Steve Schnur can’t sleep. He calls it a blessing and a curse.  In pursuit of the next great sports video game soundtrack, Schnur scrolls social media in the middle of the night, discovering new music and sending it to his colleagues who have long gone to bed. That’s how he found Lola Young. Swiping through…

It’s a long wait from the first weekend in April until the first week of November, but at last, the men’s college basketball season is upon us. We’ve already shared The Athletic’s preseason conference rankings, full of stats and analysis. We’ve rolled out our preseason All-America teams and Top 25. And there’s plenty more to…

This winter’s free agent class looks a bit better than last year’s dismal group, highlighted by one all-time superstar, after which there’s a decent tier of potential impact players on both sides of the ball if very few other players you could reasonably call “stars.” This is my ranking of the top 50 free agents…

Manchester United have confirmed Sporting Lisbon’s Ruben Amorim as their new head coach. The Portuguese will start officially on Monday, November 11 with Ruud van Nistelrooy, put in interim charge following Ten Hag’s departure on Monday, set to remain at the helm for upcoming games with Chelsea, PAOK and Leicester City. Amorim has signed a…

With the NFL moving its trade deadline back to Nov. 5 — just past the halfway mark of the season — we have already seen teams making moves. There has been a run on wide receivers with Davante Adams, Amari Cooper, DeAndre Hopkins and Diontae Johnson all in new locations, but some lingering questions remain.…

It’s a top-heavy slate this weekend with only two ranked matchups. But one of those is a top-five showdown between Ohio State and Penn State that’s rich with storylines, alongside a few other intriguing games featuring Top 25 teams. And much like tee shots that land in the fairway, we don’t like to complain about…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was 10 years ago when Kenneth Wilson, a Cowboys fan, sat down with his 14-year-old son Garrett to watch “Sunday Night Football” from their living room couch in Austin, Texas. The matchup: Cowboys at Giants. When Odell Beckham Jr. leapt and reached back for an Eli Manning deep ball, his…

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama added to his list of career achievements Thursday night by recording his second 5×5 statistical line game in just his 76th NBA game. Wembanyama tallied 25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five blocks and five steals in the Spurs’ 106-88 win over the Utah Jazz at Delta Center. It…

The stars came out in October. Some performed up to expectations. Others fell flat and brought their teams down with them. Our All-Postseason team reveals the secret to the New York Mets’ surprisingly deep run (their infield was excellent), the New York Yankees’ first pennant in 15 years (a productive top half of the lineup)…

Stardom in Argentina is a unique cultural phenomenon, particularly for the country’s professional athletes. In a nation where sport is debated as passionately as politics and world affairs, one is more likely to be polarizing than universally admired. Which is why the story of rising Formula 1 star Franco Colapinto is unique. The 21-year-old Argentine…