Analysis
Inside the rebuild: how Calder Athletic got young and got good
Two summers ago they sold their entire midfield. The plan behind the panic is now second in the league — and it was never really a panic.
Match reportNinety-third minute: Northport steal the derby at the death
Football
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The numbers
The set-piece revolution is quietly deciding the title race
A third of the league’s goals now start from a dead ball. The clubs that noticed first are the ones looking down at everyone else.
Transfers
Transfer notebook: the winter window’s quiet bargains
No records will fall this January. The smart money is moving anyway — on loan clauses, pre-contracts and a striker everyone forgot.
Basketball
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Basketball
Dockside Kings and the fourth-quarter machine
They trail through three quarters and win anyway — again and again. The league’s strangest team is also its most terrifying.
Match report
Summit Nine lose more than a game in overtime thriller
An 88-84 overtime defeat to Bay Breakers came with an injury that could reshape the season’s entire playoff picture.
Tennis
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Tennis
Aldana outlasts Keller in a final that earned its fifth set
Four hours, two rain delays and a tiebreak that will enter clay-court folklore — the Open final delivered everything except an early night.
Feature
The junior circuit’s quiet revolution in coaching
Video analysis at fourteen, sports psychologists at fifteen — the next generation is arriving with tools their coaches never had.
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Athletics
Relay gold decided by the width of a baton
The national championship 4x100 came down to a photo finish — and a changeover drilled ten thousand times in an empty stadium.
Swimming
Lane four, world on her shoulders: a freestyle season preview
The championships arrive with one question: can anyone stay within a body length of the fastest 200 in a generation?
Boxing
The southpaw problem: boxing’s oldest puzzle, new again
Three of the four champions at the weight are now left-handed. Trainers explain why the orthodox world keeps getting caught.
Baseball
Extra innings, extra everything: ballpark classic goes fourteen
Five hours, three lead changes after the ninth, and a walk-off nobody in the building will forget — the long way is sometimes the best way.