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The Unfortunate Reality Facing One of Baseball’s Best Players

No player is untradeable, not even an aging, broken-down, signed-through-2030 Mike Trout. But with Trout’s latest injury, the horrifying thought of him spending the rest of his career with the Los Angeles...

How Ohio State Became the Biggest Winner of the College Football Offseason

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Gene Smith and Ryan Day met after the season, the athletic director made it clear he was going “all in” on football. Ohio State heavily investing in football...

One Reason for Every M.L.B. Team to Be Optimistic, and Pessimistic, This Season

Believe it or not, we have played five weeks of the regular season, and already we’ve seen enough to identify reasons for optimism and pessimism for all 30 teams.Is the glass half-empty?...

The Premier League Salary Cap and the $500 Million Elephant in the Room

Premier League clubs this week opted to push on with plans for a hard spending limit — a de facto salary cap tied to the income of the lowest earning side in...

The Knicks Have Made It This Far Because They Learn From Their Blunders

PHILADELPHIA — The scene could have been a replay from 48 hours earlier, but this time it went better for the New York Knicks.With the Knicks up by a point and for...

West Saratoga Is a Kentucky Derby Long Shot. But So Was His Trainer.

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2024 Kentucky Oaks. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Larry Demeritte bends over and unwinds the wrap circling West Saratoga’s right rear leg. He does the same to the...

At Just 5-Foot-6, a College Student Is Living an Improbable Football Dream

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Sam Salz emerged from Texas A&M’s Bright Football Complex at dusk in early February, eager to explain how he got here.“Over there,” he pointed, patting down his yarmulke...

A Tale of 2 Photos: What Pictures Tell Us About a Young Soccer Star’s Attitude

It was impossible to know what Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham said when he approached Harry Kane as the Bayern Munich striker prepared to take a penalty in Tuesday evening’s Champions League semi-final...

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