After Oleksandr Usyk climbed to the top of the heavyweight division and collected the belts of the major sanctioning bodies, it seemed that every new ring walk would only strengthen the Ukrainian's legacy. But a prolonged layoff, vacated titles, and his recent statement about wanting to fight an agi...
The season has barely gotten going, and the Clippers already feel like the world is ending. Five straight losses, just two wins in their last fifteen games, next to last in the West, and a complete lack of even a clear idea of how to climb out of this hole. While Los Angeles is helplessly drowning i...
A piece of news has broken around the Los Angeles Clippers that caught both the fans and the team itself off guard: Chris Paul will no longer play for the club. The decision by the front office effectively puts a period at the end of a long and important chapter in the franchise’s history, in which...
On the calendar it is still winter in Catalonia, but in Barcelona's offices the transfer summer has already arrived. The club's management are calculating scenarios for rebooting the squad: they need a new centre-forward, a fresh winger and a left-footed central defender. At the same time the wage b...
The paradox of today's Real is striking. Kylian Mbappe is banging in goals at a pace reminiscent of Messi, Ronaldo and Lewandowski in their peak years, yet the team is bogged down in its play, dropping points and living in a state of constant anxiety. Talk about Xabi Alonso's future is already thick...
While fans were focused on the main intrigue of the Formula 1 season and calculating every scenario in the title fight, a very different, far less expected story unfolded almost beneath the radar. Carlos Sainz, who himself expected the Qatar round to be one of the toughest weekends of the year, sudd...
The fallout around the EuroLeague game between Partizan and Fenerbahce did not end with the score on the scoreboard. At the center of the scandal was a giant banner in the stands of the Belgrade arena depicting the moment of the death of Ottoman sultan Murad I at the hands of Serbian hero Milos Obil...
The EuroLeague is preparing one of the most serious reforms in its history. The league's management is considering changes that will affect both the sporting format and the commercial positioning of the competition. This is not just about cosmetic adjustments to the schedule, but an attempt to build...
The Eastern Conference standings right now look less like a table and more like a classic Mexican standoff: everyone is standing there with guns drawn, waiting to see who flinches first. Boston and Indiana have fallen out of the picture due to injuries, Cleveland and New York look shaky, and sitting...
Champions League nights are made for spectacles like this. In just one match Kylian Mbappe reminded everyone why he is called the leading centre-forward of his generation: a four-goal haul against Olympiakos, a chase of Salah's record and a 4–3 Real win in which every one of his goals proved vital....