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NFL Sunday Recap: Week 2 Delivers Comebacks, Statement Wins and Overtime Drama
NFL Week 2 Sunday & Monday Preview: Fantasy Plays, Betting Angles and Picks for Every Game
CrossTalk Entertainment Report Hollywood Heats Up, WWE Builds Toward Money in the Bank and Daytime Drama Explodes
College Football Saturday Preview: Top-10 SEC Showdown Headlines a Loaded September 19 Slate
When the Voices Go Quiet: Howie Rose and the End of a New York Broadcasting Era
When the NY Mets conclude their home stand, Howie Rose will put his broadcasting career in the books.
Lions vs. Bills: Thursday Night Football Brings Fireworks to Buffalo
Week 2 kicks off in Buffalo.
32 Teams, 32 Questions: What Every NHL Club Must Answer as Training Camps Open
Check out the burning question for each team heading into training camp.
This Can’t Be the Same Old Story: Yankees Clinch October, But the Real Goal Is Still Ahead
The New York Yankees are going back to October.
Could a streamlined Sunday Ticket benfit the NFL AND consumers?
The NFL has a great product in Sunday Ticket, but could they make it more accessible by offering streamlined team-first options like MLB?
MLB Playoff Race Check: Who Has the Edge With Two Weeks Left?
The marathon has officially become a sprint.
NFL Sunday Recap: Fireworks, Comebacks and Statement Wins Across Week 1
The first full Sunday of the NFL season delivered just about everything. There were offensive explosions, fourth-quarter collapses, overtime drama, dominant quarterback performances and a handful of early warning signs for teams that entered the season expecting much more.
Saturday Chaos: Texas Stuns No. 1 Ohio State as College Football Delivers a Wild Weekend
College football Saturdays have a way of reminding us why preseason predictions can become irrelevant in a matter of hours.
NFL Week 1 Sunday & Monday Preview: Every Matchup, Every Edge, Every Prediction
The NFL season is already underway, but Sunday is when Week 1 truly explodes.
College Football Saturday Preview: Ohio State–Texas Headlines a Loaded Week 2
College football gets its first true heavyweight Saturday of the 2026 season, and by the time the night is over, we should know considerably more about the national championship picture.
The Night Baseball Came Back: How Mike Piazza and the Mets Helped New York Believe Again
There are moments when sports feel like the most important thing in the world. A championship. A final out. A game-winning shot. A goal with seconds remaining. Then there are moments when life reminds us, with devastating force, that sports are only games.
Seattle Survives: Seahawks Rally Past Patriots 13-10 in Dramatic NFL Season Opener
Three fourth-quarter interceptions, Drew Lock’s relief effort and another dominant Seattle defensive finish spoiled New England’s chance at Super Bowl revenge.
CrossTalk Entertainment Report: Hollywood’s Record Summer, Emmy Season Heats Up and Fall TV Takes Over
Summer may unofficially be over, but the entertainment world is showing no signs of slowing down. Hollywood is coming out of a historic theatrical season, television is beginning its annual fall takeover, awards season is already producing surprises, and some of the biggest names in movies and music are preparing for major September moments.
Baseball’s Next Battle Is Already Here: MLB Labor Talks Grow More Tense as December Deadline Looms
Salary caps, free agency, revenue sharing and roster rules have created a widening divide between Major League Baseball and its players — with the future of the 2027 season potentially hanging in the balance.
The Night Before Football: Patriots and Seahawks Open the 2026 NFL Season
Seven months after Super Bowl LX, New England gets an immediate shot at redemption as the champion Seahawks raise their banner in Seattle.
College Football Week 1: Michigan Escapes Controversy as Chaos Arrives Early
College football did not need long to remind everyone why trying to predict this sport is usually a dangerous exercise.
Sunday Talk: Twenty-Five Years Later, What Do We Remember?
There are moments in life that never really leave you. You may get older, move forward, build a career, raise a family and watch decades pass, but some images remain frozen exactly where they were when you first saw them.
College Football Week 1: Saturday Takes Center Stage
Clemson-LSU headlines a loaded opening Saturday as Oregon, Ohio State, Indiana, Texas and college football’s biggest contenders begin their 2026 journeys.
CrossTalk Entertainment Report: Fall Entertainment Arrives as Hollywood, Reality TV, WWE and Daytime Drama Heat Up
Summer may be winding down, but the entertainment world certainly is not. The calendar has turned to September, bringing with it the unofficial start of the fall movie and television season, the beginning of awards-season chatter, major reality television developments, a loaded WWE weekend and plenty of drama across daytime television.
THE CHECK-IN: When You’re Always the Strong One
Being the person everyone depends on can become its own kind of pressure. Strength does not mean you have to carry everything alone.
