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With Roki Sasaki, the Dodgers Further Separate Themselves

Roki Sasaki did what everyone expected him to do all along — he picked the Los Angeles Dodgers. The defending World Series champs just added the favorite to win the NL Rookie...

Where Has the College Football and N.F.L. Postseason Competition Gone?

One evening after the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff concluded with four blowout games staged on campus, ESPN host Scott Van Pelt and football analyst Tim Hasselbeck held a conversation that mirrored...

She Didn’t Play Tennis to Be Famous. Now She Is a Star.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A seriously cold December afternoon in midtown Manhattan, in the lobby of a hotel off Central Park.A 23-year-old woman looks up from a club chair near an elevator. She’s...

The N.H.L. Team That Is Surprising Everyone This Season

By Sean Gentille, Shayna Goldman, Jesse Granger, James Mirtle and The Athletic NHL StaffIn October, The Athletic’s NHL staff didn’t consider the Vegas Golden Knights a serious Stanley Cup contender. There’s no...

Marcus Freeman’s Championship Moment Isn’t Just Significant. It’s Monumental.

Minutes after Notre Dame beat Georgia to clinch a berth in the College Football Playoff semifinals against Penn State earlier this month, Tremaine Jackson’s phone buzzed.“Well, we’re guaranteed one,” the text message...

The N.F.L. Divisional Round Arrives With One Matchup Stealing the Spotlight

The Athletic has live coverage of Texans vs Chiefs  in the AFC divisional round playoffs.One of the best weekends of the NFL postseason has arrived. After a wild-card round that turned largely...

Prince William and a Very Special Pre-Game Drink

“I got this call from Aston Villa asking if I wanted to meet the future King of England at a train station Wetherspoon’s.”No, this is not a set-up line to a gag,...

They Were Three-Star Recruits. Now They’re in the National Championship.

The Rose Bowl confetti had fallen, the trophy presentation was underway and all Will Howard wanted to do was celebrate with his teammates.But as the Buckeyes quarterback made his way to the...

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