
City's late swoop for Iliman Ndiaye, agreed with Everton and the player after Tottenham looked set, shows how the richest clubs bend the market to their will.





Shohei Ohtani is slumping and hurting in three separate places, and his team already has the NL West locked up. Give him the rest now, before October forces the issue.






Amen Thompson and three other young Rockets have all agreed to sign for less than max value. Houston is building a contender on math and trust, not just the biggest checkbook.






A blocked field goal and a last-minute touchdown will get the highlights, but the number that should worry Georgia Tech is 73 rushing yards on 27 carries.






A $1.5 million bet on Eeli Tolvanen is easy to like. Whether a summer of middle-six churn actually fixes the team that finished last in the Metropolitan is a much harder sell.






Valentina Shevchenko's withdrawal left Salt Lake City without a title fight, and the reported fix leans on a footnote from 2015 rather than anything happening in the cage now.






The Ahanor deal is a case study in a growing Chelsea habit: lock up the asset first, worry about where he actually plays later.




