Wide right. Trailing the Giants 20-19 with just seconds remaining in Super Bowl XXV, kicker Scott Norwood had a chance to deliver the city its first football championship. All he had to do was make a 47-yard field goal. He missed. Wide right. Then there was the Sabres’ 1999 Stanley Cup Final appearance in which Dallas’ Brett Hull appeared to skate into the crease when scoring the deciding goal to steal the championship from Buffalo....

There is not much to separate five-time Ballon d’Or winners Messi and Ronaldo, who are regarded as two of the greatest players of all time. Both are all-time leading goalscorers for Barca and Madrid respectively, having guided their teams to Spanish and European honours. Buffon weighed into the debate ahead of his encounter with Messi as Italy and Argentina go head-to-head in an international friendly in Manchester on Friday....

Roma to win Serie A - 9/1 Juventus are seeking a seventh successive Scudetto in 2017-18 but are set to come up against improved opposition in Milan, Roma, Inter and Napoli. Milan have been the most active, raiding Juventus for Leonardo Bonucci, while signing Lucas Biglia, Andre Silva, Hakan Calhanoglu, Andrea Conti, Ricardo Rodriguez, Mateo Musacchio, Franck Kessie and Fabio Borini. Rick Karsdorp, Cengiz Under, Aleksandar Kolarov, Maxime Gonalons, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Hector Moreno have joined Roma, while Inter have recruited the likes of Borja Valero and Milan Skriniar....

DeCourcy, along with NCAA Tournament vice president Dan Gavitt, takes us through how technology helps the Selection Committee do its job quickly, accurately and successfully. No easy task when you're evaluating the number of teams they must consider.

Dunleavy jammed his left thumb attempting to take a charge in the fourth quarter Sunday in the Bulls' 98-89 loss. The thumb was X-rayed and is swollen, but Dunleavy said he didn't think it was broken. Even if it is broken, Dunleavy said it "probably doesn't really matter" because it's his non-shooting hand. Dunleavy scored only six points in Game 4 after a getting a playoff career-high 35 in Game 3....

That is until the team held its exit interviews with the media a day after they were eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs. It started with Robin Lopez bringing his dog to interviews. He spoke to the audience while carry his dog-son named Muppet like a child. MORE: Dwyane Wade’s future with Bulls unclear, wants to see plan before making decision That was only the start....

There is this terrible rumor going around that most people want to do something really stimulating, really generous or really entrepreneurial once they leave their jobs. Supposedly no one wants to retire to sit around and do nothing. Except me, that is. The absence of any ambition on my part is unfortunate since I will not be rich when I retire, which will probably be in a few years. I’ve worked for the City of New York all my adult life, teaching, writing grants for schools and now, heading up the city’s grants office....

Manchester United (4th, 38 points) travels to Turf Moor to take on Burnley (20th, 13 points) looking to strengthen its hold on fourth place in the Premier League table. It won’t be easy, matching up against one of the league’s most stout defenses, a side which is fighting for its Premier League life. While United is looking over its shoulder, knowing any slip could allow one or more of the four teams behind it to overtake the Red Devils, Burnley is looking ahead, safe in the knowledge that three points would move it not just off the bottom but out of the relegation zone altogether....

Gernot Rohr included the Bursaspor defender in his 28-man squad that will face the European sides in World Cup 2018 tune-up games slated for March. The three-time African Champions will trade tackles with Adam Nawalka’s side at the Stadion Miejski in Poland on March 23, and four days later, they slug it out with Serbia at the Hive, London. The former Anorthosis player has made 18 appearances for the Super Eagles since his debut against Mali....

The big question is this: Can the 2.45-mile track and the 43 drivers who will race there produce the type of thrilling finish we’ve seen there the past two years? The 2012 race at Watkins Glen is widely regarded as one of the most spectacular finishes in recent memory, putting road courses on par with NASCAR’s short tracks in terms of action and excitement. Who can forget the final two laps, with leader Kyle Busch slipping and sliding all over the oil-slick track, Brad Keselowski bumping him out of the way, and then Keselowski and Marcos Ambrose racing wildly through the grass and all over the asphalt in a mad dash to the checkered flag?...

La Liga leaders Barca dropped points against relegation-threatened Las Palmas, who earned a 1-1 draw after Jonathan Calleri’s penalty cancelled out Lionel Messi’s 21st-minute opener. Las Palmas were gifted the opportunity to equalise following the break when referee Antonio Mateu pointed to the spot, with Barca head coach Ernesto Valverde lamenting the “invisible penalty” post-match. The result saw Barca’s lead over second-placed Atletico left at five points and Busquets said: “We’ve dropped two points [against Las Palmas] in an important moment....

Here’s what happens after students finish the test. Two graders–generally college and high-school English teachers–will read each essay and place it on a scale of one to six. College Board officials emphasize that graders will see examples of stars and duds for each topic and be checked for consistency in their scoring. If the two graders disagree by more than a point on an essay–a four and a two, for example–a third, more experienced grader will weigh in....

Butler is an NCAA Tournament team. The Bulldogs aren’t there yet. They misspent too much of the season trying to solidify an identity, a formula, but committing to Jones as the primary point guard has helped to stabilize a defense that had been too pliable. MORE: Field of 68 projections Butler’s resume still has some minor issues: only a single top-25 win, that over Purdue back in December. Seton Hall is only ranked in the 30s, so the season sweep gives the Bulldogs a total of four top-50 wins....

One of my favorite summer exercises is to take a glance at the on-ice save percentages (even-strength) compiled at various hockey databases. Despite organizations getting smarter with time -- the New Jersey Devils are apparently hiring the legendary Sunny Mehta of the Oilogosphere to work their Hockey Analytics department -- there are still plenty of suckers hanging around the water cooler. Though on-ice save percentage tells us plenty about what happened in the past, it tells us virtually nothing about future performance....

It was very evident the eccentric American had not been putting his feet up when the PGA Tour resumed in June following a three-month hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: Tee times, TV coverage DeChambeau teed off at the Charles Schwab Challenge with a substantially bulked-up frame after dedicating himself to an intensive daily training schedule while in quarantine. The world No. 7 also put his new appearance down to a diet that includes seven protein shakes a day and a 2,000-calorie breakfast, consuming two big meals daily and “munching” in between....

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The injury required doctors to insert one rod in the back of Jorgensen’s neck and another in the front for stabilization. MORE: Injuries that ended careers “It’s going to be a long road to recovery,” Austen Jorgenson, Colby’s brother, said Tuesday night while Colby was in the third hour of a five- to six-hour surgery. “We’ll know the exact details after he comes out of surgery. The doctors were confident that there wouldn’t be any hiccups, but they need to do the back, then flip him over and do the front....