Sean McDermott was fired as head coach of the Buffalo Bills on Monday after once again falling short of the Super Bowl. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/20/more-sports/bills-fire-mcdermott/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #seanmcdermott #buffalobills
Harrison Mevis kicked a game-winning 42-yard field goal with 3:19 left in overtime, and Kyren Williams rushed for two touchdowns to send the Los Angeles Rams to the NFC title game. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/19/more-sports/rams-beat-bears-playoffs-ot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #losangelesrams #chicagobears #nflplayoffs #calebwilliams #kyrenwilliams #matthewstafford
New England Patriots qualified for the AFC championship game with a 28-16 victory over the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Massachusetts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/19/more-sports/patriots-reach-afc-title-game/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #newenglandpatriots #houstontexans #nflplayoffs #drakemaye #marcusjones #cjstroud
Lindsey Vonn continued her remarkable form in the lead-up to the Winter Olympics with her seventh World Cup podium of the season in Sunday's super-G in Tarvisio. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/19/more-sports/lindsey-vonn-podium-superg/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #lindseyvonn #emmaaicher #sofiagoggia #federicabrignone #alpineskiingworldcup #2026milanocortinaolympics
A tearful Josh Allen took the blame as his Buffalo Bills' latest bid to capture their first ever Super Bowl ended in an agonizing 33-30 playoff defeat to the Denver Broncos in overtime on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/18/more-sports/broncos-beat-bills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #seattleseahawks #sanfrancisco49ers #denverbroncos #buffalobills #joshallen #bonix
Italy's Nicol Delago won her first ever World Cup race on Saturday with victory in the Tarvisio downhill, as Lindsey Vonn claimed another podium with the Winter Olympics homing into view. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/18/more-sports/delago-world-cup-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nicoldelago #lindseyvonn #marcoodermatt #milanocortinaolympics
The New York Giants got their man on Saturday as former Ravens coach John Harbaugh told U.S. media he had finalized a five-year deal that had been in the works since Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/18/more-sports/harbaugh-signs-giants/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #baltimoreravens #newyorkgiants #johnharbaugh
Mike Tomlin stepped down as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday after 19 seasons without a losing record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/14/more-sports/mike-tomlin-steps-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #miketomlin #pittsburghsteelers #nfl
Sheldon Rankins returned a fumble for a touchdown and Caden Bullock took an interception back for a score to help the Houston Texans notch a 30-6 victory over the host Pittsburgh Steelers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/13/more-sports/texans-steelers-wild-card/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nfl #wildcardround #pittsburghsteelers #houstontexans #aaronrodgers #cjstroud
Richard T. Lee of Canada, Bjorn Hellgren of Sweden and former wunderkind Anthony Kim earned wild-card spots for the 2026 LIV Golf season. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/12/more-sports/kim-liv-golf-spot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #richardtlee #bjornhellgren #anthonykim #livgolf
The injury-hit San Francisco 49ers sent the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles crashing out of the NFL playoffs in a stunning wild-card round upset on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/12/more-sports/niners-upset-reigning-champion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #sanfrancisco49ers #philadelphiaeagles #brockpurdy #christianmccaffrey #joshallen #buffalobills #jacksonvillejaguars #nfl #nflplayoffs
Caleb Williams fired the Chicago Bears to a madcap win over their bitter foes Green Bay on Saturday, storming back from an 18-point deficit to eliminate the Packers 31-27 on the first day of the NFL playoffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/11/more-sports/bears-stun-packers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #losangelesrams #carolinapanthers #chicagobears #greenbaypackers #calebwilliams #matthewstafford
Two events in Mexico and stops in Japan and Bermuda highlight the U.S. PGA Tour's eight-tournament fall schedule announced on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/10/more-sports/pga/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #pgatour #hawaii #yokohama
The Green Bay Packers are hoping the strategy to rest numerous starters helps snap a four-game slide when they face the Chicago Bears in a wild-card round matchup of NFC North rivals Saturday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/09/more-sports/panthers-rams-bears-packers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nflwildcardround #greenbaypackers #chicagobears #carolinapanthers #losangelesrams
Australia had a few nervous moments but safely chased down its 160-run victory target before tea on the final day of the fifth Ashes test on Thursday for a five-wicket victory and a 4-1 series triumph. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/08/more-sports/australia-ashes-triumph/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #theashes #england #australia #usmankhawaja #stevesmith #benstokes
Quarterbacks Dante Moore of Oregon and Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza of No. 1 Indiana are showcase attractions in the spotlight College Football Playoff semifinal on Friday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/08/more-sports/peach-bowl-quarterbacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #collegefootball #nfldraft #fernandomendoza #dantemoore
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura is unrepentant about his "Mickey Mouse" qualification route to the Candidates Tournament and says any player would make the same moves as him under the circumstances. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/06/more-sports/nakamura-downplays-controversy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #candidatestournament #hikarunakamura
Nyjah Huston, widely regarded as the greatest street skateboarder of all time, suffered a fractured skull and fractured eye socket in an accident. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/06/more-sports/nyjah-huston-injury/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nyjahhuston #2028losangelesolympics
For struggling NFL teams the end of the regular season triggers an annual exercise in bloodletting known around the league as Black Monday and this year proved no exception as a number of head coaches were fired. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/06/more-sports/nfl-coaches-fired/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #clevelandbrowns #lasvegasraiders #arizonacardinals #newyorkgiants
Toyota drivers dominated the second stage of the Dakar Rally with the fastest five placings on Monday but Nasser Al-Attiyah took over at the top of the car standings for the Dacia Sandriders team. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/06/more-sports/toyota-dakar-second-stage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nasseralattiyah #toyotagazooracing #dakarrally