The Times’ Sam Farmer analyzes each matchup and predicts the winners of Week 4 of the 2021 NFL season.

Week 4 brings some difficult matchups for players who are usually automatic starts. (Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports)

Sep. 30—Since its inception more than two decades ago, the Mountain West Conference has been in a constant state of change. By all accounts, it’s time to get ready for more. Deemed to be immune to the latest round of conference realignment based on its relatively isolated location and stable (if not terribly lucrative) financial situation, the 11-school league is apparently about to get rocked …

Mackay, who has become a familiar voice for NBC Sports/Golf Channel, is headed back to caddie life.

Tom Brady routinely took less money to give the Patriots more roster flexibility. The truth is he probably would have won titles either way.

Katie Nolan, a one-time rising star at ESPN after being lured from Fox Sports, announced today online that she’s leaving the sports network. “I’ve thought about sending this tweet for weeks and I still have no clue how to make it not make you all roll your eyes,” Nolan wrote on Twitter. “Alas: the obvious thing […]