Craig Counsell's innovative bullpen strategy, as well as his baseball life journey, has the manager and Brewers fully prepared for winner-take-all finale of the NLCS.

Toronto's win over the Celtics on Friday lived up to the billing as the two teams that finished at the top of the East last season showed that they're still the class of the conference. 

Forty-four catches, 708 yards, zero touchdowns. That should be impossible, but it is all too real for Julio Jones this season. He's going to score a touchdown. Eventually. Our writers make their bets on when that will happen, and what it will look like.

Spit, sweat, blood and... lung butter? We explored the grossest spot in sports, reveal the political pursuit of a teenage Mets fan and pick our favorite stories of the week in this edition of the Weekend Read.

What should the 76ers and their fans expect from Markelle Fultz in year No. 2? An enigma for much of his short career, Fultz now has a chance to become a reliable third option and leave his mark in Philadelphia. 

Here are the keys to Patriots-Bears, Bengals-Chiefs, Saints-Ravens and the rest of Sunday's matchups.

Why Byron Leftwich doesn't like to talk about specific plays, and what that might say about his future as a coach.