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Ranking the 10 most devastating punchers in boxing


In his goal crease, Canadiens prospect Michael McNiven found a sanctuary from pain


Distant Replay: Revisiting Bruins’ epic Game 7 comeback against Leafs in 2013


Solving the mystery within Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball


The Athletic’s (retro biased) guide to baseball video games


The best players to wear every jersey number in Rangers history


Polling the experts to find NHL comparables for 10 top Lightning prospects


West Ham’s greatest goals: Andy Carroll’s 62mph scissor kick


Just like with O’Connell, you’d be stupid to write off Berge after a few games


Every defensive Arkansas player Sam Pittman praised after offseason workouts


Re-examining Pascal Siakam’s 2019-20 usage jump through precedent and context


The man, the myth, the legend: On Paul Steigerwald’s Penguins’ odyssey


The best Oklahoma Sooners team of the past 25 years is …


Post-free agency NFL Power Rankings: How QB changes impact Bucs, Colts, Pats


Lowetide: Making the call on RFA and UFA players on the Oilers’ 50-man roster


The best Minnesota athletes for each jersey number, from 0 to 99


Browns defensive line primer: Yannick Ngakoue trade? Pass rusher likely in draft


The day the fists flew: Dyer v Bowyer (feat. Steven Taylor), 15 years on


The best at every number: Houston athletes from 0-99


The best players to wear every uniform number in Blue Jays franchise history


Why Wichita State lost 8 players — and what Gregg Marshall did to counter it


Q&A: Eric Nusbaum on “Stealing Home,” his book about building Dodger Stadium


How well do you know Pittsburgh’s famous numbers?


Bears’ scouting director Mark Sadowski lives a life straight out of the movies


We simulated the 2020 Brewers season. Will it be another wild September?


Connolly’s Tap Room: Top No. 20 in Baltimore history, Reed or Robinson?


Tennessee Mailbag: Forecasting the rest of 2020 on Rocky Top


The ultimate Hawks fan survey results are in. Here’s where the fan base stands


With NFL teams locked out, John Molchon tries to lock himself in as a draft pick


How athletic directors are preparing in a year that could reshape college sports


My favorite Alabama football players I have covered


Recap: Live Q&A with Kevin Fishbain and Adam Jahns on April 2


Falcons Mailbag: Is it more likely for Thomas Dimitroff to trade up or back?


Submit your questions for Corey Masisak’s Devils mailbag


The best players to wear No. 2 in MLS history


Live Q&A: Chat with UK forward Nate Sestina on Wednesday 4/8 from 1-2 p.m. ET


The best players to wear No. 20 in MLS history


Seven thoughts on the Bills’ draft after Brandon Beane’s press conference


How the Chiefs are preparing for a virtual NFL Draft and what could be next


The 49ers have George Kittle, so why are they looking at so many tight ends?


Gheorghe Popescu: I turned down Real Madrid due to communism, but I loved Spurs


NFL prospect hopefuls compared to their NFL fathers


That freaking guy — the surprising hitters who have terrorized each AL team


Like its namesake, Earl Weaver Baseball was way ahead of its time


Jennings: How I’d fix baseball if I were MLB commissioner


Just how accurate were Disney Channel Original Movies?


Submit your questions for the next installment of Meisel’s Mailbox


The Sedin Cup, Drance vs. Harman: Which team wins a 7-game series?


