Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. If there’s one lesson to be learned from the first half of this college football season, it’s that the gap between the top teams and the middle-tier teams looks as small as it’s been in a very long time. It’s […]
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NEW YORK — Betnijah Laney-Hamilton couldn’t immediately pick her favorite moment from the New York Liberty’s WNBA Finals Game 2 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday. So here are some possibilities. Perhaps she will reflect on her first made 3-pointer just over five minutes into New York’s eventual 80-66 win. That’s when Courtney Vandersloot
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As a freshman for one of the best teams in college basketball, Donte DiVincenzo was the best player his own team faced all season. Fresh off a fractured foot that caused him to redshirt after just nine games, the Scarlet-headed youngster was cleared to practice as Villanova geared up for its 2016 NCAA Tournament run.
NEW YORK — It all looked kinda familiar, almost as if we’d seen it before … There they were, that where’d-they-come-from wild-card team dancing and hugging in the infield, as fireworks popped and 44,000 people obliterated what was left of their vocal cords … While across the field, but in another universe, those famous dudes from that
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LOS ANGELES — Limpin’ lizards, here came Freddie Freeman, bounding around third base, barreling toward the plate like a car low on motor oil and short on brakes. He runs as if he stubs his toe with every step. He runs as if his cleat is filled with thumbtacks. He runs as if he watched
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This article is part of our Origin Stories series, an inside look at the backstories of the clubs, drivers, and people fueling the sport. Zak Brown never grew up expecting to become one of the most powerful figures in Formula One. He doesn’t come from a racing background, nor does he have a college degree. Motorsport wasn’t
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NEW YORK — There was no singular way for members of the New York Liberty to turn the page after their historic Game 1 collapse to the Minnesota Lynx. Star guard Sabrina Ionescu said she couldn’t just “flush” the result. Forward Leonie Fiebich watched the contest three full times in the 36 hours immediately after
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Oregon moved up to No. 2 behind top-ranked Texas in the AP Top 25 college football poll Sunday after their dramatic win against Ohio State. The Ducks jumped a spot after beating Ohio State 32-31 in a thriller at Autzen Stadium on Saturday night for their highest ranking since finishing the 2014 season at No.
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Kenyan distance runner Ruth Chepngetich completed the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56 on Sunday, smashing the women’s full marathon world record. Chepngetich became the first woman to ever run under 2:10 at the full marathon distance. WORLD RECORD ‼️ 🇰🇪’s Ruth Chepngetich destroys the marathon world record in Chicago with an incredible 2:09:57 😮💨 That’s almost
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Sunday Week 6 featured the Cowboys blown out at home again, Lamar Jackson’s Ravens outlasting Jayden Daniels’ Commanders, starting debuts from not one but two rookie quarterbacks, and another rookie QB continuing to climb fast. SLAYYYYYYYY 📺: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/pyRPzM7rmM — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) October 13, 2024 The Athletic NFL writers Tim Graham, Mike Jones and
