LOS ANGELES — At long last, a parade in Los Angeles. A city starved for one since 1988, kept from one in 2020, finally had its chance to celebrate. These Los Angeles Dodgers rode eight buses from City Hall to Dodger Stadium, soaking in a city that jumped at the opportunity to certify this era…

When we asked our men’s college basketball writers to name the coach under the most pressure this season, no other guidelines were given and interpretations varied. Yes, the coach on the hottest seat is the first thing that comes to mind, and as always, several are in that category as the season tips off Monday.…

RIYADH — Coco Gauff has said that she “probably wouldn’t come back” to Saudi Arabia for tennis events if she feels that change is not happening in the country. Gauff, the world No. 3, is one of eight players in Riyadh for the WTA Tour Finals, which is taking place in Saudi for the first…

Day 2 of the Breeder’s Cup features eight Grade 1 races, including the much-anticipated Breeders’ Cup Classic. To accommodate the college football schedule, the marquee race, called the Classic, is being run mid-card with a post time of 5:41 p.m. ET. TV coverage for Saturday’s events starts at 2:00 p.m. on USA, shifting to NBC…

We’re just over a month into the NHL regular season, and for some teams, the high hopes and optimism of the preseason have faded away for one reason or another. The Athletic asked its NHL staff this week for each team’s biggest concern at this point. The responses covered the full spectrum, from goaltending and…

“Two-nil is the most dangerous lead in football” is one of the game’s most familiar cliches. Known in his home country as Csaplar’s Trap, its origins are attributed to Czech football coach and football commentator Josef Csaplar. The phenomenon is more intangible than grounded in fact, relating to the horrible feeling, when your team go…

If there were any questions why Jay-Z picked Kendrick Lamar to perform the Super Bowl LIX halftime show February in New Orleans, a listen inside the Los Angeles Dodgers’ clubhouse after they won the World Series answered them. Lamar’s hit song “Not Like Us” played loudly. It’s become a theme for the team’s march to…

It’s time to turn back the clock in Indiana. After rehiring Kelly Krauskopf — who was the general manager of the Indiana Fever from 2000 to 2017 — in September to be the president of basketball operations, the Fever are getting the whole band back together with Stephanie White as the new (old) head coach.…

The 2024-25 NBA season is less than two weeks old, but some noteworthy trends are starting to emerge across the league, including some we perhaps weren’t expecting. What has been each team’s biggest surprise so far, good, bad or ugly? The Athletic posed that question to its NBA staff. Here’s what they said. Atlantic Division…

Is NHL officiating bad? Trick question, I know. Because viscerally, most people who follow the NHL as a supporter of a single team would almost universally answer, yes, it is. When people are asked to consider officiating in the abstract, they usually begin by saying they just want it to be consistent. They want a…