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Oct 31, 2026 - Sports

This matchup brings real weight into the final week of October, with USC and Ohio State both entering at 6-1 and positioned near the top of the Big Ten race.

Oct 31, 2026 - Sports

Once among the NFL’s most punishing running backs, Larry Johnson opens up about memory loss, intrusive thoughts and his fears over football’s lasting tollIn his heyday, Larry Johnson was the NFL tailback you’d least want to line up against, the steamroller in pads who had defensive players and coaches questioning their life choices on every down. But since Johnson walked away from pro football in 2011, after seven seasons in the league and an All-Pro run with the Kansas City Chiefs, he’s the one doing the soul-searching, grappling with the toll all that gridiron glory has taken on his brain.Johnson, who still cuts a fit and formidable figure at age 46, can scarcely recall his glittering career, much less its highlights. “I go up to maybe 2006, 2007,” he tells me. “Anything before or three years after, I really don’t remember.” Continue reading...

Oct 31, 2026 - Sports

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Oct 31, 2026 - Sports

Iraola’s midfield has rediscovered its aggression and intensity just in time for Sunday’s visit of Arsenal to AnfieldAlexis Mac Allister found himself in a strong position to apply pressure on Liverpool over a new contract before Atlético Madrid’s visit to Anfield last month, although only in the physical sense of being up on stage to preview the game in front of a mass audience. In reality, the 27-year-old’s negotiating stance was relatively weak. And in fairness to the Argentina international, he has been true to his word in flipping the narrative in his favour ever since.As the past two Premier League champions prepare to meet at Anfield on Sunday, when Liverpool can narrow the gap on Arsenal to three points with a fourth successive home win in all competitions, Mac Allister’s form encapsulates the impressive improvement of Andoni Iraola’s team. He has become the indispensable part of Liverpool’s central midfield and to an extent that, merely seven weeks on from that headline-grabbing Champions League press conference, it is not only Mac Allister who thinks he deserves a contract extension. Continue reading...

Oct 31, 2026 - Sports

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