For a few weeks in 2012, Jeremy Lin had enough swagger for all of New York — and for all of the NBA. While that’s what many fans remember him for, Lin was more than just “Linsanity.” He played in nine NBA seasons before spending time playing in China and, most recently, Taiwan. Now, at…

Chase Briscoe held off Tyler Reddick at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night to win the Southern 500 for the second straight year and advance to the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Briscoe, in his first season with Joe Gibbs Racing, took the lead early, won both stages and led 309 of 367…

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How valuable is Samuel Basallo’s contract extension to the Orioles?<p>Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jake Mintz and senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman discuss catcher Samuel Basallo’s 8-year, $67 million contract extension with the Baltimore Orioles. Hear the full conversation on the “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast – and subscribe on <a data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-bar-b-cast/id1646489931″>Apple Podcasts</a>, <a data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ href=”https://open.spotify.com/show/547IoA6qTC2kK8J7NpqVak”>Spotify</a> or wherever you listen.</p>…

A number of running backs had forgettable 2024 seasons, including Christian McCaffrey, Nick Chubb and Travis Etienne. While each looms as a 2025 Fantasy football sleeper, one name that people may have forgotten about is someone who didn’t play a single snap last year. That is former Packers back AJ Dillon, who missed the entire…

Jones said he was shocked by the responses he received from the athletes, noting how, when they express leadership traits, “it may be taken in a certain way.” “You’re talking about in some cases freshman and sophomores in high school, not only thinking about, ‘Well, what does it take to be a leader,’ but, ‘What…

Ian Happ’s three-run homer was just the 25th by a Cub that tied the score in the eighth inning or later since 1912, first season for which baseball-reference.com has searchable play-level data. The previous one also was at Colorado, also with the Cubs down by 5-2. Michael Busch hit it on Sept. 13 of last…

This season, there will be seven new head coaches. That means seven head coaches were replaced since the start of last season. Last year, there were eight new NFL head coaches. It was five the year before that, and a stunning 10 in 2022. Advertisement [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the…

After a drama-filled Saturday, college football’s opening weekend rolls on with two marquee matchups Sunday. Kicking things off will be another ACC vs. SEC clash featuring Virginia Tech against South Carolina. Then, in the nightcap, Notre Dame heads to Hard Rock Stadium to revive an old rivalry with Miami. Advertisement What awaits on Sunday? [Join…