Presumably, once you’ve won Olympic gold and broken your own world record, you get a little bored. At least, that’s the simplest explanation for Mondo Duplantis and Karsten Warholm racing each other over 100m on a warm, early September evening in Zurich, the night before the Weltklasse Diamond League meet. Neither athlete is a sprinter…

There’s still a long season ahead in college football with most teams only having played one game but Florida State couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start. The Noles, who began the season ranked No. 10, are 0-2 with losses to two unranked opponents. The team has struggled despite the Noles making a big…

There’s no ‘I’ in team but there is one in ‘best player in the world’ and that, one and all, is where the Ballon d’Or comes in. Crowning the number one footballer in the world over the last year may seem like a fool’s errand given the multitude of nuances involved, but that’s what the…

The Bills were knocked out of the playoffs last season by the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Round while the Cardinals missed the postseason with a 4-13 record. Dissecting the Bills’ options at safety In the final year of his rookie deal, Hamlin went from potentially on the roster bubble heading into training…

Australian breaker Rachel “Raygun” Gunn, who quickly became one of the most talked about Olympians at the Paris Games following her performance, said much of the heavy criticism of her skills was due to a lack of knowledge of the sport. “The energy and vitriol that people had was pretty alarming,” Gunn told “The Project,”…

After the Añejo tequila from the night before had worn off, Aaron Rodgers asked Packers assistant director of communications Tom Fanning for Jordan Love’s cell phone number. Rodgers was driving home in Southern California from a workout the morning after the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Before he entered an area without service,…

Thus far the ongoing battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf has only resulted in a fracture in the men’s professional game and disillusioned fans. Now, it will be the centerpiece of a made-for-TV match later this year. The PGA Tour’s Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are set to face LIV’s Bryson DeChambeau and…

ATLANTA — Whit Merrifield has had enough of control-challenged pitchers hitting batters with pitches. The veteran infielder became the latest in a string of Atlanta Braves players hit by fastballs when he was plunked in the back of his head Tuesday by Colorado Rockies rookie Jeff Criswell, and Merrifield said Major League Baseball needs to…

It was about as close as an FA Cup-winning manager has come to a mic drop. In a room of journalists who had spent the previous few days reporting on his bosses’ plan to replace him, a bruised, embattled but belligerent Erik ten Hag defended his record as manager of Manchester United. “Two trophies in…

For the third consecutive summer, The Athletic polled some of the NFL’s most prominent decision-makers to get a feel for their expectations this season. Twenty-seven coaches and executives were asked the same seven questions throughout training camp and the preseason. They voted on the condition of anonymity, and some abstained from certain questions. Let’s get…