European football has rescued dicey domestic seasons for Liverpool before. Perhaps it still will in what remains of 2025-26 but as Bruce Springsteen prophesied, you can’t start a fire without a spark.

Don't squeeze the egg. Show them their strengths. Trust your guys. How Murphy honed his managing chops and willed the Dutch team forward.

For decades, those eager for a glimpse of the world to come would descend on Austin each March. Then the pandemic upended Texas’s premier cross-cultural event, which has stumbled along ever since. Can ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking ...