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. […]

After signing Juan Soto to the richest contract in sports history, people familiar with the New York Mets’ thinking about filling roster holes said the club plans to act “aggressively yet smart.” Such phrasing suggests the Mets will take their shots with some of the talent available on the market but may want to avoid […]

DETROIT — He sold a perfect pump fake, slipped past a pair of pass rushers and charged toward the 10-yard line as Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch closed hard. And then, in an absurd and audacious act of spontaneity, the dude who is currently the best football player on the planet flipped a two-handed chest […]

Even SEC football is jealous of what SEC basketball is doing right now. The league went 14-1 this weekend and has been so dominant that you’re going to hear a lot of “The SEC is the first league to (fill in the blank)” for the next few months. My Top 25 ballot this week includes […]

Saturday, December 7, Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, a 24-year-old professional tennis player, did about the most normal thing anyone does these days. He posted a couple selfie on Instagram. It was his partner’s birthday, so he posted a sweet carousel of them posing by the water in Rio de Janeiro. “I love you so […]