#team-performance

#team-performance

The start of year 100 felt eerily similar to many dispiriting nights in year 99. The New York Rangers' lethargic effort in a 3-0 season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday could be chalked up to a number of factors: adjustments to a new coach and new systems, the return of Artemi Panarin and J.T. Miller after lengthy preseason absences, and a general lack of execution.

They could've put this game away in the fourth quarter with what would've been a 72-yard touchdown by Emari Demercado. Instead, they fumbled the ball away and completely collapsed, allowing 16 unanswered points to give the Titans their first win of the season. This team isn't going anywhere this year, and everybody should be at risk of losing their job. A loss like that is unacceptable at the NFL level.

You can see it in every tackle, every gut-busting run and in the frustrated body language when a pass doesn't quite come off. That energy is matched on the sideline, Rehanne Skinner animated throughout their 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa hold the line, come closer, talk to her and Fion can't get out are among the many commands from the technical area, with those behind the dugout treated to the thoughts of the manager while the action is under way.

Ron Washington will not return for a third season as the Los Angeles Angels manager, The Athletic reported. The Angels hadn't publicly announced their decision Tuesday on Washington, who missed roughly half of the current season after undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery. Interim manager Ray Montgomery also won't be the Angels' next manager, according to the report. The 73-year-old Washington was the oldest manager in the majors during his two seasons with the Angels, who hired him in November 2023.

Not long after, I heard that the Nashville Peacocks, an inclusive adult basketball team, were looking for a coach. They had been competing in the National Gay Basketball Association (NGBA) for a couple of years, coming close to a title but never quite sealing the deal. From the energy and commitment of General Manager Sammy Hann, I knew right away I wanted to be part of their journey.

Legendary hurler has spotted cracks in the system that must be addressed Ciarán Carey made a bold prediction in the summer of 2018 that Limerick would dominate the hurling landscape in a similar way that the all-conquering Dublin footballers did, but what does he think seven years later?

I don't know. It's one of those things where when you're not with the team, you don't know what's going on inside the clubhouse," he said. "You try to talk to guys, but you never really know unless you're there. "So for me, I'm not entirely sure what's going on. It's definitely one of those stretches that's gone on for a while.

In today's fast-moving work environment, organizations expect teams to do everything at once: perform flawlessly in the moment and constantly improve for the future. But is it wise to ask teams to chase both performance and learning outcomes at the same time? Jean-François Harvey Jean-François Harvey is an associate professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at HEC Montréal.

Germany's journey to the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada got off to the worst possible start as Julian Nagelsmann's team suffered a deserved 2-0 defeat to Slovakia in Bratislava. Nearly three months after the disappointment of the Nations League, Germany looked out of shape and sorts. They had never lost a World Cup qualifier away from home before tonight. History had been made, but not the kind that Nagelsmann wanted. Here are the key takeaways from Germany's loss.

These losses aren't even funny anymore. They're certainly not fun. Not only have the Twins now lost the season series to Chicago, they snapped the White Sox's 205-game losing streak when trailing after eight innings. Of course it's THIS team. On to the parody, and I don't mean this pretend masquerading as a ballclub. Man, it's a late one,The fall attendance in a downward run,'Cause we find the Minnesota Twins certainly done;The owner's a fool.

Even beyond the pain of the ass-whooping-and an especially stinging one at that, seeing how FSU quarterback Thomas Castellanos cashed every single cent of the check he'd shit-talked his way into writing in the lead-up to the game-it is hard for a Bama fan to come out of that game not feeling like they have now watched Rome fall in real time.

Imagine you're working in a three-person team on a challenging bridge design project. Every decision about every truss is critical in the iterative design process. You have a good idea for the next design move to optimise the strength-to-weight ratio for a given truss. You state your case, and two of your teammates disagree, so you're outvoted. Now imagine that both of those teammates were artificial intelligence (AI) agents that overruled you.

Some people are fans of the Los Angeles Rams. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Los Angeles Rams. This 2025 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far . Your team: Los Angeles Rams, the only sports franchise in history dumb enough to leave Southern California for Saint Louis. Zero points for having the sense to move back.

'Prediction is too pompous a word for it. What we are doing here is called guessing. And whatever you do guess will be less fanciful and ridiculous than what actually happens.'

The Bucs started out 2024 on a 3-1 run, notching wins against Washington, Detroit, and Philadelphia, but a 1-5 slump would immediately follow.

Only 36% of teams who are top at the end of September win the title, including Liverpool last season.

"It shows everybody that we're a team. That's when teams start to get really dangerous, when their better players may not have results on any given night, but everybody else around them did."