Month: August 2024

Back they have come over the past week, one after the other, with the welcomes and embraces of team-mates captured for social media. The international players who went furthest this summer, both in the European Championship and Copa America, have returned to their club folds and, just like that, will be asked to go again […]

After visiting four continents, covering 14 races, and seeing seven different drivers win, the paddock enjoys a well-deserved rest during the summer shutdown. This mandatory 14-day break, during which teams are prohibited from making any changes to the car’s performance, is a crucial period for reflection and planning. It’s a time when teams can’t do […]

SAINT-DENIS, France — Stardom, and its levels, is a wholly intangible phenomenon. It’s unwritten but understood. It’s unofficial yet incredibly significant. It’s a measurement of adoration without a universal metric system. But whatever the rubric used, whatever credentials are necessary, whatever contexts and extras factor in, Gabby Thomas is qualified. Tuesday, she checked the final […]

The best things come in threes and the U.S. women’s national team front three is no exception. On Tuesday in the Olympic Games semifinal, it was Sophia Smith who scored the winning goal. But collectively, Smith, Trinity Rodman and Mallory Swanson have contributed to 10 of the team’s 11 goals this tournament. “Honestly, I don’t […]

RENTON, Wash. — John Schneider pled for help from a higher power. That’s how badly the Seattle Seahawks general manager wanted to meet with Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald about the team’s head coach vacancy. So on Jan. 28, as Macdonald’s Ravens were preparing to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC […]

Charles Barkley will not retire and instead remain with TNT Sports even after it loses the NBA following this upcoming season, TNT announced Tuesday. Barkley will continue on his 10-year, $210 million contract. He is in the third season of the deal. “I love my TNT Sports family,” Barkley, 61, said in a statement. “My […]

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, recently said he believes athletes who test positive for a banned substance should not be allowed to compete again. Phelps’ comments followed a doping scandal centered on Chinese swimmers from the Tokyo Games that was made public earlier this year. “If you test positive, you should never […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With a 17 1/2-sack season, a second Pro Bowl appearance and a new contract that made him football’s highest-paid outside linebacker, Josh Allen indisputably had become a big name in the NFL. But not exactly like he wanted. He often was referred to as “the other Josh Allen,” with the more famous […]

Cole Hocker of the United States scored one of the biggest upsets in Olympic running Tuesday night, outrunning Jakob Ingebrigtsen and outkicking Josh Kerr, and everyone else, down the stretch to win the men’s 1500-meter to turn what was supposed to be a two-man battle into the surprise of the Games. With a massive kick […]

Once an integral part of the towns and cities they called home, dozens of the nation’s Football League grounds have disappeared over the past 30 or so years. All took with them a wealth of memories for generations of supporters. But what happened next? The Athletic has travelled the country to find out, taking in […]