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What Message Does NASCAR’s Decision to Penalize Austin Dillon Send?

BROOKLYN, Mich. — Bubba Wallace sat down at the Michigan International Speedway media center desk and smirked.“Can only imagine what is going to be asked about,” Wallace said.It was entirely obvious, of...

How Pencil Bats and Scooby Spikes Show a Different Side of M.L.B.

Friday marked the start of Players’ Weekend in Major League Baseball, the annual celebration where players use an eclectic mix of custom bats, cleats and other equipment to highlight different parts of...

Caitlin Clark Painted a Masterpiece in Her First Game After the W.N.B.A. Break

INDIANAPOLIS — Tyrese Haliburton couldn’t contain himself. The Indiana Pacers star, who was sitting courtside Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, wasn’t just watching basketball. He was watching art.And Caitlin Clark was painting a...

Why Do So Many Soccer Stars Love Chess?

Follow live coverage of Chelsea vs Manchester City in the Premier League todayWhat do Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca have in common?Coaches wedded to a certain style of football? Midfielders who became...

What Can U.S. Men’s National Team Fans Expect From a Mauricio Pochettino Team?

Following an underwhelming Copa America as the host nation this summer and with a men’s World Cup to be played mostly on home soil two years away, the USMNT needed to go...

Predicting the 2024 Heisman Trophy Winner

The Athletic’s Heisman draft is back, with a new crop of challengers undertaking the tricky task of projecting this year’s most outstanding player. With all four of 2023’s finalists off to the...

This Is the Season the Premier League Could Change Forever

Welcome to the season when everything might change, or nothing might change, for the most popular football league on the planet. In the coming months, the hearing against Manchester City for their...

The Complex Legacy of the Greatest Little League Baseball Player Ever

DETROIT — The cedar chest had been there his whole life. Down in the basement, near the water heater and next to the storage racks filled with all the knick-knacks a person...

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