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The Warriors Likely Won’t Be the Last Stop on Chris Paul’s N.B.A. Journey

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Chris Paul is 11 hours from his 19th NBA season ending. He’s less than a month from turning 39. He takes a seat in the third row of Golden...

Who Won the W.N.B.A. Draft? Caitlin Clark Wasn’t the Only Prize.

The most anticipated WNBA Draft in recent memory has come and gone. Once again, it was a franchise-changing day for the Indiana Fever, who drafted Caitlin Clark. Meanwhile, several teams made meaningful...

Ippei Mizuhara’s Gambling Case Exposes a Greater Problem in Sports

As Astros fan Saul Malek read the criminal complaint alleging interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole more than $16 million from Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani to pay his gambling debts, Malek was less stunned...

Connor Bedard Was Hockey’s Most Hyped Prospect. He Has Lived Up to It All.

Connor Bedard wasn’t nervous when he pulled on a Team Canada sweater and stepped onto the ice at the World Junior championships, the weight of a hockey-mad country’s expectations resting squarely on...

How LeBron James and the Lakers Earned a Meeting With the N.B.A. Champions

After a disastrous loss to the Los Angeles Lakers to close their regular season, the New Orleans Pelicans sought redemption in the opening game of the NBA Play-In Tournament on Tuesday. Instead...

How a Major League Bat Boy Became One of Hockey’s Most Powerful Executives

Bill Zito has come a long way since his days as bat boy for the Milwaukee Brewers.From a World Series appearance as a teenage bat boy to the Stanley Cup Final as...

N.F.L. Teams Know the Best Way to Draft. So Why Aren’t They Doing It?

The 2014 NFL Draft wouldn’t happen for months, but according to Steve Gera, at least one Cleveland Browns executive had his mind made up on one of its most polarizing prospects.A special...

The Questions That Need to Be Answered Ahead of the Paris Olympics

Follow The Athletic’s Olympics coverage here.In 100 days, Paris will host the most famous sporting jamboree on the planet: the summer Olympic Games.There will be action across 32 sports watched by millions...

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