Category: Sports
![NFL Draft 2024 ‘The Beast’ Guide: Dane Brugler’s scouting reports and player rankings NFL Draft 2024 ‘The Beast’ Guide: Dane Brugler’s scouting reports and player rankings](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/08120251/24_NFLDraft_TheBeast-scaled.jpg)
NFL Draft 2024 ‘The Beast’ Guide: Dane Brugler’s scouting reports and player rankings
Related media – Connected media Finally! It’s here. I’m thrilled to share this year’s draft guide with everyone. I don’t remember who first referred to…
![NBA Pre-Postseason Player Tiers 1 and 2: Wembanyama quickly rising; Giannis, Jokić steady at top NBA Pre-Postseason Player Tiers 1 and 2: Wembanyama quickly rising; Giannis, Jokić steady at top](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/11145817/0412_NBA_PlayerTiers1_2.png)
NBA Pre-Postseason Player Tiers 1 and 2: Wembanyama quickly rising; Giannis, Jokić steady at top
Related media – Linked media Yesterday, I largely focused on setting the table for the updated NBA Pre-Postseason Players Tiers before revealing Tier 3 (players…
![U.S. Soccer took a gamble waiting for Emma Hayes, leaving USWNT’s style of play in limbo U.S. Soccer took a gamble waiting for Emma Hayes, leaving USWNT’s style of play in limbo](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/11181903/GettyImages-2143728427-scaled.jpg)
U.S. Soccer took a gamble waiting for Emma Hayes, leaving USWNT’s style of play in limbo
Linked media – Related media In November, U.S. Soccer gambled that it was worth sacrificing a year of continuous preparation under a permanent manager to…
![Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/10115041/0410_Giggs-scaled.jpg)
Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship
Connected media – Connected media The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz of chest hair, the twirling shirt, the body…
![Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71 Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/10/multimedia/10Zachary--02-zpqk/10Zachary--02-zpqk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71
Connected media – Connected media Pat Zachry, who was a co-winner of the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1976, but who is…
![A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/17/multimedia/17nat-oakland-baseball-1-gcwm/17nat-oakland-baseball-1-gcwm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland
Connected media – Linked media Still, the Athletics continued to be competitive, reinventing themselves by shrewdly using data to assess undervalued skills, a process that…
![Some Things Are More Important Than History Some Things Are More Important Than History](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/11/multimedia/00mlb-yankees-essay-wcfk/00mlb-yankees-essay-wcfk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Some Things Are More Important Than History
Linked media – Associated media He didn’t care that it was a no-hitter. He just wanted the Yankees to win. More than five hours after…
![USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/27071304/GettyImages-2042052628-scaled-e1709036031304.jpg)
USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone
Associated media – Linked media For those who weren’t following along during the 2011 World Cup qualifying cycle — in which the U.S. lost to…
![Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/27/pageoneplus/27a2_insider-sports/27a2_insider-sports-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports
Linked media – Related media As journalists from the Sports desk began other assignments across the newsroom — and, in a few cases, roles at…
![The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’ The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/21120326/0221_NorthKoreaBrazil-scaled.jpg)
The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’
Connected media – Associated media Everyone seems to have a slightly different estimate of how many people were outside the stadium on that strange November…