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If you’ve read this column regularly over the last few years, my rooting interests should be clear by now. I pull for the outsiders and outliers. The strugglers and stragglers. The players…

Smokin’ Joe: The red-hot Root has stolen a march over his peers during the last 30 months. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Joe Root has been in the form of his life. Incredibly, he has blasted…

Smokin’ Joe: The red-hot Root has stolen a march over his peers during the last 30 months. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Maithreyi S.Joe Root has been in the form of his life. Incredibly, he…

Fifteen months ago, the following words appeared in this column:“USC needs to remove Clay Helton right here, right now.”A few days ago, Clay Helton genially answered a phone call from that…

If the parties in one of the country’s most closely watched legal dramas fail to reach an agreement, a trial will follow in November—a prospect that is particularly fascinating to a very…

Germany defender Antonio Rudiger said on Monday he was rooting for Real Madrid to beat Liverpool in the Champions League final last month because was still hurting after losing the FA Cup…

MADRID: Germany defender Antonio Rudiger said on Monday he was rooting for Real Madrid to beat Liverpool in the Champions Leaguefinal last month because was still hurting after losing the…

Rafael Nadal takes on Nick Kyrgios in the Indian Wells quarter-final on Thursday in what will be their ninth meeting. The Spaniard leads the head-to-head by five wins to three losses but…

0 of 3Lachlan Cunningham/Getty ImagesAn argument could be made that the New York Knicks should pull the plug on the 2021-22 NBA season and shift their focus to the future.The odds of jumping…

0 of 3Chris Szagola/Associated PressThe Boston Celtics are too hot to touch.Once struggling to tread water in the midsection of the NBA's Eastern Conference, the Shamrocks are quickly…