Gerrit Cole’s ABS Excuse Falls Flat The Yankees hurler has had trouble inducing whiffs lately and thinks MLB’s challenge system is to blame. There’s little statistical evidence to back his claim. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
The Pistons Should Seriously Consider Trading Jalen Duren Amid Stalled Contract Talks. Here's Why. What the Pistons should do with All-Star big man Jalen Duren amid drawn-out contract talks is becoming more clear. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
12 Milestones and Records That Could Be Set in Final Weeks of MLB Season With just a couple of weeks left to play, these players will be hoping to achieve (or avoid) some significant milestones. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Patrick Mahomes Is Returning From a Torn ACL. How Have Other QBs Fared After the Injury? After tearing his ACL in December, Patrick Mahomes will make his return against Denver on Monday. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
‘Fat Rat’—Bruno Guimaraes Sends Scathing Message After First Arsenal Goal The Brazilian opened his Arsenal account against an old rival. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Supercomputer Predicts Brutal Impact of Man Utd’s Derby Day Disappointment An error from the refereeing team saw the Red Devils fall 1–0 to Manchester City. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
A Week After the Bail Mary, Two Michigan College Football Teams Turned the Page For Michigan, a signature win over ranked Oklahoma pushed the controversial Week 1 ending aside. At Western Michigan, refusing to let a devastating loss derail the season became a party. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Albert Breer’s Week 1 NFL Takeaways: Jesse Minter’s Team Looked Like the Ravens Plus, the way the Bills won was crucial, good early signs for the Bengals’ defense, Ben Johnsons’s wizardry and more. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Giants’ Week 1 Win Should Be a Lesson to Teams That Are Growing Stagnant John Harbaugh’s New York debut should show other teams the virtue of starting over at the top. So could his former team’s performance. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Week 1 Lessons: Bears Might Be Better Than Last Year Chicago recorded 552 yards and 59 points in its opener. Plus, the Chargers are not worth the hype, and the Bills’ offense is better with Joe Brady as head coach. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Week 2 Fantasy Waiver Wire: Target 49ers' Kaelon Black, Saints' Devaughn Vele The San Francisco running back and New Orleans receiver will be two of a handful of hot pickups going into Week 2. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
‘The One Who’s Violent’—Man Utd Legend Goes On Shocking Rant Against Bruno Fernandes Bruno Fernandes was part of a controversial action that ended with Phil Foden getting sent off in the Manchester Derby. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Trinity Rodman Executed the Most Incredible Trip to Catch Ben Shelton’s U.S. Open Final After Her Own Game Trinity Rodman pulled off a remarkable trip to make it to the U.S. Open final as her boyfriend Ben Shelton took on Alexander Zverev. Sports Illustrated · Sep 13
Transfer Rumors: Liverpool Eye $175 Million Wirtz Replacement; Fermin’s Record Barcelona Exit Raphinha, Nico Paz, Rayan, Sergio Ramos, Jadon Sancho, Alessandro Bastoni and many more feature in the gossip. Sports Illustrated · Sep 13
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 ‘Soft’—Xabi Alonso Is Already Fed Up With Chelsea’s Biggest Issue Chelsea dropped points for the second game in a row, thanks to a familiar issue that Xabi Alonso can’t seem to fix.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Alexander Zverev Spoils Ben Shelton’s Hopes of Making History With U.S. Open Win The American men’s major singles drought continues, with Zverev taking home the hardware in New York.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 C.J. Stroud’s Familiar Result Spoils the Best Parts of His Game Against the Bills The Texans QB was the reason Houston even had a chance to beat Buffalo, but do his turnovers continue to discount his progress?
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Why USMNT Players Are Dominating Their New Ventures in Europe Several of North America’s brightest stars have had no trouble making names for themselves across the pond.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 What Four Unranked College Football AP Top 25 Teams Must Do to Enter the Poll Here’s what these four teams in the others receiving votes category need to do to impress the voters after Week 3.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Todd Monken Defends Deshaun Watson After Rough Loss vs. Jaguars Monken, however, wouldn’t guarantee that Watson will start in Week 2.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Three Takeaways From Man City’s Unlikely Victory in Theatrical Manchester Derby Manchester City, playing with 10 players for nearly 70 minutes, found a way to prevail at Old Trafford.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Worst MLS Team’s Multi-Million Dollar Investment Leads to Massive Upset, Bit of Hope Sometimes, spending Inter Miami-level money pays off.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 The Good, Bad and Ugly in NFL Week 1: Josh Allen Delivers for Joe Brady Buffalo’s QB passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two others. Plus, Baltimore rolls Indianapolis in Jesse Minter’s debut, and Minnesota goes on a 24–0 run to beat Green Bay.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Forde-Yard Dash: Three Major Problems That Could Derail These Power Teams Ohio State, Oregon and Oklahoma all found spectacular new ways to lose, raising serious questions about each program’s expectations and path forward.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Pat Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 2 In the early part of the season, a team won’t be ranked if it hasn’t played a power-conference opponent yet.