The Minnesota Vikings look like the best team in the NFL’s best division, unless Sam Darnold’s MRI says otherwise. There’s a sentence no one saw coming.We aren’t crowning anybody after Week 3. Former Vikings coach Dennis Green (RIP) would not allow it. But the... More »
Sometimes it takes a while before it hits us what we’re watching.One minute, we’re just doing what we do, tuning into baseball in 2024. The next, it begins to dawn on us. We’re witnessing something special.Then we ask: Just how special? Next thing we know, we’... More »
Nearly 20 years ago, Conrad Piccirillo attended his first Indiana Fever game. The WNBA franchise was just five years into its existence and on the brink of its best year to date, but he admittedly was not there for the basketball. His daughters, 10-year-old Ca... More »
ANAHEIM, Calif. — In the days leading up to Mike Trout’s expected return from a torn meniscus, team officials asked the three-time MVP to sit down with them.They had cobbled together videos depicting the evolution of his swing since 2016. The Angels were tryin... More »
BERLIN — “As far apart as you are on a tennis court, you can actually feel the other one very intimately.”The Athletic is sitting courtside in Berlin at the Laver Cup next to Andre Agassi, as he explains the rhythms and dynamics of the sport he once conquered.... More »
INDIANAPOLIS — Fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line. It’s the time to use one of your best, go-to plays. It’s time to send in a call that you’re 99.99 percent certain will work for a touchdown.What did offensive coordinator Shane Waldron call for the Chicago B... More »
PITTSBURGH — For the second time in six weeks, Justin Herbert is in a walking boot.And as the Los Angeles Chargers return home after more than a week on the road, something must be asked of this organization: Who is going to protect Herbert from himself?Herber... More »
An hour after the final whistle has blown on Sunderland 1-0 Middlesbrough, Chris Rigg re-emerges onto the pitch where he has just settled a local derby with a piece of improvised magic, a backheel from nowhere that has made a stadium gasp and a national audien... More »
It’s fall, which means it’s time to get updated on the winter season shots. That includes vaccines for flu, RSV (for babies and the elderly) and, for anyone six months or older, COVID-19.While the new mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech have dominat... More »
Prepare to be entertained, promises the new look at Ridley Scott‘s much-anticipated follow-up, Gladiator II.In a second epic trailer, Paul Mescal‘s Lucius forms an uneasy alliance with Denzel Washington‘s Macrinus, a Roman power player who uses the forme... More »
Based on the real-life work of neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks and created by Michael Grassi, NBC‘s newest medical drama, “Brilliant Minds” follows Dr. Oliver Wolf (an enjoyable Zachary Quinto), an unorthodox physician hellbent on solving his patients’ neurologic... More »
Emma Raducanu will take the week off in a bid to be able to play in the remainder of the tour’s China swing - AP Photo/Ahn Young-joonEmma Raducanu will be on the sidelines again this week after announcing she is pulling out of the upcoming WTA 1000 event in Be... More »