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Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season wasn't always pretty, but you can't knock the entertainment value. Seven of the 13 games in the two afternoon windows were one-score games, and an eighth was a tie. Five were decided by scores in the final two minutes.

Federer, who announced his retirement at the age of 41, always had plenty. Plenty of charm. Plenty of time. Plenty of decency. And of course, plenty of talent.The country of Switzerland is flush with fountains. But you are unlikely ever to see people throwing coins into one.

This week, the NFL delivered epic comebacks led by Tua Tagovailoa and Kyler Murray, the return of Jimmy Garoppolo, and downright baffling decisions (again) from Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett. Here are our winners and losers from Sunday.

For Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo, this was never the plan.

BOB COUSY TURNED 94 years old last month, and the Boston Celtics legend believes nearly half of his life has been spent affiliated with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Kirk Herbstreit steps to the lectern and clears his throat. Two cameramen crouch in front, capturing him from alternate angles — one locked on his made-for-TV visage and the other set to pan across his body once he starts delivering his lines.

Every team’s season hinges on someone. Which players have the ability to make—or break—their squad’s campaign? Welcome to your 2022 NFL season’s X factors.

SALT LAKE CITY — Still sticky and soggy from the champagne shower in the clubhouse, they made the half-mile walk down Main Street from Derks Field to the watering hole that was as much a sanctuary as a place to get properly smashed.

Matt Leinart is no longer the baby-faced quarterback leading USC to national championships. During a phone interview this summer, the 39-year-old who now works as a college football analyst for Fox was driving between appointments while trying to keep his kids quiet in the car.

On Sunday, Nebraska made Scott Frost a cautionary tale in college football coaching — the best proof yet that, no matter how spotless a hire might look, it can still flame out in spectacular fashion.

In a pivotal year for quarterback Mac Jones, Belichick has turned the New England Patriots offense over to a pair of failed head coaches. What could possibly go wrong? Only everything. Every great coach must deal with brain drain.

LOS ANGELES — Berry Tramel is on the phone, rattling off the first month of USC’s schedule with ease. The Oklahoman sports columnist knows Sooners fans don’t have much faith in Rice on Sept.

Only two players in the history of American baseball have hit 100 home runs and pitched 400 strikeouts. One was Babe Ruth, the American folk hero of the early 20th century. The other, as of September 3rd, is a modest young man from Iwate, a rural prefecture in northern Japan, called Ohtani Shohei.

On Saturday afternoon, the college-football season begins in a location befitting this truly American sport: Dublin, Ireland.

To celebrate the return of college football, The Ringer explores the topics that will matter most this season, from potential domination by Alabama to the fallout from Lincoln Riley’s decision to leave Oklahoma for USC College football is back! (Well, technically, it came back last Saturday with N