Zheng Qinwen is ascending tennis again at the U.S. Open. She may have needed the dip
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 U.S. Open. NEW YORK — If any new tennis fans turned on the U.S. Open this weekend and saw the effervescent player…
Jim Nantz says LIV players returning to PGA Tour will be tricky: ‘The game is thriving without them’
As the PGA Tour wraps up its postseason while uncertainty surrounding the future of LIV Golf rages on, the game is once again grappling with a highly debated issue: Should…
Carlos Alcaraz confirms U.S. Open return via soccer transfer figure Fabrizio Romano
“I’m coming back. Here we go.” With those six words, Carlos Alcaraz bent the tennis universe back his way Thursday, as he heralded his return to the sport after a…
Inside Josh Kerr’s mile world-record attempt: Bespoke spikes, speed suits and 800m races
“The problem is it’s so fast,” Danny Mackey says with a nervous laugh. Mackey has spent the last eight months building up Olympic 1500-metre silver medalist Josh Kerr for his…
Both World Cup semifinals are clashes of giants – one is the much hotter ticket
The 2026 World Cup semifinals feature four giants of international soccer and around $5billion worth of playing talent. They pit the world’s top-ranked team, France, against No. 3 Spain; and…
European politicians demand FIFA addresses ethics complaint over Trump winning Peace Prize
Fifty members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have written to FIFA to demand that the organization address an ethics complaint made against its President Gianni Infantino over his decision to…
Podcaster, former MLB exec David Samson mourns loss of daughter: ‘The magic of Kyra’
One night last September, David Samson got a text from his middle child, Kyra, with a photo capturing an average day at her dream job. She was on the set…
Why are World Cup players cutting holes in their socks?
Something is missing from this World Cup. Not goals, drama or storylines — there have been plenty of those. Instead, we should focus on the players’ socks, which are, to…
Vozinha and 14million reasons why the World Cup can change lives overnight
The cultural significance of a World Cup was captured in very modern terms four years ago when a post from Lionel Messi in the aftermath of Argentina’s final win over…
Fox’s World Cup problem: Zlatan Ibrahimović and Alexi Lalas
One of the great strikers of all time, Zlatan Ibrahimović, did a bit the other day on Fox’s late-night World Cup show, “After Hours with James Corden,” in which Corden…














