As his teammates finished drills following the team’s shootaround Nov. 4 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Giannis Antetokounmpo took a courtside seat. With a smile on his face, the Milwaukee Bucks forward started a conversation. Considering the state of his team at the time, Antetokounmpo’s disposition did not match what one might expect. Two […]

College football does have a salary cap. Every team’s budget is capped by how much its third-party NIL collective can raise and use to build its roster. In the first 12-team College Football Playoff field, those roster budgets are believed to vary widely among participants. This year, teams in contention had budgets at $3 million […]

Forgive Dan and Amy Macuga if they have to consult a spreadsheet to figure out where their children are. This is one of those things that happens when your three girls are all skiers on the inside track to make the U.S. Olympic team. There’s a boy, too, who also skis competitively and may eventually […]

Emi Martinez’s save from Nottingham Forest’s Nicolas Dominguez was arguably the best we have seen in the Premier League this season. Alan Smith, commentating for Sky Sports, dubbed it “miraculous”, which does a slight disservice to changing water into wine, but you get what he’s saying. Jamie Redknapp said he couldn’t think “of a better Premier […]

The Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs entered Week 15 as betting favorites to win the Super Bowl. That was before Chiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes limped off the field Sunday, leaving backup Carson Wentz to finish a 21-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns. It was also before the Lions’ injury-depleted defense lost three more […]

Usher liked his social media post. Lindsay Lohan and Marlon Wayans have praised his talents. He even received a message from the renowned hip-hop dance group the Jabbawockeez. “Working with them,” Camryn Bynum said last week, “would be a dream.” This is what life is currently like for the best celebrator in the NFL. Bynum, […]

Women’s pro basketball history will be made on Aug. 15 when the Atlanta Dream and the Seattle Storm play a regular-season game in Vancouver, B.C., marking the first regular-season WNBA game outside of the United States. “As we prepare to establish permanent roots in Canada with a Toronto franchise, this game and our year-round engagement […]

DETROIT — Most teams, even contenders, could use a reality check at some point during a season. They are not uncommon in the NFL. Some happen early, capable of helping the 53 guys in a locker room collect themselves before things snowball. Some happen at midseason when enough time has passed to see the bigger […]

DETROIT — Over the past month, the Buffalo Bills have beaten both of last year’s Super Bowl teams, the betting favorite to win each conference, snapped a 15-game win streak and another team’s 11-game win streak and won the AFC East faster than ever before. And what does that get them? “It doesn’t mean nothing,” […]

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, Emma Raducanu made her plans for 2025, the off-season, well, happened and the Australian Open dealt out some not-so-wild wildcards. If you’d like to follow our fantastic tennis coverage, click here. […]