The best player to wear each jersey number in Flyers history


NASCAR’s five greatest crew chiefs


Rewatching the Classics: The Lions’ 1991 playoff win over the Cowboys


Laremy Tunsil’s offseason tasks: Giving back and negotiating his own contract


Eric Musselman: The Martin twins will play more than a decade in the NBA


‘A perfect storm’: An oral history of the UConn team that changed women’s hoops


The Fresh Kimble exit interview


Tentative revised schedule shows NASCAR’s best-case scenario, starting late May


Hard knocks on hardwood: Ex-Browns, Steelers players relished basketball days


Some warmup questions with Heat’s Meyers Leonard before Friday’s live Q&A


‘I can play too’: Hokies footballers back up their basketball bragging rights


Ravens Mock Draft 1.0: WRs tough to resist early; lack of LBs forces early calls


Submit a question for Richard Deitsch’s Media Mailbag


Catching up with social media’s favorite strength coach: Lewis Caralla


Mailbag: Ottoneu, OOTP and other alternative fantasy baseball formats


Why nobody other than Mickey Rourke could have starred in ‘The Wrestler’


From Lillard to Little, the five best things in this Trail Blazers season


The best players to wear each jersey number in Tampa Bay sports history


This Day in Madness: Butler proves ‘it wasn’t a fluke’


The best players to wear every jersey number in Islanders history


Free agents, coaching moves and more: 12 storylines for the NHL offseason


‘This kid is just different’: How Vergil Ortiz Jr. became boxing’s next star


From Moon to Tez (at least for one season), the best Seahawks players by number


Lefty, the Big Piece and more: Best players by jersey number in Phillies history


Toronto Marlies Report: 2019-20 final player grades


Where are they now? Catching up with fictional sports movie figures


Prince, Boom-Boom and Flea: The Detroit Tigers all-name team


Football players finding unexpected careers through NFLPA’s Fanatics externship


Rodrigue Mock Draft 2.0: How did free agency set up who the Panthers will draft?


The best uniform numbers in Seahawks history


Dear Andy: What would a lost football season do to the future of college athletics?


One-on-one with Jason Jaffray: On retirement and the call that changed his career


Kirk Ferentz saying, doing the right things when it comes to these surreal times


Anthony Lynn talked for the first in a month: What he said and what he meant


Replay: N.O. staff, subscribers share their ‘Domecoming’ memories


Submit your questions for Jay Glazer’s weekly mailbag


Four of five California MLB teams take procedural step toward possible job cuts


Eddie Howe has taken a pay cut, should the players follow? | Thu 2 Apr, 1pm UK


Carlo’s son? Davide Ancelotti is proving to be so much more than just that


Stuck in MMA movie hell: A guide to the best (and worst) MMA movies out there


Schultz: Until there are new sports memories, here are some to get us through


Q&A: @maxisnicee talks spot-on NBA impressions, newfound fame, stars’ reactions


Baseball and baking live Q&A with Lindsey Adler on Friday 4/3 from 1-2 p.m. ET


How Drew Lock is preparing for a new season and new offense during a pandemic


Where the Vikings stand: 9 takeaways from an eventful free-agency period


Chargers find competitive outlet in Madden, and Derwin James wins it all


Cardinals trying to help 17 Venezuelan minor leaguers get back home


Vecenie’s 2020 NBA Draft Big Board, 4.0: New No. 1 amid evaluation chaos


What the hockey world’s shutdown looks like from inside an OHL franchise


I’m Keith Hernandez: A sports documentary about mustaches, drugs and masculinity


Magic Mailbag: The chances of a roster shakeup and looking ahead to the draft


Rebooted: O’Leary said he didn’t want Leeds job – then christened himself ‘Boss’


