Month: August 2024

The U.S. men’s national soccer team received a huge boost on Thursday morning when Mauricio Pochettino agreed to become their next head coach. The Athletic revealed that Pochettino, who had been a top target for the opening, had come to a deal with U.S. Soccer, the sport’s governing body. Pochettino has never managed at international […]

AMES, Iowa — Taylor Mouser leaned forward in his office inside Iowa State’s football facility, digging through his computer’s files. The Cyclones’ offensive coordinator was looking for the practice tape of the play that started it all. Brock Purdy is now the star quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, fresh off a season in which […]

If it was up to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Jordan Chiles would keep her bronze medal for her routine in the women’s gymnastics floor exercise at the Paris Olympics, and Romanian gymnasts Ana Bărbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea would each get one, too. But in a 29-page detailing of its ruling that led Olympic […]

Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy was ruled out for the season after having successful surgery on the meniscus in his right knee, coach Kevin O’Connell announced Wednesday. McCarthy underwent testing related to knee soreness after he reported the injury Monday afternoon. “He did undergo surgery this morning on that meniscus,” O’Connell told reporters. “It […]

There will be Electronic Line Calling (ELC) at all ATP Tour-level events from 2025, eliminating the possibility of human error on line calls. On the evidence of Tuesday night at the Cincinnati Open, a Masters 1000 tournament one level below a Grand Slam, it appears not. In a first-round match between Americans Taylor Fritz and […]

As another NFL season nears its kickoff, the league’s best young players are working hard to continue their ascents. Some are already among the NFL’s elite. Others have exhibited promise and appear destined for stardom. So, who are the NFL’s top 25 players who are 25 and younger? We reached out to 12 league front-office […]

Kevin Durant has become the latest American sports star to invest in European soccer. On Monday, The Athletic reported that the two-time NBA champion and Phoenix Suns forward had bought a minority share of French soccer giants Paris Saint-Germain. According to sources with knowledge of the agreement — who, like all spoken to for this […]

CLEVELAND — Four hours before first pitch, José Ramírez, the face of the franchise and instigator to the stars, is singing Daft Punk’s earworm, “One More Time,” as strikingly off-key as possible. He intentionally butchers the simple hook as he leans back in the black leather chair at his corner locker. Josh Naylor walks past […]

French prosecutors opened an investigation into a complaint made by Algerian boxer and Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif about online harassment over her gender and presence at the Paris Games. The Paris public prosecutor’s office confirmed in an email that it received a complaint from Khelif on Monday and referred the matter to the OCLCH, […]

The Polish anti-doping agency (POLADA) said on Wednesday that it was the victim of a cyber attack that led to false details of positive tests from a number of athletes being leaked. Many of Poland’s most high-profile athletes were listed in the supposed leaks, including tennis world No 1 Iga Swiatek and Barcelona striker Robert […]