Ranking 133 College Football Teams, With a Top Five Shake-Up
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His Journey to M.L.B. Was Shaped by the Brother He Never Met
CINCINNATI — There’s evidence of a future major-leaguer throughout Will Benson’s childhood room, a sports-adoring, adrenaline-thirsting teenager’s sanctuary that has remained untouched during his baseball...
He Lived in Golf Anonymity. A Sudden Rise Earned Him a Ryder Cup Spot.
Brian Harman talks like a man who has come to understand his past. That’s why he can tell you about the guy who signed all...
What We Learned in N.F.L. Week 3
The first time he sat down with Tua Tagovailoa, Mike McDaniel could feel his quarterback’s shaken confidence from across the desk. Two tumultuous years under...
Megan Rapinoe’s National Team Chapter Comes to a Close. The Stories Live On.
To have crossed paths with Megan Rapinoe is to have a Megan Rapinoe story.Back in 2019, following a second World Cup trophy, The Pose, and...
Is It Time for the Jets to Change Quarterbacks?
Cover 7 | Sunday A daily NFL destination that provides in-depth analysis of football’s biggest stories. Each Sunday, three of The Athletic’s NFL writers react...
The Yankees Are Eliminated From Postseason Contention. Now Come the Changes.
The New York Yankees lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1 on Sunday, eliminating them from 2023 postseason contention. Here’s what you need to know: It’s...
The Biggest N.B.A. Storylines as Training Camps Open
By David Aldridge, Sam Amick and John HollingerAmick: The most painful of waiting games is almost over, gentlemen.Maybe not for James Harden and Damian Lillard...
Deion Sanders Built His Program on Belief. Then Colorado Shocked Itself.
EUGENE, Ore. — All September, Colorado has leaned into being America’s most loved, hated, watched and talked-about team. That didn’t change as it prepared to...
A Junior Hockey League Banned Fighting. Will the N.H.L. Ever Follow?
Tyler Boucher would love to tell you how his first fight was some noble enterprise, that he was defending a fallen teammate and dispatching a...