By now, much of the rage has passed. The takes have gone cold, the vitriol has been spewed, and all the jokes have been told about the dopey owner being born on third base and thinking he’s hit a triple. The Oakland Athletics will soon pass into history, which means the time has come to […]
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BERLIN — “Vamoooooos,” a roar, and the ball skied in celebration. Carlos Alcaraz did what he normally does when he wins a tennis match — except this time he was dressed all in blue, playing on a black court, and about to be mobbed by Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Daniil Medvedev, men whose dreams
The Laver Cup wants to be the Ryder Cup of tennis. Do its stars need that pressure? Read More »
It had to be Rodri, didn’t it? The man who, before this season, according to football data website Transfermarkt, had missed just five games through injury for Manchester City since joining the club in 2019, is out — and possibly for the rest of the season. Why did it have to be Rodri who suffered
Rodri is a symptom of a sport at breaking point – and we’re all to blame Read More »
It seems like college football fans are booing the home teams and players more often, which goes right along with college football players getting paid in the open and college athletic departments early in the stages of asking for even more money so they can share court-mandated revenue with the players on top of name,
Once considered taboo, is booing college athletes OK in the NIL era? Read More »
By Ben Standig, Paul Dehner Jr. and Mark Puleo In a battle of recent LSU Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks, the rookie upended the Pro Bowl veteran and, in the process, may have dashed the Cincinnati Bengals’ playoff hopes before the calendar hits October. The Bengals fell to 0-3 with their 38-33 loss to Washington on Monday.
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The last week of the MLB regular season is upon us. While some postseason tickets have been punched, there are several spots left to claim and first-round byes to secure for the top two teams in each league. Let’s check in on the 15 teams still in the playoff picture to see what our writers
MLB playoffs temperature check: What to watch with each contender in the final week Read More »
We are about a quarter of the way through the college football season, and there has been no shortage of drama. Three of the 12 teams projected to make the College Football Playoff by my model in the preseason are no longer in the field, and three teams that were on the bubble have also
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Kyle Shanahan could probably sense the possibility coming. Perhaps that’s why he was so adamant about breaking the Los Angeles Rams’ spirit. For most of Shanahan’s tenure in the Bay, the San Francisco 49ers have owned his buddy Sean McVay’s club. SoFi Stadium on Sunday was, again, a sea of red. The
49ers’ bad loss to Rams had been brewing — now they have to get it together Read More »
Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. Much of the talk going into Tennessee’s trip to Oklahoma was about Volunteers coach Josh Heupel’s return to his alma mater, Heupel was right when, through teary eyes, he told his players that Saturday’s 25-15 win against the Sooners was
Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 4: Tennessee to the top 3; BYU, Navy soar Read More »
Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula 1. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday. SINGAPORE — Max Verstappen has always made clear that he won’t be on the grid forever, no matter how much he loves racing and winning in Formula One. As the youngest-ever starter
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