The Paralympics in Paris brought us powerful, important and surprising stories. The Athletic’s Charlotte Harpur was there and now she brings you her most memorable moments and takeaways from the Games, while also looking forward to the Los Angeles Games in 2028. Best moment: France vs Argentina, blind football final The shouts of “Allez Les…

This was going to be about the search. It was going to be one of those pieces with an absence at its heart, a kind of magical mystery write-around, Frank Sinatra Has A Cold for the Brazilian football heads. Sometimes you get the interview. Sometimes you just have to shrug and tell the story without…

By Dianna Russini, Saad Yousuf, Jon Machota and Amos Morale III Dak Prescott will be in a Dallas Cowboys uniform beyond the 2024 NFL season. The Cowboys and their starting quarterback agreed to terms on a multiyear contract extension hours before Dallas opens its season against the Cleveland Browns, making the three-time Pro Bowler the…

Each Sunday, three of The Athletic’s NFL writers react to the biggest news, plays and performances from the day’s games. The first Sunday of the NFL season brought a dominant Dallas performance (led by the defense and a well-paid QB), one major upset, an awfully shaky day for the draft’s top pick, and some familiar…

Fantasy managers were expecting huge point totals from tonight’s game, but that hasn’t panned out thus far. On the Lions side, the top scorer is Jahmyr Gibbs, whose touchdown led him to a 10.2-PPR point total. Jameson Williams also posted a respectable 7.0 PPR points, but David Montgomery, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Sam LaPorta, and Jared…

Hours after police detained him outside the stadium for a traffic incident before his team’s season opener, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill said he was still trying to process the situation. “Right now, I’m still trying to put it all together,” said Hill, after he played — and scored a touchdown — in Miami’s…

CHICAGO — Chicago Bears fans packed Soldier Field hoping to see something new. Something special. The start of a new era. Instead, they got a rerun. A throwback game. A good old-fashioned “Da Bears” slobberknocker. But at least a familiar ending was also a happy one. The Bears won their opener — 24-17 over the…

NEW YORK — Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz in the U.S. Open final at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday, in two hours, 15 minutes. The No. 1 seed prevailed over the No. 12 seed in a comfortable win, bar a few games of excitement in the third set.…

The NFL saw a record-low 22 percent of kickoffs returned last season, and only four of those were returned for scores. The NFL introduced significant changes to its kickoff rules for the 2024 season to boost the incentive for more players to return kickoffs — while limiting touchbacks and injuries. In Week 1 of the…

Welcome to the ‘Beverly Hills of Britain’, where the only thing missing is sunshine. There are luxury cars, fancy restaurants, gated mansions and enough high-level professional footballers to create the United Kingdom’s most dominant five-a-side league. ‘Elmbridge Borough Council welcomes you to Cobham’, the sign reads as you enter the village made famous by Chelsea…