UConn star Paige Bueckers continues to make history. On Monday, Nike named Bueckers as the first name, image and likeness athlete to design and launch a player edition sneaker, with the brand debuting Bueckers’ Nike G.T. Hustle 3 on Saturday. “It’s definitely motivating to wear your own shoe,” Bueckers said in a statement. “I grew…

WNBA teams will play a record 44 games during the 2025 regular season, which begins with a Friday, May 16 slate that includes the Golden State Valkyries’ home debut. The league released the full schedule Monday. The additional four games (up from 40 in 2024) come as a result of the Valkyries entering the WNBA…

Do the Falcons have a Kirk Cousins problem? Do the Ravens have a Justin Tucker problem? And do we have a new front-runner in the MVP race? For the first time in NFL history, a quarterback ran, caught and threw a touchdown in a single game — the latest testament to the brilliance of Josh…

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams.  It turns out the first 12-team College Football Playoff field may be mostly locked in before championship weekend. After weeks of twists, turns and hypotheticals, figuring out the 12 teams has become mostly pretty easy by the end. But seeding…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —The tale of the aging quarterback is as old as time. First, the body breaks down. That impacts the brain, the ability to process in the heat of battle in the same way. Where he was once able to outrun the opponent, or absorb a hit, now he’s mostly trying to stay…

When the commissioner of baseball speaks, we listen. So we were listening a few weeks ago when Rob Manfred stopped by the podcast of Puck’s John Ourand and dropped this giant breadcrumb about a rule change that seems like it might be coming someday to a ballpark near you — and a mobile device even…

The buzzword at Anfield on Sunday evening was “perfect”. A perfect start on Merseyside for Arne Slot; another near-perfect game from his Liverpool team; a mighty opponent, Manchester City, not just brought down to earth but engulfed by what looks like a perfect storm. There can be no such thing as perfection in a team…

For a number of programs across the country, Thanksgiving Feast Week was celebratory. At some of the annual November showcases, trophies were handed out. Memories were made in the Cayman Islands, Cancun and Las Vegas. But as I pinch-hit for Sabreena Merchant for this week’s power rankings, I’m beginning with one of the schools that…

Stephen Strasburg retired, Patrick Corbin’s deal with the Washington Nationals finally expired and Chris Sale roared back to form in a major way. That means there are changes to the annual rankings of MLB’s worst contracts. With Black Friday deals in the past and baseball’s hot stove on the verge of heating up, risk-averse executives…

The MVP race hit another gear Sunday night. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen frolicked in prime time at the San Francisco 49ers’ expense, carving snow angels on the field with coach Sean McDermott, not long after Saquon Barkley and Lamar Jackson shared the NFL’s late-afternoon spotlight. No running back has won MVP honors in more…