BALTIMORE — The most difficult task in sports right now is not a single act — hitting a swerving baseball, saving a penalty kick, returning a supersonic serve — but rather a collective undertaking. It is containing the juggernaut that is the Baltimore Ravens’ propulsive offense, operated with unholy efficiency by quarterback Lamar Jackson, whose […] More
PITTSBURGH — There were no helmets hurled as weapons, no suspensions and no penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct on Sunday when the Steelers and Browns played, just a pedestrian matchup of perplexing teams hanging on to playoff hopes. Two weeks after one of the uglier on-field fights in recent years, there were no snafus as the […] More
CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton returned from his three-week exile on Sunday and got a long-awaited win for the coach who benched him, throwing a touchdown pass in a 22-6 victory over the Jets that ended the longest losing streak in Cincinnati Bengals history. “He had a chip on his shoulder all week,” running back Joe […] More
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Green Bay Packers had everything they needed to bounce back from a dismal West Coach performance: Lambeau Field weather on the road, a struggling young opponent and, of course, Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers threw four touchdown passes in the snow and the Packers (9-3) rebounded from an embarrassing 29-point loss to […] More
Get Rory Smith’s weekly newsletter on world soccer in your inbox every Friday. It’s free! Sign up here at nytimes.com/rory. It is 5,500 miles, more or less, from Rome to Baku and back. That’s as the crow flies, though a cursory search suggests that crows fly substantially straighter than most major international airlines. They tend […] More
The N.F.L. suspended Josh Shaw, an injured defensive back on the Arizona Cardinals, through at least the end of next season for betting on football games this year, the first such penalty in more than two decades. The league said its investigators found no indication that Shaw used inside information or compromised any game, and […] More
There are quite a few interesting games this week, but nothing can compare to the fireworks expected when Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens offense face off against Nick Bosa and the San Francisco 49ers’ defense. That game should get Sunday started off with a bang, and the action can continue unabated all day and […] More
MANCHESTER, England — It has been more than 30 years, now, since 96 Liverpool fans went to a soccer game and did not come home. For 30 years, their families have struggled not only to deal with the pain and anguish of loss, but to find out why their parents, their siblings, their children died […] More
