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An Escape Plan for the Browns Once They (Finally) Admit It’s Over

Before we sort through end-of-season Deshaun Watson exit strategies for the Cleveland Browns, let’s make one thing clear: Watson remains the starting quarterback.Browns fans know the routine.Another week, another depressing performance from...

Ranking 134 College Football Teams, With a New No. 1

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams.If there’s one lesson to be learned from the first half of this college football season, it’s that...

How Tom Brady Got to the Brink of N.F.L. Ownership

Legendary quarterback Tom Brady’s bid to become a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders is expected to be approved at the NFL’s fall owners’ meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday, according to...

Is M.L.B.’s Revamped Playoff Format Fair?

NEW YORK — It all looked kinda familiar, almost as if we’d seen it before …There they were, that where’d-they-come-from wild-card team dancing and hugging in the infield, as fireworks popped and 44,000 people...

Kansas Is Ranked No. 1 Over UConn in College Basketball Preseason Poll

By Brendan Marks, Justin Williams and Mark CooperFor the second consecutive season, Kansas will begin the year as the No. 1 team in men’s college basketball. This time, the Jayhawks hope to...

A Tennis Trick-Shot Maestro Reveals His Secrets

Two weeks ago, Uruguayan tennis player Pablo Cuevas announced his retirement.When it came, tennis fans the world over dipped into their memory banks in admiration of the modern master of the trick...

The Surprise Factor That Helped the Liberty to Even the W.N.B.A. Finals

NEW YORK — Betnijah Laney-Hamilton couldn’t immediately pick her favorite moment from the New York Liberty’s WNBA Finals Game 2 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday. So here are some possibilities.Perhaps...

The Dark Spiral of a Modern Sports Gambler

YUMA, Ariz. – Buddy Hield … who is this Buddy Hield?Jordan Holt typed furiously on his computer in his Phoenix hotel room, searching for information on Indiana Pacers guard Buddy Hield. Holt,...

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