UK culture secretary broke rules in appointing chairman of new football regulator
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy broke the rules governing public appointments when she failed to declare that her…
Inside Trump’s Turnberry: £1,000 per round, iconic holes and an Open omerta
Turnberry is a bucket-list course every golfer wants to play. In peak summer time, the west Scotland venue…
Spencer Haywood is an NBA legend who still feels under-recognized. His solution is complicated
LAS VEGAS — The top of his refrigerator is crowded with white plastic bottles, neatly aligned in rows,…
Victoria Mboko and Janice Tjen end breakthrough tennis seasons with WTA Tour titles
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the…
Inside the text messages of the agent who became a ‘mole’ for Rob Manfred and MLB
On March 26, 2020, agent Jim Murray sent a text to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred urging…
MLBPA bans agent Jim Murray over double dealing with MLB during 2020 COVID negotiations
The Major League Baseball Players Association has banned prominent player agent Jim Murray of WME Sports for multiple…
British boxing’s unspoken race problem: ‘You’ve got to force change’
This article is part of The Athletic’s series marking UK Black History Month. To view the whole collection, click here.…
MLB’s Manfred defends sports gambling partnerships for the ‘crucial’ data they offer
TORONTO — In the wake of the NBA’s betting scandal, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred defended his…
Is there enough talent for NHL expansion? Odds Sidney Crosby gets traded? Ask CJ
With a new collective bargaining agreement in place and stable ownership across the board, the prospect of NHL…
NFL sends memos reminding league personnel of gambling policy in wake of NBA scandal
In the wake of the gambling scandal sweeping the NBA this week, the NFL sent out two memos…
A timeline of NBA’s decade-long embrace of sports betting
The Athletic has live coverage of the U.S. federal sports betting investigation into NBA players. NEW YORK —…
A generational jolt: The Blue Jays and a resurgence of Canadian baseball pride
Few people in the bar paid attention when George Springer hit one of the biggest home runs in…