CLEVELAND — How long? How much longer do Browns fans have to wait to see the quarterback they were promised?  We’re into Year 3 of the Deshaun Watson Experience and the first lap around the track didn’t feel any differently. Is it too late to speak to a manager and request a refund?  It’s supposed to…

Former Houston Rockets assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson has died at age 86, the team announced Monday. The cause of his death was not disclosed. Dawson, known as “CD,” spent nearly three decades with the Rockets from 1980 to 2007, starting as an assistant coach under Del Harris and working with Bill Fitch,…

Aaron Judge has broken records and compiled an array of individual honors on his way to becoming one of the faces of Major League Baseball during his career with the New York Yankees. Baseball card collectors have been drawn to the 2017 American League Rookie of the Year and 2022 AL MVP in growing numbers,…

Tyreek Hill spent part of his morning in handcuffs, then part of his afternoon in the end zone. Josh Allen showed why he’s a perennial MVP contender. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears proved in Week 1 you don’t need to score an offensive touchdown to win a game. And Dak Prescott, the NFL’s newly…

CHICO, Calif. — Years ago, Dennis Wallen was driving through Marysville, about 40 minutes south of Chico, when he spotted an old, torn up bicycle leaned up against a storefront. An avid fan of “American Pickers,” he’s always on the lookout for undiscovered treasures, especially bikes. The owner had bought this one — an antique…

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It took just two weeks for college football to descend into chaos. We’ve had two top-10 teams lose to unranked opponents. Notre Dame appeared to have a clear path to the College Football Playoff, then lost to Northern Illinois. Oregon…

It is sort of endearing that the man considered the greatest NFL player of all time, who has a 10-year, $375 million contract to talk about football games, came across as nervous to open his Fox broadcasting career. Tom Brady — the 47-year-old, seven-time Super Bowl champion — sounded like a rookie out of the…

DETROIT — One of the biggest compliments you can give this Detroit Lions organization is that it’s no longer graded on a curve. Moral victories? A thing of the past. The coddling after crushing, closely contested defeats? That’s dead, too. Winning breeds expectations, pressure, new standards and a level of play you’re accustomed to and…

NEW YORK — In the build-up to Wimbledon, Taylor Fritz said men’s tennis feels more open now, compared with the Big Three era. “It took just one of them to be playing incredibly well,” he said of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. “We were younger and not as good as we are now.…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Minnesota Vikings linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel not only resolutely put any New York Giants comeback hopes to rest when he intercepted quarterback Daniel Jones in Sunday’s season opener, he provided a blunt reminder that the Giants have far more questions than answers at the quarterback position. Just one brutal game into…