Everything Sports, Explained
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is facing one of the biggest governance crises of his decade in charge after a plan to sell private investors a minority stake in a new company controlling FIFA’s lucrative commercial and event operations triggered a revolt across international soccer. The proposed company, FIFA Forward Enterprise, would have been valued at … Read more
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and prominent NFL reporter Dianna Russini became the center of one of the biggest sports-media controversies of 2026 after photographs showed the two together at a luxury resort in Arizona. The images prompted widespread speculation about the nature of their relationship because both were married to other people … Read more
Will Levis has a new NFL opportunity with the New York Jets, but his contract situation is very different from the four-year rookie deal he originally signed with the Tennessee Titans. The Jets are signing Levis to their practice squad after Tennessee waived the former second-round quarterback at the end of the 2026 preseason. That … Read more
The Boston Red Sox looked like one of baseball’s biggest disappointments for nearly half of the 2026 season. They started 10-17, fired World Series-winning manager Alex Cora in April and eventually fell to 32-46 — 14 games below .500 — by late June. Then the entire season changed. Under interim manager Chad Tracy, Boston swept … Read more
Chad Tracy went from managing Boston’s Triple-A affiliate to becoming the 49th manager in Red Sox history in less than five months, completing one of the most dramatic in-season promotions and turnarounds in recent franchise history. Boston originally promoted Tracy from Triple-A Worcester on an interim basis after firing Alex Cora in April 2026 with … Read more
Barry Bonds’ connection to the BALCO steroid scandal became one of the defining controversies of baseball’s steroid era, following the San Francisco Giants star through his pursuit of Major League Baseball’s most prestigious home-run records and ultimately into federal court. Bonds acknowledged using substances supplied by his personal trainer that prosecutors identified as performance-enhancing drugs, … Read more
The Brett Favre-Jenn Sterger scandal began with allegations that the Hall of Fame quarterback made unwanted attempts to contact Sterger and sent her sexually explicit photographs while both were working for the New York Jets during the 2008 NFL season. The allegations became public in 2010, prompting an NFL investigation. Favre acknowledged leaving Sterger voicemails … Read more
San Francisco Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge appears likely to miss the remainder of the 2026 MLB season after suffering a concussion in an unusual accident at the team’s hotel in Los Angeles. Eldridge initially suffered a cut to his head after striking a low ceiling or archway at the hotel. The Giants initially hoped the … Read more
The Republic of Ireland and Israel are scheduled to play two UEFA Nations League matches in a little more than a week, but the games have become the center of an unusually intense political and sporting controversy involving the war in Gaza, calls for a boycott, security concerns and potential UEFA sanctions. Ireland’s Football Association … Read more
Mixed martial arts is making a new push to become an Olympic sport, and its debut as a medal event at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan is being used as a major test of whether MMA can fit within the Olympic movement. But Olympic MMA would look noticeably different from the version familiar to … Read more