NBA Drops the Hammer on Clippers: Five First-Round Picks Forfeited, Ballmer Suspended in Kawhi Leonard Case
A nearly year-long salary-cap investigation ends with one of the most sweeping organizational punishments in modern NBA history.
Arsenal's deadline-day gamble leaves Mikel Arteta painfully short in attack
Arsenal strengthened heavily this summer but ended deadline day without the elite forward they wanted. With Jesus, Martinelli, and Trossard gone, Arteta now faces a worrying lack of attacking depth.
Tragedy at Arizona State: Attorney Says Blues Prospect Matthew Mayich Has ‘Zero Chance of Recovery’ Following Workout Collapse
Questions are mounting over an intense outdoor team workout, Arizona State’s handling of the incident and whether enough was done to protect the 21-year-old defenseman.
CrossTalk Brief: Rangers Closing In on Eeli Tolvanen
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THE CHECK-IN: You Don’t Have to Have It All Figured Out
There is a lot of pressure to know what comes next. Sometimes the healthiest thing we can admit is that we simply don’t know yet.
The Angels Finally Escape Arte Moreno — But Baseball Will Never Forget the Ohtani-Trout Years He Wasted
The sale of the Los Angeles Angels closes the book on an ownership era that somehow turned two generational superstars into six years of irrelevant baseball.
September Is Here, and the Best Time of the Sports Year Is About to Begin
We are heading into the best time of the year.
Curaçao Conquers Williamsport: 11-2 Rout of Nevada Captures 2026 Little League World Series Crown
Pariba Little League delivers Curaçao its second world championship as a powerful international run ends with one final offensive explosion.
CrossTalk Entertainment Report: Hollywood Closes August With Blockbusters, Reality Chaos, Wrestling Drama and a Fall Season Ready to Explode
Movies remain red-hot, streaming gears up for September, Big Brother celebrates a milestone, Bravo shakes up the Housewives universe, daytime soaps reload, WWE builds its next major rivalries, and the entertainment world celebrates several legends lost this week.
SUNDAY TALK: The Hall of Fame Is Not the Same as Immortality
Sunday Talk is a CrossTalk Media opinion column. Statistical and historical player data referenced throughout this column were researched through Baseball-Reference.
One Win From History: Nevada Returns to Little League World Series Championship Game
Paseo Verde Little League will face Curaçao on Sunday with a chance to deliver Nevada its first Little League World Series championship
College Football Is Back: CrossTalk Media’s Complete 2026 Opening Weekend Preview
From Dublin to Los Angeles and all the way to Las Vegas, the 2026 college football season kicks off Saturday with eight FBS matchups and plenty of storylines to follow.
MLB Owners Want to Reinvent Free Agency — But the Salary Cap Fight Is Becoming Baseball’s Real Battle
The league’s latest labor proposal would dramatically reshape free agency, roster movement and player development. The problem? MLB has tied the package to the one thing the Players Association has repeatedly said it will not accept: a hard salary cap.
Cale Makar Just Broke the NHL’s Salary Scale — What Happens When Connor McDavid Comes Due?
The $20 million NHL player has officially arrived. The bigger question is how long it takes before $20 million starts looking like a bargain.
LLWS Final Four Set: Japan, Curaçao, Ohio and Nevada One Step From Williamsport Glory
Championship weekend has arrived at the 2026 Little League World Series, with two highly anticipated rematches set to determine who plays for the world championship.
THE CHECK-IN: Boundaries Are Not Rejection
Saying “no,” asking for space, or protecting your time does not mean you care less. Sometimes boundaries are how we preserve the relationships—and the parts of ourselves—that matter most.
Tim Curry Dies at 80: Remembering the Fearless Performer Behind Some of Hollywood’s Most Unforgettable Characters
The entertainment world has lost another unmistakable voice, face and presence.
US Open 2026 Update: Serena’s Return Electrifies New York as Flushing Meadows Builds Toward the Main Draw
The final Grand Slam of the season is already producing major storylines during Fan Week, with Serena Williams back on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Carlos Alcaraz testing his surgically important right wrist, Jannik Sinner out of the tournament and qualifying battles underway across Flushing Meadows.
Dolly Parton Dies at 80: The Music May End, But a Legacy Like Hers Never Will
There are entertainers whose songs become hits, stars whose careers define an era, and then there are the rare figures who become so deeply woven into American culture that it becomes difficult to imagine the world without them. Dolly Parton was one of those figures.
Little League World Series Update: Pressure Rises in Williamsport as the Field Narrows
The Little League Baseball World Series has officially reached the point where every inning feels bigger.
THE CHECK-IN: When Progress Doesn’t Feel Like Progress
Growth is not always obvious while you are living through it. Sometimes progress looks less like a breakthrough and more like quietly refusing to give up.