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By Shams Charania, Marcus Thompson II and Mark Puleo The end of Steph Curry’s contract with the Golden State Warriors got farther away Thursday, as the star guard agreed to a one-year extension worth $62.6 million to keep him with the team he’s won four titles with through the 2026-27 season, a league source confirmed.…
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Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula 1. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday. MONZA, Italy — As a five-time winner of the Italian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton knows what it is like to stand atop the iconic Monza podium after the checkered flag. Suspended…
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The draw for the revamped Champions League league phase is — after what seemed like a never-ending ceremony — complete. As expected, the new format ensured a smattering of mouthwatering games, as well as a few less mouthwatering ones, ahead of the start of the competition proper next month. You can read an explainer on…
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NFL agents primarily exist in the shadows while supporting their clients. They also have a pulse on the present and future of many league matters. The Athletic spoke with 31 representatives for our sixth annual NFL agent survey. This diverse group, including returning and fresh participants, guides All-Pro selections, franchise quarterbacks, first-round picks and roster hopefuls…
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BOULDER, Colo. — A cluster of fans stood outside Gate 14 at Folsom Field, beseeching the man in all-white coveralls to acknowledge them. The handful of admirers reaching their hands and phones through the black metal bars on this drizzly early August afternoon soon doubled then tripled in size. But Deion Sanders was in the…
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Bill Belichick will cast a large shadow over the NFL throughout the 2024 season. The coaching legend is out of the league for the first time in 50 years, but he’ll have a ghost-like presence in many buildings, specifically among those franchises with coaches under intense pressure to win now. Whether Belichick actually gets another…
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Some things never change for Jayson Tatum. As his career has continued to ebb and flow, there has been one constant: Tatum finds himself at the center of conversation. He broke onto the NBA scene as an impressive role player when he was 19, only to oscillate in the public eye between auspicious and overhyped.…
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Week 1 is here, and so is our weekly top 10 ranking of the best matchups in college football. A handful of marquee matchups top this initial 2024 edition, but this season more than ever, there’s good reason to dip into the deep cuts. The newly expanded 12-team College Football Playoff should elevate interest in…
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It happens often enough that Charlie Morton ought to launch a line of greeting cards to apologize to all the opponents he’s drilled over the years. He could call them Ballmark Cards, a nod to the circular bruise he’s left on batters at a rate unmatched in baseball history. Morton’s hit-by-pitch total of 184 is…
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“I never realised what a magical world it was. It was just people and families and colour and joy. The smell of hotdogs, people selling scarves and souvenirs. It was like I’d gone into this magical world I didn’t even know existed,” Hy Money, photographer and Crystal Palace fan, of her first visit to Selhurst…