboys both have losing records. Michael Ainsworth/Associated Press The Cowboys and the Eagles have limped to 6-7 records. And those are the good teams in the N.F.C. East. Still, someone will have to win it. Test your knowledge of the N.F.L.’s absolute worst division this season. 1 of 10 In this century, […] More
Liverpool and Chelsea completed a sweep of Premier League clubs advancing into the knockout stage of the Champions League on Tuesday, a season after England had two of its representatives square off in the final. Liverpool toughed out a 2-0 victory at Salzburg to advance as the winner of Group E and stay on course […] More
By halftime of Monday night’s game between the Giants and Philadelphia Eagles, it felt as if Eli Manning was a character in a folk tale, a shunted hero who, in a twist of fate, was granted a last moment to rescue those around him. Manning, for 11 weeks the forlorn servant on the bench, improbably […] More
PHILADELPHIA — Eli Manning isn’t done yet. Neither are the Philadelphia Eagles. Carson Wentz rallied the Eagles from a 14-point halftime deficit, then tossed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Zach Ertz in overtime to lead Philadelphia to a 23-17 win over the Giants on Monday night. The Eagles (6-7) ended a three-game losing streak and […] More
A week ago, San Francisco lost a defensive thriller in Baltimore. This week, they won a shootout in New Orleans against Drew Brees and the Saints. Doubt the 49ers all you want, but you can’t accuse them of not having range. In what may prove to be the biggest week of the season in terms […] More
