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At home in Utah, Puka Nacua ‘puts on the work boots and gets to work’


One-hit wonders: Browns’ Peyton Hillis from Madden cover boy to strep throat


The greatest one-hit wonders in Steelers history


Fantasy Roundtable II: Short season plans, Petco dreams and binging Schitt


Bowden: A dream roster for Team USA to repeat as World Baseball Classic champs


My favorite player: Walter Payton


Brandon Spoon, the rookie spectacle and the Bills career that could have been


Huenemeier: ‘In one game I played with the wrong name on my back’


Lotta Schelin: My Perfect Player – Georges’ brutal tackles and Thomis’ pace


Should the Maple Leafs try to re-sign Tyson Barrie?


Rewatching Suns classics: Goran Dragic’s 4th-quarter outburst in 2010 playoffs


Fan Fiction NCAA Tournament: And your national champion is …


My favorite player: Jack Clark


Celtic’s furlough: sensible foresight or callous and overcautious?


Counting down Matt Le Tissier’s greatest goals (with Matt Le Tissier) – No 2


My favorite player: Brett Hull was anomalous, misunderstood and sensational


The unfortunate truth about young fighter contracts


We asked, you answered: The results to The Athletic’s Sabres fan survey are here


My favorite player: Pavel Datsyuk


My favorite player: Carlos González and an epic game of P-I-G


The top 10 Clippers moments of the season (so far)


My favorite players: The many figures who motivated my passion for sports


‘The Beast’ is back: Dane Brugler’s 2020 NFL draft guide


Cavs mock drafts: Simulating 6 scenarios with Sam Vecenie


What if the Celtics had landed Kawhi Leonard from the Spurs in 2018?


Texans Mock Draft: How free agency and Hopkins trade changed needs


‘I’ve got to do this’: Hayley Wickenheiser pushing drive for medical supplies


Matisse Thybulle: On TikTok stardom, shelter life and caution for the NBA


Who has been Rangers’ Player of the Season (so far)? | Tue 7th Apr, 3pm UK


Association of Ringside Physicians urges indefinite suspension of combat sports


Pourquoi le Canadien est bien placé pour tirer avantage d’un plafond stagnant


Ranking the 10 worst Dallas Cowboys draft picks of the last 10 years


Submit a question for Mitch Sherman’s Nebraska Huskers Mailbag


Jets sign Dylan Samberg but where he begins his pro career remains unclear


No Netflix? 5 things we learned from Sheldon Keefe’s media availability


Boise State assistant Zac Alley details his COVID-19 experience and recovery


Recap of our live Q&A: ASU writer Doug Haller answered your questions


How the 49ers spend their cap dollars and how that might impact their draft


Ranking the Devils drafts (Part II): And the winner is …


My Favourite Player: Michael (Pinball) Clemons


Billy Volek headlines the list of Titans’ one-hit wonders


My favorite player(s): Scottie Pippen and Ryne Sandberg


The night a sack of flour fell from the sky at Dodger Stadium


My favourite player: How do you settle on just one?


This is Gunnersaurus’ world and we’re just living in it


Grizzlies film study: De’Anthony Melton, the perfect fit


My favorite athlete: Sam Bradford, who stoked my passion for sports journalism


‘Bobby was bigger than a Hall of Famer’: the meaningful life of Bobby Mitchell


My favorite player: Drew Doughty


My favorite player: Bruins legend Ray Bourque


Not ‘many guys like that’: Jamie Collins through the eyes of his former coaches


Ask Isaac is back: Why do star players draw so much intense anger?


