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If you’re going to be in Melbourne for the first major of the year, Jon Wertheim has some advice on how to have the best possible time.
Clive James, the formidable—and recently departed—critic traced the fundamental differences between the United States and Australia, his native land. “Superficially, Australia is like America; and yet profoundly different….the differences reside precisely in the discrepancy of scale, which finally dictates that Australia, short of physical power, must rely on influence instead.

The world’s third-ranked tennis player and the NFL team that her family owns will both try to reach the pinnacle of their sports beginning this weekend.
The Bills ranked among the league leaders in wins this season and are short-listed amid the favorites to win the Super Bowl. Led by a quarterback who spent much of the season undertaking a convincing impression of an MVP candidate, the team sometimes presented football at its most elevated, an 11-man braid of beauty, a symphonic whole, a team greater than the sum of its component parts.
But not always.

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Five of the 14 teams in the postseason could make sense for the departing Raiders quarterback when he leaves Las Vegas.
As the NFL Wild Card weekend begins on Saturday, 14 teams are still alive in the playoffs while the other 18 teams are already in offseason mode.
One of the biggest storylines developing among non-playoff teams is the future of longtime Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, who penned his farewell letter to fans on Thursday morning.

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It seems like Kyler Murray is definitely not a popular guy in the locker room.
The Arizona Cardinals QB has faced plenty of criticism over the past season, and it’s not ending now that Kliff Kingsbury got fired.
In fact, it seems to be getting worse.
Cardinals player rips Kyler Murray. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
Previously, a report came out that people within the organization were tired of dealing with the QB’s attitude.
“It was like they created a monster,” an unnamed Cardinals veteran told Michael Silver.

The Patriots announced Thursday that they will begin interviewing candidates to fill the role of offensive coordinator and that they have begun extension talks with assistant Jerod Mayo.

Angel City FC selected 18-year-old forward Alyssa Thompson as the first overall selection Thursday in the 2023 NWSL draft.

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty on Friday of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault.

LeBron James and Lakers head coach Darvin Ham expressed their frustration with a no-call on Tim Hardaway Jr.’s defense of a potential game-winning 3 by Troy Brown Jr. at the end of regulation Thursday night.

LSU is stepping up security around its gymnastics meets following an incident involving disruptive fans of Tigers star Olivia Dunne last Friday.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is a wanted terrorist in his home country of Turkey. And the Turkish government appears to be serious about capturing him as an official bounty has been put on his head.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is offering up to 10 million Turkish Lira, which comes out to roughly $500,000, for information leading to the capture of Freedom. The 30-year-old’s name is also on Turkey’s 2023 most-wanted terrorists list.
“That makes it so dangerous,” Freedom told The New York Post.