Ten former N.F.L. players, including the former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, were accused of defrauding one of the league’s retiree health care benefit programs out of $3.4 million for phony purchases of medical equipment, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Brian A. Benczkowski, assistant attorney general for the criminal division of the United States […] More
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