Four senior Rangers players drove the decision to defer half of squad’s wages


The new guy: 20 questions with Arizona guard Terrell Brown


Sean McVay and Les Snead answer the biggest current Rams questions


Kearse Words vs. The John Schneider Cut Me Twices: The Seahawks draft Seahawks


What Matt Haarms’ decision to transfer means for everyone involved


Fox executives alleged to have bribed FIFA, gotten inside info for World Cup bid


My favorite player: Greg Maddux


Zone exit data reveals Canucks are one of NHL’s most improved teams at breakouts


Andy Kennedy is home again and ready to turn UAB into a winner


Take The Athletic’s Oregon Ducks football fan survey


Reading between the lines: What pre-draft comments revealed about Ravens’ plans


Falcons mock draft 3.0: What I would do if asked to make this year’s selections


‘New but familiar’ Bucs uniforms a nod to Super Bowl era, with all-pewter look


My Favorite Fighter: Dan Henderson provided my first adventure in a crazy sport


Recap: Q&A with Florida Panthers reporter George Richards, April 9


In Alan Griffin, Syracuse may have found a replacement for Elijah Hughes


Schultz: Falcons gambling on 2020 but they’re playing salary-cap roulette


Why Torey Krug fears his days with Bruins are nearing their end


Who might the Pelicans target in the 2020 NBA Draft? Part Two: Forwards


Indiana gets commitment from ‘relentless’ 2021 center in Logan Duncomb


Submit a question for Meghan Montemurro’s Phillies mailbag


Thirteen thoughts on a reshaped Ohio State hoops roster for 2020-21


The Athletic’s Hurricane survey: Tell us what you think of the franchise


How will Tom Brady, Philip Rivers and other veteran QBs adjust? Experts weigh in


For Chaim Bloom, a surreal transition from Rays to Red Sox


What is the Eagles’ plan at wide receiver?


What can the Bills expect from their 4 new defenders? We break down the film


My favorite player: Larry Bowa


Losses of more than £21m but ‘globalised’ Sheffield United in good health


Inside Liverpool’s U-turn: a ‘leak’, a toxic backlash and real money worries


Recap: Q&A with WNBA Hall of Famer Katie Smith on April 10, 2020


Bogdan Bogdanovic uses Kings and Serbian connections to help during pandemic


Rebooted quiz: Could you pass a laws of football test?


Q&A: Kyle Fogg on playing in China, Marbury ‘the king’ and NBA hopes


Projecting the Heat’s future with former NBA executive John Hollinger


Morgan exclusive: Abuse at Preston was the final straw – it’s why I sold Wolves


My favorite player: Ichiro


Crisis highlights lack of unity, solidarity and trust in English football bubble


My Favorite Player: Kurt Angle


Tiers, projections and comparisons for the Stars’ top 16 prospects


A 12-team old-school video game draft: Best picks, expert analysis and more


Discussion: Who is your favorite boxer and why?


Lowetide: Oilers’ five-on-five with and without Connor McDavid is improving


‘Heroic stuff’: Raiders’ Nevin Lawson finds a way to support frontline workers


How a loss of recruiting camps would alter Penn State’s evaluation process


2020 NBA Draft: What am I missing about Deni Avdija?


Who’d be in WBA’s first choice XI if everyone was fit? | Tue 7th Apr, 12:30pm UK


Let’s rewatch and chat about Johan Santana’s no-hitter tonight


‘Perfect way to end a dope story’: One on one with Kevin Garnett after Hall call


Why Texas A&M should aim for 10 wins — and how the Aggies can get there


Inside Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie’s $1 million contribution to fight COVID-19


What to make of the Bulls’ roadblocks in their front-office search


How Arizona State football compares when it comes to the intimidation factor


‘Hockey’s not that important right now’: Oilers minor-leaguer Colby Cave in coma


Two years later, witnesses reflect on Conor McGregor’s UFC 223 bus attack


Duhatschek: Calgary GM Brad Treliving is readying the Flames for any scenario


Who would you rather have: Lou Piniella or Joe Maddon?


Barcelona: the richest club in the world struggling to make ends meet


‘I had all this adrenaline’: Nuggets players share stories of their first dunks


My favorite player: Teemu Selanne


Wheeler: Every lottery team’s biggest need at the 2020 NHL Draft


My favorite player: David Robinson


Villa’s greatest goals: Dalian Atkinson and the umbrella


Bengals draft strategy: DT not a pressing need, but tick, tick, tick


My favorite player: Andy Van Slyke


My favorite player: Danny Farquhar


My favorite player: The NHL dads I’ve gotten to know


The ultimate Hornets fan survey: Results reveal feelings about MJ and the future


Liverpool apology shows humility exists but PR humiliations are too frequent


‘I knew I was leaving Derby six months before I’d gone’


