Month: October 2024

No M.L.B. team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win the Fall Classic. Source link

They told us there would be ups and downs. They told us there would be growing pains. They told us it would be worth the wait — or that they’d at least be patient enough to find out it wasn’t. But now, 18 months after drafting quarterback Anthony Richardson fourth, the Indianapolis Colts are pulling […]

For the first time in the 2024-25 season, we bring you NBA Power Rankings here at The Athletic. You may remember me from such films as the 213 LA Clippers era, the Epitome Game Series, Justin Bieber’s teammate, The Reliability Tiers and Positionless is a Scam. This year, I’ll be your Power Rankings caretaker. Week 1 […]

As the New York Jets fell to 2-6, it’s looking more and more like the Aaron Rodgers experiment is never going to meet expectations. Perhaps the expectations were never realistic. Rodgers is coming off a torn Achilles, and he’s also dealt with knee, ankle and hamstring injuries this season. As such, he’s on pace for […]

Brett Harrison felt like making chicken and pasta for a pregame meal, which makes him like most professional hockey players. But the first-year pro had a problem.  Mason Lohrei, Harrison’s roommate at the time early last season with the AHL Providence Bruins, was watching TV on the couch. Harrison told Lohrei about his plan. Lohrei […]

On Sunday, not even 24 hours after the heavy blow of losing El Clasico 4-0 to Barcelona at the Bernabeu, there was another seismic shift at Real Madrid. From the highest levels of the club came the order to cancel Monday’s planned trip to Paris, where everyone was expecting, among other prizes, Vinicius Junior to […]

In a nod to the nation celebrating Halloween this week, the Power Rankings have searched far and wide for Something Scary for each team. For some of these teams, like the rolling Lions, we had to look hard. For others, like the reeling Panthers, it was way too easy. In the end, we still have […]

Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Masters with an intestinal virus. The world No. 1 said he is “very disappointed to tell you I’m not able to play this tournament” in a video shared on X by the event organizers. “I came here very early to prepare and felt sick. I’m having a virus […]

BATH TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Carrie Brown was an exasperated middle-school teacher who had a famous student she knew she could count on. In the fall of 2017, Brown was teaching social studies at Old Trail School, a small, private institution of about 500 children from ages 2 through the eighth grade on a sprawling 62 […]

Back in the dark days of the 1980s, Manchester United used to run an advert in their official match programme with the slogan: “This season we mean business!” It became a standing joke among fans once this slogan was not only retained beyond the miserable first few months of one campaign but well into the […]