Month: November 2024

You’d be surprised how many people play “Fantasy On-Air Staffing” in the sports media business. I know of one prominent ESPN-er who for fun would staff the company’s on-air talent if ESPN ever acquired the Olympic Games. (Since he’s already called Olympic basketball many times, put me down for Mike Breen broadcasting Olympic track as […]

December is almost upon us. The final month on the calendar is the most transactional time of the baseball year. In nine days, the industry will gather in Dallas for the Winter Meetings. The biggest questions of the offseason — Where will Juan Soto go? Which pitcher will get paid the most? Seriously, who is […]

If you log on to TexAgs.com, the popular Texas A&M fandom hub, and peruse the message boards, it won’t take long to find a mention of the Aggies’ most-hated rival: Texas. On TexAgs’ premium board, where tens of thousands of paying subscribers congregate to discuss Aggies football, the longest message board thread with the most […]

Monday marked a massive step for American motorsports. But can it be converted to a victory? Formula One announced that it came to “an agreement in principle with General Motors,” the well-known American manufacturer, to join the grid in 2026. It’ll be the first time more than 10 teams have been on the grid since […]

ARLINGTON, Texas — Something seemed a little off. DeMarvion Overshown was blitzing, and the running back picked him up. But after the two collided, the back let the Dallas Cowboys linebacker go. And that’s when Overshown changed the game. The second-year linebacker put up his right arm, got a hand on the short pass intended […]

Friday, November 29, 2024, marks the 125-year anniversary of the formation of FC Barcelona. To mark the occasion, The Athletic is running a series of pieces, celebrating the people and the moments who have helped make the club what it is today. We have told you about the story of Joan Gamper, the man who […]

Thanksgiving is all about gratitude, football, and, of course, those unavoidable family conversations you’d rather dodge. (I’m gearing up for a spirited argument with my brothers-in-law — the same guys who, six weeks ago, were texting me to tell someone at the Eagles to fire Nick Sirianni but now can’t stop talking about booking trips […]

Iga Swiatek, the women’s world No. 2 tennis player, has received a one-month doping ban after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ). The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) issued the ban on Wednesday November 27 and announced it publicly on Thursday, after ruling that the player’s level of fault was at the lowest […]

It’s Thanksgiving, so I wanted to give thanks for the 2024 MLB season, which saw the best team in the regular season — the Los Angeles Dodgers — go on to win the World Series, but their impressive run was only one of many things that will stick with me. Here’s to the people, teams, […]

The NFL’s Thanksgiving schedule delivers three-fourths of what could become the most dominant division since the league realigned in 2002. The 2024 NFC North is the first division since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to feature three teams with at least eight victories through Week 12, led by the 10-1 Detroit Lions, who have tied an […]