West Ham’s greatest goals: Paolo Di Canio does the unbelievable yet again


Beckham bend or Ronaldo knuckleball? The evolution of Premier League free kicks


My favorite player: Mark Grace


Rooney rates him and he once scored 70 goals in a season: meet Leighton McGivern


One-hit wonder: Mario Andretti manhandled the field (and his car) to win Daytona


Favorite Players: Fernando Valenzuela


Phil Hay’s Leeds United survey – entries now closed


‘Nobody wants to think about no football’: Nashville ADs eye a hazy future


How Lightning players are adjusting to full-time dad role during NHL shutdown


Roster examination: It’s time for a new trend for Nebraska’s pass-catchers


Ranking the 10 best seasons ever by a Rangers second baseman


The DMV jersey number debates: Weighing local legacies head-to-head


Justin Gaethje steps in, meets Tony Ferguson as part of reworked UFC 249 lineup


Q&A: Jermaine Tate on his playing days at UC, and what’s next for his son Jalen


Milwaukee’s best: 40 years later, ‘The Trade’ made the Brewers an AL power


What if the Bruins had traded Joe Thornton to Anaheim instead of San Jose?


How four great 49ers went from draft question marks to the NFL’s All-Decade team


My Favorite Player: ‘Donnie Baseball’


Drew Brees vs. Aaron Rodgers, plus, are these two Saints Hall of Fame worthy?


Why the Canadiens are positioned to take full advantage of a flat NHL salary cap


Is it 2023 yet? Malachi Nelson and the task of making good on 8th-grade offers


Submit a question for Aaron Suttles’ Alabama Mailbag


One I’ll Never Forget: When a piece of Alex Karalexis’ tongue landed on my lap


Shane Farrell on his path to the Blue Jays, draft preparations, his dad John


Chris Sale was ‘chasing a ghost for 7 months.’ Now he’s ready to attack rehab


‘I’ve got an island’: UFC goes full supervillain by continuing amid pandemic


How Mickey Callaway is helping Angels pitchers stay ready from his home


Atlanta sports ‘By the Numbers’: The 50s


Autographs, traveling and tons of TV time: The tale of the Indians’ ‘Hat Man’


‘The competition between us was good’: Inside KC’s early sports radio battles


My favourite player: Mario Lemieux


My Favorite Player: Dwight Clark


Rewatching the 2003 national title game with help from the Orange


Yohe: Ranking the top 20 Penguins in franchise history


The NFL’s biggest one-hit wonders


Grady Diangana is West Brom’s most important player – the numbers prove it


My favorite fighter: Thomas Hearns


The best Pistons player at every number


What would a centralized NHL playoff tournament look like?


Who is Pacers GM Chad Buchanan and why is he staying with Indiana?


Unforgettable digits: The best Florida Gators player to wear each uniform number


This Day in Madness: After bitter defeats, Jayhawks finally reach the pinnacle


After two false starts, Clayton Tune can lead Houston’s fresh start on his terms


To his many pupils, Rangers assistant Benoit Allaire is the ‘goalie whisperer’


Offseason to-do list: What we’re hearing about the Saint Joseph’s Hawks


Tennessee is having success on the virtual recruiting trail during the shutdown


How the Redskins’ new players “take it back old school” to improvise workouts


My favorite player: High school football teammates remain special to me


Media Mailbag: How Coach K landed Dr. Fauci, Verne Lundquist returns, more notes


Group text: Our biggest misreads of NFL draft prospects


One-hit wonder: Remembering YogiMania, which took over the Mavericks in 2017


Newcastle recruitment staff on 24-hour notice to be recalled from furlough


The Split Decision: Is Ferguson vs. Gaethje ideal even in a ‘normal’ world?


How NBA super-agent Mark Bartelstein has handled his job during the season stoppage


Rosenthal: Some in government support plan for baseball’s return; obstacles remain


Roundtable reaction: 2010s All-Decade snubs, Hall of Fame legacies and more


The sporting matters MLS GMs are thinking about during the league’s suspension


Recap: Canadiens centre Jake Evans on pottery classes, life in Laval and more


Kliff Kingsbury on draft prep, DeAndre Hopkins deal and that No. 8 pick


LeBrun: Non-playoff teams using time wisely, one city playoff format unlikely


Could history repeat with Baylor DL James Lynch and Matt Rhule in Charlotte?


Third Avs player tests positive, NHL now has eight confirmed cases


Claude Julien is preparing for playoffs. Would that be good for the Canadiens?