Why an M.L.B. Star Probably Can’t Afford His Own Baseball Card An 11-year-old boy from Los Angeles who pulled the Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch card will likely sell it for more money than Skenes will make from his 2025 […]

Tiger Woods Says He Underwent Surgery on a Ruptured Achilles Tendon Right as his inaugural TGL season concluded and he started to ramp up for Masters prep, Tiger Woods announced he ruptured his left Achilles tendon this […]

Have the Methods of Soccer’s Greatest Coach Become Outdated? Manchester City are having a bad season, there is no doubt about that. But there is a difference of opinion when it comes to deciding why this is the […]

Live Updates: Europe Retaliates Against Trump’s Metals Tariffs as Trade War Widens President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum went into effect on Wednesday, escalating America’s trade spats with global com […]

3 Years Ago, He Was an Air Force Cadet. Now, He’s a Face of Baseball. BRADENTON, Fla. — Before the meme, there was the announcement. Here was Paul Skenes, live on MLB Network. Cal Ripken Jr., the Hall of Fame shortstop, set t […]

Ranking the Top 25 Coaches in College Football The top three in my annual ranking of the best coaches in college football was easy. After that, things got more complicated.How much does recency bias […]

Are N.B.A. Officials Ignoring a Critical Call? There’s a scene that replayed itself over and over during last spring’s thrilling Western Conference semifinal series between the Dallas Mavericks and Okl […]

David Ortiz’s Son Isn’t Baseball Royalty. He’s a Baseball Rat. FORT MYERS, Fla. — Even by the anonymous standards of minor league baseball, No. 44 in Boston Red Sox camp is not a star. He was a late-round draft pick, d […]

The Seahawks Spent $100 Million on a New Quarterback. It Might Not Matter. The Seattle Seahawks have their Geno Smith replacement in Sam Darnold. Now they need to get him some help.Seattle’s agreement with Darnold is a t […]

Manchester United to Build New 100,000-Seat Stadium Manchester United intend to build a 100,000-capacity new stadium rather than redevelop their existing Old Trafford home.United announced the ambitious plans […]

Predicting the Next Baseball Stars to Sign 9-Figure Contracts Monday’s deep dive into Paul Skenes, perhaps the most interesting extension case in baseball, was a sneak peek of Extension Week.Now I’ll start a bro […]

Ranking the Best N.F.L. Players Available in Free Agency By David DeChant, Jourdan Rodrigue and Vic TafurNFL free agency has arrived, with the legal tampering window opening Monday at noon ET and the new league […]

Mo Vaughn, Ex-M.L.B. Slugger, Admits He Used Human Growth Hormone Former slugger Mo Vaughn told The Athletic that he used human growth hormone in an effort to extend his career, confirming for the first time information […]

The M.V.P. Race in the N.B.A. Is Coming Down to the Wire Between 2 Players A few weeks remain in announcing the NBA’s most valuable player, but what Nikola Jokić recently has brought into focus is the hard choice voters will ha […]

Predicting the First 3 Rounds of the N.F.L. Draft We’re only now heading into NFL free agency, but it’s already been a wild offseason — trades, coaching changes and big-money contract extensions have been […]

Who Won the Trade for N.F.L. Star DK Metcalf? The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to trade wide receiver DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a second-round pick in the 2025 draft, according to league […]

Where the N.C.A.A. Tournament Bracket Stands With One Week Left (Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s & women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with ana […]

How Tennis Players Really Feel About Rankings INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Tommy Paul is going to be seriously annoyed if his stay in the top 10 of the men’s tennis rankings amounts to a five-week cup of cof […]

How the SailGP Championship Is Like Formula 1 on Water Humans have sailed the oceans for centuries. But, as a spectator sport, sailing has barely made a dent in the public consciousness, outside of the Olympics […]

What Cooper Flagg Is Doing Is One of One, and It Deserves to Be Recognized CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It may have taken 31 games, but we finally found something that can slow down Cooper Flagg: A healthy whistle.And a deserved one, at t […]