They call him a “chess detective.” For more than a decade now, University at Buffalo computer science professor Kenneth Regan has been one of the world’s foremost experts in a niche subject: The detection of…
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The St. Louis Blues fired Stanley Cup-winning head coach Craig Berube just hours after Tuesday’s 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, which dropped St. Louis to 13-14-1 on the season. Drew Bannister, the head…
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Juan Soto, the New York Yankees’ newest prized possession, didn’t mind the questions. Certainly, he welcomed everyone’s interest. He respects the curiosity. But no, he did not drop a single hint on Tuesday, share any…
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Survive and advance. The late Jim Valvano popularized the phrase while speaking about the NCAA basketball tournament, but it’s just as applicable to fantasy football. You only need to beat your opponent this week. Then…
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And now the manner he’ll be compensated has shattered another norm. Ohtani is deferring $680 million of his $700 million salary from the Los Angeles Dodgers, earning the relatively pauper’s sum of $2 million per…
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Apply the lens of cheating to golf, and it becomes a paradoxical sport. The game roots itself in integrity and class. Yet even with a rule book more than 200 pages thick, few activities lend…
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In a 2015 interview with ESPN one of the greatest athletes in the history of American sports did something that’s since been mostly forgotten, but was remarkable then and even now: He publicly admitted to…
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There is no hard-and-fast deadline. No one is in any particular hurry. Besides, the two biggest blockbuster moves have already been made with Shohei Ohtani traveling up the road to the Los Angeles Dodgers and…
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The Chicago Bulls revealed plans to have a Ring of Honor for the franchise. Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Phil Jackson, Jerry Krause, Artis Gilmore, Jerry Sloan, Toni Kukoc, Bob Love, Chet Walker, Johnny…
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The NFL season is nearing its end, which means we’re at that time of year that has football fans giddier than a six-year-old on Christmas morning. There are NFL games on both Saturday and Sunday…