LONDON — For Andrea Pirlo, it was the satisfaction of a free kick, sweetly struck, sweeping “a couple of centimeters over” a defender’s head, beyond the goalkeeper’s despairing reach, whistling into the corner of the goal. There could be, he wrote in his autobiography, “no greater feeling in life.” Dennis Bergkamp felt the same way […] More
N.F.L. appeals officers on Thursday upheld the indefinite suspension for Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett for hitting Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the head with a helmet during a game last week. The appeals officers also reduced a related suspension to two games from three for Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey, who kicked and […] More
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers paused. “I’ll try and say this nicely,” he said. Staring out into the Packers’ locker room, Rodgers let the words dangle. After an off-season of change and criticism, of different coaches expecting him to adapt and former teammates sniping at his leadership style, he is ever more attuned to […] More
The rest of Week 12’s matchups will be published on Friday. Colts at Texans, 8:20 p.m. Eastern time, Fox & NFL Network Line: Texans -3.5 | Total: 45.5 With first place in the A.F.C. South on the line, this game is predicted by The Upshot to be the week’s most important matchup in terms of […] More
José Mourinho has been keeping himself busy. It has been almost a year since he finally checked out of the Lowry Hotel, his tumultuous, compelling and not entirely unsuccessful time at Manchester United at an end. He had not necessarily planned a sabbatical, though by the time he left Old Trafford, he rather gave the […] More
Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday said it had appointed José Mourinho to replace Mauricio Pochettino as manager, capping a remarkable 12 hours of turmoil and suspense for a club that has in recent years earned an image as one of the Premier League’s rare bastions of stability. Fans were still getting used to Pochettino’s firing on […] More
In the long, slow weeks before last season’s Champions League final, Tottenham Manager Mauricio Pochettino did not lose much sleep over his team’s physical state. It was, after all, the end of the season. His players had the miles of nine fierce, relentless months in their legs; their bodies needed a little rest and a […] More
Five months after leading Tottenham Hotspur to the Champions League final and five years into a tenure in which he transformed Spurs from a perennial also-ran into a Premier League title contender, Mauricio Pochettino was fired by the north London club on Tuesday. Tottenham’s chairman, Daniel Levy, confirmed the change in a message posted on […] More
