Two transgender women, also known as biological men, have won gold and silver in a cyclocross race in Illinois. The trans cyclists, Evely Williamson and Tessa Johnson, are making a pattern of winning women’s races as this is now the second podium they have shared in two months.
The Illinois State Cyclocross Championships were made up of a number of different races divided into men’s, women’s, and junior categories.
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On Sunday, before another slew of bad calls and some sideline chaos marred the on-field product in the afternoon and late-game window, I wrote what I assume has become glaringly obvious to us all: the NFL product is substandard. And it’s not just because of the rash of quarterback injuries, or the fact that defenses have caught up and, while doing all they can to survive, have managed to slow scoring down in the process.
It’s the fact that there is no consistency or rhythm to the officiating of any football games. Forget the reality show bleed into the product.
Week 13 was not kind in the injury department. The quarterback injuries keep piling up, as Trevor Lawrence is now in doubt for the rest of the season. One of our favorite waiver wire adds for this season, Texans’ rookie Tank Dell, is also done for the year.
Fantasy managers could be looking for temporary replacements for Rhamondre Stevenson, Brian Robinson, Jr., Amari Cooper, Christian Watson, Derek Carr, Hollywood Brown, Christian Kirk, and Kenny Pickett, all of whom could be out this week- and some even longer.
It’s the final week of the fantasy football regular season.
It’s been a rough couple days for the Florida State football program and its fans after the Seminoles weren’t selected to compete in the College Football Playoff, despite going undefeated and winning the ACC title game.
That disappointment was not lost on Peyton Manning, who took a shot at Florida State while talking with former Alabama star Tua Tagovailoa during Monday night’s ManningCast of the Bengals–Jaguars game.
On Sunday, we watched rookies take over games.
Against the Saints, Lions tight end Sam LaPorta refused to be stopped, putting together the best game of his young career. In a win over the Commanders, Dolphins RB De’Von Achane proved once more he might end up being the best back of this class, finding the end zone twice.
Then there was the weekly stardom by C.J. Stroud, who led the Texans to a win over the Broncos, bringing Houston’s record to 7–5.
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What we got wrong about the 2023 NFL season
Life as a sportswriter offers a lot of uncertainty. But it also provides for some clarity.
Specifically this: You will be asked to make predictions, and you are sure to get the majority of those wrong.
In that spirit, and with the NFL season entering the final stretch, we thought it was worth a few minutes to look back at some of our preseason predictions, identifying which of those we got spectacularly wrong.
And, as you might imagine, there were some true head-scratchers.
Nick Saban’s phone number is floating around, and it’s causing a bit of a headache.
The Alabama Crimson Tide snuck into the College Football Playoff after beating Georgia in the SEC title game. The decision to put in Saban’s squad has led to massive backlash within the college football world.
Alabama’s bid resulted in 13-0 Florida State being left out, despite being an undefeated P5 champion. That’s led to people somehow getting Saban’s number and giving him a piece of their mind.
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Morikawa was assessed a 2-stroke penalty at the Hero World Challenge, but was not happy with how he found out.
When Collin Morikawa woke up Sunday morning, he thought he had an outside shot at capturing Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. He finished his third round 10-under par, six shots back of eventual winner Scottie Scheffler.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t until just before tee time Sunday that Morikawa found out what had occurred. Stephen Cox, PGA Tour chief referee, had informed Morikawa’s caddie early Sunday morning.
The New York Jets have had a nightmare of season and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get any better for them over the final month, as they’ve lost five straight games and have one of the most bleak quarterback situations in the league.
Their latest loss came Sunday at home when they fell to the Falcons, 13-8. Tim Boyle got the start at QB but was later pulled from the game for Trevor Siemian, who was just as bad.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers was all smiles before his team’s game against the Atlanta Falcons at MetLife Stadium.
Ja’Marr Chase woke up on Monday in a mood, which turned out to be bad news for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
After back-to-back relatively quiet games the previous two weeks, the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver had a monster outing against the Jags hauling in 11 catches on 12 targets for 149 yards and a touchdown.
Speaking of the touchdown – a 76-yard track meet that defenders were left in the dust – Chase got to the goal line and turned around to taunt the defender. If you want to call it disrespectful, that’s fine because that’s exactly what Chase was going for.