MILWAUKEE — For moments that turned into minutes, all Pete Crow-Armstrong could do was lean against the dugout railing and watch the celebratory scene. The blue and gold streamers fell onto American ...

Ian Happ’s playoff moment had been nine years in the making. The longest-tenured Chicago Cubs player had endured a rough return to the postseason. Entering Thursday’s elimination game, Happ had only ...

PROVO — There have been finer points to pick at during BYU's 5-0 start to the season, its ninth in program history and fourth under head coach Kalani Sitake. But as far as the results go? Well, you ...

MILWAUKEE — It’s time for the Los Angeles Dodgers to visit the liquor store and order a few dozen cartons of champagne and cases of beer. They can start putting down the plastic on the floor of their ...

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona competes for the ball with Yeremy Pino, then of Villarreal Quality Sport Images/Getty Images The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) ...

The Las Vegas Aces took a commanding 2-0 lead in the 2025 WNBA Finals with a 91-78 win over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 2 on Sunday afternoon. This is the first best-of-seven series in WNBA history, ...

Las Vegas Sands, owned by the Adelson family, was under pressure in Macau, with billions at stake. That created an opportunity. An N.B.A. preseason game between the Phoenix Suns and the Brooklyn Nets, ...

From utter futility to a startling fusillade: That’s the story of the Toronto Blue Jays in this American League Championship Series. And after two games of punchless offense was followed by a lineup ...

TORONTO — Beatdown doesn’t even begin to describe it. Humiliation doesn’t quite capture it. Nor does train wreck. No, what the Blue Jays did to the Yankees in the first two games of their Division ...

Boos poured onto the diamond Monday in Philadelphia. The Phillies, who had lost four of their past five home playoff games dating to the 2023 postseason, were entering the ninth inning with a 4-1 ...