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The First Pick of the W.N.B.A. Draft Is Easy. Then the Questions Start.

As the college basketball world gears up for March Madness, this is the last chance for seniors to make an impression on WNBA talent evaluators ahead of the 2025 WNBA Draft, which...

24 College Basketball Experts Pick the Men’s N.C.A.A. Tournament

Who’s going to win the NCAA Tournament? What upsets are popular picks? What do our experts’ Final Fours look like?We surveyed 24 writers and editors at The Athletic to get their men’s...

Ranking the 50 Best Pitchers in M.L.B., Led by Six True Aces

Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, franchises and much more.By Andy McCullough, Will Sammon and Sahadev SharmaThe email...

Exploring the Finances of Soccer’s Most-Scrutinized Club

The Athletic has appointed Chris Weatherspoon as its first dedicated football finance writer. Chris is a chartered accountant who will be using his financial acumen as The BookKeeper to explore the money behind...

Can March Madness Still Soar Without Caitlin Clark?

You don’t have to inform ESPN senior vice president of production Meg Aronowitz about the challenge of producing the women’s NCAA Tournament without Caitlin Clark the year after she had galvanized the...

Japan Is Obsessed With Baseball. M.L.B. Sees a Massive Business Opportunity.

TOKYO — During the early innings of a nighttime exhibition between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yomiuri Giants, Nori Kawana walked through the concourse of the Tokyo Dome in disbelief. As the...

Women’s Basketball Is Increasingly Popular. Why Is It So Hard to Bet On?

One Tuesday morning in late February, a fan in New York who logged into FanDuel’s online sportsbook would’ve found 33 men’s college basketball games listed to bet on and zero women’s games....

College Basketball Has a Problem the N.C.A.A. Tournament Will Expose

Fittingly, the last men’s college basketball we saw before the NCAA Tournament bracket graced the screen Sunday was the end of Michigan’s win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament final —...

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