Sports

As the NBA closes in on a new media rights deal, much of the attention has been on what it means for the league and its teams. But there’s also another beneficiary...

This article is part of the launch of extended tennis coverage on The Athletic, which will go beyond the baseline to bring you the biggest stories on and off the court. To...

It was perplexing last summer when ESPN fired NBA Finals game analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson. It was part of the network’s layoffs that Disney seemingly goes through every couple...

What a momentous end to the season for Liverpool.An emotion-fuelled goodbye to Jurgen Klopp, two senior players also saying farewell and the dawn of a new era with Monday’s announcement that Arne...

When he was a cocksure 25-year-old, on the fast track to officiating big-time college basketball, Scott Foster was summoned for a sit-down with his dad.They met at a bar, and his father,...

NASCAR fined Cup Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. $75,000 and suspended his father and two JTG Daugherty Racing crew members for their roles in a fight that occurred following Sunday night’s All-Star...

Big 12 presidents and chancellors voted to approve proposals of what is expected to be a multi-billion dollar settlement in the House v. NCAA class-action lawsuit Tuesday, a source briefed on the decision confirmed...

Victor Wembanyama just accomplished something no other NBA player has ever done.On Tuesday, the towering San Antonio Spurs big man became the first rookie in league history to be named to the...

When Jrue Holiday was a teenager, he needed to make some extra money.He had a knack for bagging groceries, arranging cans of soup alongside bags of grapes to maximum efficiency. So, he...

I’m not one for letting good players walk out the door.I know from experience that talent is too hard to replace, even with the best-hatched plan, without taking a step backward. So...