The History Behind a 75-Year-Old NFL Passing Record That Still Stands Norm Van Brocklin’s single-game record of 554 passing yards was even more unlikely than most people realize. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
NFL Week 3 Lessons: Why Seven Seconds Could Define Cowboys’ Season Dallas lost the opportunity to shed its mediocre label. Plus, the 49ers continue to win despite costly injuries, and Marcus Mariota deserves a raise. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
Why Cristiano Ronaldo Was Left on the Bench for Portugal vs. Norway Broken promises, unexpected changes and the threat of a talking to have all emerged in the aftermath of Ronaldo’s unexpected absence. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
NFL Week 3 Winners and Losers: Drake Maye Looks Nothing Like the 2025 MVP Runner-Up Sunday’s Week 3 slate of NFL football was yet another great one. The afternoon gave us 11 one-score games that went down to the wire, including a barn-burner in Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
Davis Webb Has Quieted the Calls for Sean Payton to Resume Play-Calling Despite Bo Nix’s inconsistency, the Broncos’ new offensive coordinator has found his footing in wins over the formidable Jaguars and Rams. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
Albert Breer’s Week 3 NFL Takeaways: Bills Had a Chance to Show Their Character Plus, the Ravens mastered a late-game situation, Talanoa Hufanga explains his pick-six, Maxx Crosby talks 3–0 Raiders and more. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
Six Soccer Players Who Became NFL Stars Not many soccer players have transferred their skills to the NFL over the years. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
‘I Lost 99% of Everything’—Real Madrid, Brazil Legend Opens Up on Crisis Roberto Carlos looked back on a major mistake during his iconic career. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
The Best Play From Every Game of Sunday’s Week 3 NFL Slate From game-sealing interceptions to highlight reel-worthy catches, Week 3 was jam-packed with big-time plays. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
Week 4 Fantasy Waiver Wire: Add Ollie Gordon II, Braelon Allen The pair of running backs are just a few of the many fantasy options worthy of pickup consideration. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
Belgium vs. France—Nations League: Preview, Predictions and Lineups France and Belgium both opened their 2026 UEFA Nations League campaigns with victories. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
Transfer Rumors: Man Utd Break the Bank for World Cup Winner; Mourinho’s Liverpool Raid Erling Haaland, Virgil van Dijk, Raphinha, Alex Scott, Estêvão and many more feature in the gossip. Sports Illustrated · Sep 27
The Jim Harbaugh–Mike McDaniel–Justin Herbert Marriage Is a Failure So Far The Chargers made big changes leading into 2026, but so far we’ve seen an endless loop of the same old team. Sports Illustrated · Sep 27
Presidents Cup Winners and Losers: Scottie Scheffler Had the Classiest Move in Team USA’s Comeback Win Team USA stormed back on Sunday to beat the International team once again in the Presidents Cup. Sports Illustrated · Sep 27
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 4: Iowa Enters CFP Picture A shake-up in the postseason order has begun with a few teams separating themselves, while upstart programs are trying to ace their first tests.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Jurgen Klopp’s Fierce Defense of Florian Wirtz Almost Immediately Backfires The Liverpool star underwhelmed in his first appearance under the new Germany boss.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Will Lionel Messi Play for Inter Miami vs. Columbus Crew? The Herons are in action during the international break without key players.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 NFL Week 3 Good, Bad and Ugly: Jaguars, Patriots Headed in Opposite Directions Jacksonville took command of the AFC South, while Drake Maye and New England struggled to another loss. Plus, Baltimore pulled out a stunning win over Dallas with late-game heroics.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Malik Tillman Ends Decade-Long Wait for USMNT Which Christian Pulisic Never Could Pulisic was not missed in a blowout win for the U.S. against Peru.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Man Utd Spiral Further Into Crisis After Brutal Injury Blow to Problem Position Injuries are making the Red Devils’ existing problems even worse.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Forde-Yard Dash: The Big Ten’s Power Structure Flips With Massive Road Wins The old Big Ten West struck back with a vengeance with signature victories from Iowa and Wisconsin, while USC and Maryland have coaching hot seat questions.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Pat Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 4 Florida’s hot start to the season vaults the Gators to a first-round bye amid a host of SEC teams in the field.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Justin Ellis: From MLS Afterthought to USMNT Goalscorer in Six Months The teenager had a USMNT debut to remember, capturing the attention of an entire nation.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 Broncos vs. Rams: Three Bold Predictions For Sunday Night’s Heavyweight Bout in Denver A battle between two of the league’s best offensive minds, Sean McVay and Sean Payton, will unfold on Sunday night.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 What Could Man City’s Charges Mean for Erling Haaland? Erling Haaland’s Manchester City future could be in jeopardy if the club faces severe punishment for breaking financial rules.