One hour passed before Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott appeared for his postgame news conference Sunday.Criticism rained down on him in the meantime.“Baffling...

Cooper Flagg’s Duke debut just the beginning in season full of highly anticipated steps

DURHAM, N.C. — Twenty minutes were just a taste.Or really, a tease.Only so much can be gleaned from these preseason, meet-the-team, intrasquad events,...

Michael Jordan confident in outcome of lawsuit against NASCAR: ‘We want a fair deal’

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Michael Jordan expressed confidence Sunday in the outcome of the antitrust lawsuit his 23XI Racing team recently filed against NASCAR...

NFL Week 5 takeaways: Who’s the NFC West’s best? Does a Davante Adams-Jets trade still make sense?

Follow live coverage of Cowboys vs. Steelers on Sunday Night Football todayThe NFL world continues to turn at breakneck speed. Two weeks ago...

Cal Berkeley’s Calgorithm — social media and self-awareness in ‘the people’s program’

BERKELEY, Calif. — Speckled throughout the mass of overjoyed fans scrunched together at the epicenter of the Cal Berkeley campus Saturday morning were...

Diego Pavia is a Bama-slaying Vanderbilt legend, and Vandy is a college football lesson

A twinge of sympathy struck in the moment, sitting in Vanderbilt’s McGugin Center last month, listening to Diego Pavia talk about turning down...

Royals puzzled by replay decision in loss to Yankees: ‘You could see the daylight’

NEW YORK — In the moments after the Royals’ 6-5 loss to the Yankees on Saturday night, Michael Massey left the field and...

Liberty advance to WNBA Finals after toppling defending champion Aces

LAS VEGAS — The New York Liberty have been waiting nearly 12 months for this. From the moment Courtney Vandersloot’s jumper misfired in...

NASCAR garage reacts to lawsuit: ‘It’s another edition of the soap opera’

TALLADEGA, Ala. — As Denny Hamlin was digesting the reaction to his race team filing an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR this week, fiancée...

Sickle cell and football: Why the disease that mainly affects Black people needs more research

This article is part of The Athletic’s series marking UK Black History Month. To view the whole collection, click here.Lassana Diarra was preparing...

Kalen DeBoer’s Alabama is mortal in a way Nick Saban’s Alabama never was

Seconds after quarterback Diego Pavia kneeled to secure Vanderbilt’s first win against Alabama since 1984, Nick Saban appeared on the jumbotron at FirstBank...