While not without its faults, ‘Youngblood’ is a damn fun movie


Villa greatest goals: Grealish tears Rotherham apart to keep promotion bid alive


Not everyone can be reached but Greg Cronin will certainly try


Explained: Why minefield of player contracts is biggest barrier to ending season


Oscar and Hulk’s dash back to China – but Arnautovic and Paulinho are locked out


Patriots mock draft simulations: Exploring several directions for Bill Belichick


Two NFL scouts, one agent and seven rounds of Redskins-only mock draft picks


Favorite Players: Dan Quisenberry


Baseball’s void: the things we carry and the things we’ve lost


Mock Draft 1.0: The best plan is improving the protection for Kyler Murray


Bearcats Mailbag, Pt. 2: Power conference moves and tales from inside the beat


Lombardi: The 2020 NFL draft will be a throwback, and the smart teams will win


The best players to wear every jersey number in South Florida sports history


Colts mock draft: WR Tee Higgins and QB Jacob Eason highlight early picks


The Knicks found a gem in the G League with Lamar Peters, if they can keep him


Take The Athletic’s USC football fan survey


Longtime White Sox radio broadcaster Ed Farmer dies at age 70


Isolation at its most miserable makes Sunderland ‘Til I Die compelling


Debate: Which is the best Forest goal of all time? | Thu 2 Apr, 4pm UK


Game 1, 2010 NBA Finals: The Lakers show the Celtics this won’t be a 2008 repeat


No joke: The Cowboys signed Aldon Smith. What can he bring after four years off?


At Washington, purple helmets once were ‘a badge of honor’


Evan Barratt leaves Penn State, signs with Blackhawks


The Steelers want Eric Ebron to do a little bit of everything, except …


Review: Eagles/NFL Q&A with Sheil Kapadia on Thursday, April 2


Penn State football needs 60 days to prepare, and more Sandy Barbour takeaways


Linebacker Jordan Hicks on Tiger King, the 2020 season and free-agent moves


Evan Gattis on 2017 Astros: ‘We obviously cheated baseball and cheated fans’


How hometown boy Eddie Olczyk adjusted to being on the Blackhawks


Who are the most iconic DFW athletes at every uniform number, from 0-99?


How trip to Rangers gave Brighton U18s coach the inspiration to beat elite clubs


The Athletic’s Top 100 Sports Movies: The snubs


Ask an expert: Scouting the international players the Nets hold draft rights for


Rams mailbag: New logos, SoFi Stadium progress, cap math and the starting center


Kravitz: With culture shock behind him, Alexander Rossi rewrites his narrative


How ‘Million Dollar Arm’ inspired and transformed its real-life characters


Beckham at right-back? Where former England stars would fit into today’s tactics


How T.J. Brunson is staying active with NFL teams ahead of the draft


West Brom accounts a pointer to how they would approach promotion


Q&A recap: Better MMA-to-Hollywood actress — Gina Carano or Ronda Rousey?


How does the NHL’s indefinite break affect Alex Pietrangelo’s contract status?


The most interesting hockey Twitter account you’re probably not following


Frank Clark film review: Appreciating the D-lineman’s role as ‘the closer’


L’espoir Michael McNiven a trouvé devant le filet un sanctuaire contre la douleur


First win: Clint Bowyer and Gil Martin swing for the fences at New Hampshire


For Stars’ Ty Dellandrea, faceoffs could be key to reaching NHL next season


Kevin Colbert’s message to locked-down scouts as draft nears: Remember 1974


The five most memorable moments from the Packers’ 2019 season


How Penn State’s academic staff is helping the team navigate online classes


More than 850,000 Canadians tuned in to watch a Raptors playoff game … again


Five big ‘what-ifs’ the 2019-20 Hurricanes might never answer


What Oregon’s QB transfer history says about the addition of Anthony Brown


“I’m gonna try to kick their butt!”: Impromptu NBA 2K20 makes foes of friends


Liam Ridgewell football manager: I’m prepared to start right at the bottom


Manchester City hopeful CAS hearing can happen via video call


As theories abound, here’s how West Virginia AD Shane Lyons chooses to proceed


Saints roundtable: What’s left on the checklist as free agency dies down?


Kawakami: Gabe Kapler, the Giants and the new dynamics of fresh starts


Premier League struggling to find resolution – with games in China even on table


Submit your questions for Kendra Andrews’ Nuggets mailbag


Iowa State AD: ‘If we can’t play football this fall, I mean it’s Ice Age time’


Raiders mock draft: A speedy receiver, a first-round trade and a third-round QB


‘If we have to draft in my car, we’ll draft there’: Brandon Beane adjusts plans