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NBA thoughts: Home court Advantage jitters

Editor’s note: This column was written before Game 4. In that game, the San Antonio Spurs blew a 29-point lead en route to a loss, putting them on the brink of elimination. NEW YORK CITY – In professional sports, there is often a large amount of importance put on home court advantage, in being able to play in a team’s own city for big games. In the NBA Finals, where they play best-of-seven series, home court advantage allows up to four games at home, including the seventh one if it is needed. Anyone who has watched games in the NBA playoffs this season knows the fans have been ...

F1 Review: Is Antonelli a generational talent?

MONACO — The entire weekend that Formula 1 (F1) cars hit the streets of the Principality of Monaco is filled with glitz and glamour, but seldom much exciting racing. This year, young phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli drove his Mercedes to a win from pole position, leading every single lap along ...

F1 Review: Antonelli thrives, McLaren dives in Canada

CANADA — While the racetrack in Montreal, Canada, is the fifth-most used track by Formula 1 (F1) in the history of the sport, this past weekend was the first time the cars have had a sprint weekend there. As with Miami three weeks ago, that meant teams would get just one practice session followed by sprint qualifying, the sprint race, feature race qualifying, and end with the feature race on Sunday afternoon. Mercedes continued their dominance in 2026, with George Russell winning the sprint race from pole position, and his teammate Kimi Antonelli winning the feature race. One of the ...

F1 Review: America’s future in the sport

With Formula 1 (F1) shortened by two races this season, there is an unusual April break. While the teams are undoubtedly hard at work trying to improve their cars, I can’t take you inside the factories to see what those updates might be. I can, however, update audiences on one of my selling ...

F1 Review: Driver’s thoughts on new regulations

This past Sunday, Formula 1 (F1) drivers were supposed to be racing around the Bahrain circuit, but both it and next week’s race in Saudi Arabia were cancelled due to the war in the Middle East. Since two of the three rounds of pre-season testing took place in Bahrain, the teams all have the ...

F1 Review: Piastri spices things up in Japan

JAPAN — Many Formula 1 (F1) pundits were saying the race in Japan would simply be a race between the two Mercedes drivers once more. George Russell won the first race in Australia, and Andrea Kimi Antonelli became the sport’s youngest grand prix winner in China two weeks ago, cementing the ...