With the 2025 Scouting Combine behind us, the next big step in the NFL offseason is free agency. Tuesday marks the next big deadline, as teams have until 4:00 p.m. Eastern to designate Franchise or Transition Tag players. That deadline comes ahead of the league’s official tampering period, which begins on March 10. Here at…
The Minnesota House failed to pass the “Preserving Girls’ Sports Act” weeks after President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban biological males from competing in women’s and girls sports. HF12 needed 68 House votes for passage, but the bill fell one vote short with 67 affirmative votes to 66 negative votes. The act stated that…
(Correction: An earlier version of this article included an incorrect order on our All-America teams. Paige Bueckers is a member of The Athletic’s All-America first team, and Ta’Niya Latson is a second-team All-America selection.) With the regular season in the rearview, The Athletic’s team of dedicated writers and contributors got together to take stock of…
A senior Serie A executive has said Italian clubs playing a regular-season game in the United States could happen within one to two years but admitted the league had a long way to go to catch up with the Premier League’s popularity there. Serie A’s commercial and marketing director, Michele Ciccarese, confirmed an earlier comment…
Dyson Daniels is at it again. Daniels, the NBA’s steals leader, pulled off the perfect steal in the final seconds Monday night to lift the Atlanta Hawks to a wild 132-130 win over the Memphis Grizzlies at the buzzer. Daniels, with just seconds left on the clock, easily picked Desmond Bane’s pocket as he was…
The Minnesota Vikings might have a new starting quarterback in 2025. Sam Darnold led the team to a 14-3 record last season, but he could be heading elsewhere for the upcoming season with the Vikings unlikely to use the franchise tag on him, according to NFL Media. The decision by Minnesota means that there’s a…
EVANSTON, Ill. — It was a frighteningly familiar tale for UCLA. From fully locked in and comfortably ahead to being on the verge of collapse. What had been a 14-point lead over Northwestern with a little more than two minutes left Monday night was down to one with 21 seconds to go after Bruins forward Tyler Bilodeau…
Mike CoppingerMar 3, 2025, 05:02 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger The New York State Athletic Commission, in a statement to ESPN, said it is “reviewing the matter”…
It’s no secret that 2024 was an off-year for Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray. The 32-year-old missed the first quarter of the season with a foot injury she suffered in the 2023 Finals, and her production was way down upon her return. After averaging 15.3 points (on 49% shooting) and 7.3 assists in 2023,…
Senate Democrats faced backlash on Monday after the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act failed to garner the votes it needed to break the filibuster. Republicans needed 60 votes but only received 51. No Democrats sided with Republicans on the bill. Two Democrats were absent from the vote, as were two Republicans. The…
