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9 MLB managers whose job status could be in question by the end of the season
In baseball’s Age of Collaboration, the hot seat for managers should be viewed more as an oversized sofa, with front-office executives and statistical analysts all squeezing in. Firing the manager when others bear responsibility for shaping rosters and influencing decisions often amounts to blatant scapegoating. Perhaps that is one reason early dismissals are becoming less […]
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How George Russell finished second in Bahrain Grand Prix with malfunctioning car
As the Bahrain Grand Prix unfolded and George Russell raced in second place, messages slowly came through on his radio that different systems were failing. Team principal Toto Wolff put it simply: “The car was wounded.” The Mercedes driver suddenly suffered a brake-by-wire failure, and it took time to find the settings to reset the […]
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Rory McIlroy won the Masters, finally. The roars told the story
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A concoction of sweaty bodies and long-lens cameras was deadlocked in the upper left-hand corner of the No. 15 grandstand at Augusta National as Rory McIlroy’s 7-foot eagle putt slid underneath the cup. At that point in the day, the phoneless Masters Tournament patrons were not unfamiliar with the sound of thousands […]
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2025 NFL Draft matchmaker: Best fits for Cam Ward, Jaxson Dart, other top QBs
Read Dane Brugler’s 2025 ‘The Beast’ NFL Draft guide. At least beyond Cam Ward, there is no consensus on where each of this year’s crop of quarterbacks may get drafted. After Ward presumably becomes a Tennessee Titan, the rest of the group is a complete mystery. It’s just as likely Ward is the only quarterback we see […]
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From LeBron James to Alex Ovechkin, untouchable sports records and why they might never be broken
With each passing decade, elite athletes seem to become faster, stronger and, dare we say it, better. Performance improves and, consequently, records tumble. But some records seem otherworldly. No matter what future technological or scientific advancements may be made, they feel out of reach and unbreakable. Although that is what many thought of Wayne Gretzky’s […]
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Rating the favourites to win the 2025 Ballon d’Or: Is Raphinha now in pole position?
We’re into the defining stretch of the 2024-25 season, with trophies to be won, European spots up for grabs and relegations to be avoided. All of Europe’s domestic leagues and UEFA’s three club competitions are nearing completion, which not only prompts conversation about the end-of-year awards but the next Ballon d’Or too. At its roots, […]
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Masters fashion: Stretching the concept of quiet luxury underneath a giant oak tree
Follow live coverage of the final round of the 2025 Masters AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters will never be cheugy. It may be a crime of fashion to be overdone, outdated or, gasp, dressed in millenial-core for 51 weeks a year. But for this week, at Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters, the patrons come […]
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Top 5 phrases TV broadcasters shouldn’t say while covering the Masters
The Athletic has live coverage from Round 3 of The Masters. Golf Channel TV analyst Brandel Chamblee was on a Barstool Sports’ golf podcast earlier this week, and there is a fascinating clip where Chamblee reviews the words or phrases that TV broadcasters are given guidance on not to utter when covering the Masters. They […]
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Inside Mohamed Salah’s contract saga: Lawyer’s concerns, Saudi interest – and a deal that pleases everyone
In the end, the news that Mohamed Salah will remain at Liverpool was delivered with a humorous tagline. “More in than out,” read the message across the club’s social media pages at 8am on Friday, around 36 hours after reports in the forward’s homeland of Egypt first suggested he had agreed to extend his eight-year […]
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Carlos Alcaraz’s ‘My Way’ documentary trailer and a tennis tweener trick shot from heaven
If a player hits a running trick shot to save a break point, but later gets broken off three unforced errors and a double fault, is it good tennis? For Carlos Alcaraz, definitely. He delivered a signal example of the tension running through his documentary series, ‘My Way,’ just as Netflix released its trailer. While […]
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