Follow live coverage of the final round of the 2025 Masters AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters will never be cheugy. It may be a crime of… Read More »Masters fashion: Stretching the concept of quiet luxury underneath a giant oak tree
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If a player hits a running trick shot to save a break point, but later gets broken off three unforced errors and a double fault,… Read More »Carlos Alcaraz’s ‘My Way’ documentary trailer and a tennis tweener trick shot from heaven
One day last month, while killing time in the visiting dugout at Kauffman Stadium, Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt was asked what he actually did… Read More »Quality control coach? Pitching strategist? In MLB, title inflation is the new norm
The crash was horrifying. During a 2018 IndyCar race, the wheels of Robert Wickens’ car clipped those of Ryan Hunter-Reay’s car, launching Wickens airborne and… Read More »Paralyzed in a crash, Robert Wickens kept on racing, and now he’s adding a new chapter
OTTAWA — When asked to give his name, Larry Doshen instead grabbed his trading card. The photo was fairly recent, capturing him in black hockey… Read More »At the good old (emphasis on ‘old’) hockey game: How 13 octogenarian skaters lived their NHL dream
The morning after the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Dončić, fans gathered outside American Airlines Center to protest the move. They brought signs declaring their Mavericks… Read More »Luka Dončić has left Dallas, but his Lakers ‘77’ is seen in and around the city
The Athletic has live coverage of Texas vs. South Carolina in the 2025 Women’s Final Four. TAMPA, Fla. — If Geno Auriemma and Dawn Staley… Read More »As Final Four mainstays, Geno Auriemma and Dawn Staley share a women’s basketball mission
Paige Bueckers ran off the court at Spokane Arena with a smile splitting her face and a Final Four hat perched atop her head. She… Read More »Paige under pressure? Stories from Bueckers’ past show she can deliver for UConn
Alexandra Eala had the biggest week of her tennis career at the Miami Open in March. She beat three Grand Slam champions — Jelena Ostapenko,… Read More »Why tennis media is a fragmented mess, from Grand Slam broadcast rights to social media highlights
It is Feb. 26, and “The Pat McAfee Show” is filming in Indianapolis the week of the NFL Scouting Combine. McAfee sits behind a desk.… Read More »ESPN’s Pat McAfee and others amplified a false rumor. A teenager’s life was ‘destroyed’
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The most glaring difference between a major- and minor-league stadium is in height. The newly renovated home of the Athletics, Sutter… Read More »As Athletics begin their Sacramento residency, a city tentatively opens its arms
The 2025 NFL Draft on-stage hats were released on Friday, and this year’s look features a couple of elements that could spark debate. Embroidered on… Read More »2025 NFL Draft hats explained: What each team’s pin means
PORTLAND, Ore. — Brian Vu has been a fan of the NBA for 14 years, but he has never experienced a game like the one… Read More »Visually impaired NBA fans experience the game on a new level with haptic device
Many footballers like to market themselves as one-offs; few truly are. Craig Johnston, however, is the exception. The Australian won five English league titles and… Read More »This is the story of Craig Johnston – a footballer like no other
The lyrics to both verses were finished, and the first line of the chorus — Fill my eyes — was in place. Lou Gramm and… Read More »‘Double Vision’: How an NHL goalie inspired Foreigner’s arena-rock megahit
TOKYO — Twenty minutes from the Tokyo Dome sits another of Japan’s most revered ballparks, the 99-year-old Meiji Jingu Stadium, one of the few fields… Read More »MLB is trying to expand in Japan. Can Japan’s NPB grow in America?
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — It’s a breezy Tuesday evening in South Florida and Coco Gauff is hanging out in the Delray Beach park where she… Read More »Coco Gauff’s tennis background, from her grandmother to Pompey Park, travels with her
TOKYO — During the early innings of a nighttime exhibition between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yomiuri Giants, Nori Kawana walked through the concourse of… Read More »MLB wants Japan to cheer for more than the Dodgers and Ohtani. The prize could be billions
There’s not too much shame in a botched March Madness bracket. The NCAA Tournament is compressed chaos in single elimination, upsets are part of the… Read More »The funniest 2025 March Madness bracket names: Picking our favorites
PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Portland Trail Blazers were in Utah on Feb. 24, there was a special meeting after the game. Danny Berger, a… Read More »Ryan Gomes lost a friend to cardiac arrest. How the NBA vet responded is still saving lives
PALM DESERT, Calif. — It’s a drizzly gray morning in the desert and Lance Davis, the country’s most famous bee catcher, is slightly cranky. He… Read More »What Lance Davis, America’s most famous bee catcher and Indian Wells’ tennis savior, did next