How Austria’s positive results and Euro 2024 are being undermined by FA conflict
Austrian football should be heading into the international break on a high. A thumping 5-1 victory over a Norway side featuring Erling Haaland in October took them joint-top of their Nations League ...
Hoffenheim set to sack American head coach Pellegrino Matarazzo
Hoffenheim are set to sack American head coach Pellegrino Matarazzo. The German side have won just one of their last six matches in all competitions and are 15th in the Bundesliga, just one place ...
WSL Briefing: The gap between the top three and the rest of the league is stark
Even with seven gameweeks gone, it feels almost certain that, come May, Chelsea, City and Arsenal will finish in the WSL top three ...
What is the ‘Pellegrini offside trap’ and why is it undermining Chelsea this season?
Top-class defenders must be capable of setting their own offside line, rather than working to the geometry of the penalty box ...
Weekend NHL rankings: Canucks, Predators and 5 way-too-early offseason lessons
3. Chicago Blackhawks (6-9-1, -10) — Something I didn’t realize until I read Mark and Scott’s latest: Connor Bedard went into the weekend ranked second in the league in five-on-five scoring chances, ...
The Edmonton Oilers’ new approach to Darnell Nurse deployment and what may come next
Nurse has been in search of a consistent and effective partner for years and the Oilers' coaching staff is experimenting.
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Twins, Royce Lewis have a second shot at the second base move this offseason
SAN ANTONIO — If the Minnesota Twins do move Royce Lewis to second base, his agent seems open to the possibility. Though he isn’t privy to the team’s plans, agent Scott Boras compared the Twins’ young ...
The NFL reminds us we know nothing, plus Giannis’ hilarious move
This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Go full Raygun in the end zone today. Assumptions are a bad thing, no matter how ...
How Jim Harbaugh channeled a folk-rock ballad to lead Chargers to third straight win
"The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald" served as Harbaugh's latest dose of inspiration for a Chargers team that improved to 6-3.
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Democrats Who Won
We’re covering this year’s successful Democratic campaigns. By David Leonhardt In a very bad year for their party, some ...
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Gotham FC’s home playoff win exemplifies its ‘swell of momentum’ on and off the field
It will likely be remembered as the loudest Gotham goal scored inside Red Bull Arena. With five minutes of stoppage time left on the clock, Gotham was banking on some late-game theatrics to keep the ...
Carson Beck’s NFL Draft status check-in: Is the Georgia QB still a first-rounder?
The scout said Beck was no longer their top QB prospect. And The Athletic’s NFL Draft analyst Dane Brugler believes that, if the draft were happening tomorrow, Beck would be a third- to fifth-rounder ...