By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. Nesbitt Every week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results. There are two weeks left in the Major League Baseball regular season. Each team has four series remaining…

Pete Radovich, the coordinating producer of the UEFA Champions League coverage on CBS Sports, is reflecting on how he came to realise that the network’s Champions League Today studio now owns the global conversation on major nights of European football. “Thierry Henry, in no uncertain terms, says he gets asked more about CBS now than…

Before Sidney Crosby’s first home opener at Pittsburgh’s now-extinct Mellon Arena in October 2005, Mario Lemieux walked past a media scrum encircling Crosby and into the players’ lounge, pouring a cup of black coffee. Smirking, he opined about soon being “forgotten.” Then, in an unusually earnest moment, Lemieux predicted Crosby would “own all my records…

Welcome to our 2024 NFL projections, where you will find each team’s probability of conquering its division, advancing through the playoffs and winning the Super Bowl. The projections are based on 100,000 simulations of the remainder of the season, which factors in each team’s projected strength, current health as well as its remaining schedule. All…

By Joe Person, Lukas Weese and Larry Holder The Carolina Panthers are benching 2023 No. 1 pick Bryce Young for their Week 3 matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders, a league source confirmed Monday. Andy Dalton will be the new starting quarterback for the Panthers, per the league source. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network was…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — After the second touchdown, Paris Johnson Jr., sprinted downfield and lifted his teammate, just as he had done numerous times during their time together at Ohio State. The 6-foot-6 left tackle grabbed Marvin Harrison Jr., placing his hands underneath the rookie receiver’s arms, and lifted. As their Arizona Cardinals teammates surrounded them,…

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the Davis Cup returned, there were two very short matches — in very different ways — and one women’s tournament bore the brunt of tennis schedule fatigue. If you’d like to…

LANDOVER, Md. — The disaster was so predictable that any seasoned New York Giants observer could see it happening in real time. Washington’s Austin Ekeler broke through a crowd and darted into the open field on Sunday’s opening kickoff of the Giants’ 21-18 loss. The long return forced Giants kicker Graham Gano to give chase,…

It was 29 years ago this month that Cal Ripken Jr. showed us what a 20th-century Iron Man looked like. By which we mean this. OTD in 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. took a victory lap for the ages after playing in his 2,131st consecutive game and officially breaking Lou Gehrig’s historic streak 👏🧡🖤 pic.twitter.com/hzfFD2ciNz —…