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How Makai Lemon fits in Eagles' 'basketball' squad of wide receivers
Shortly after the call — well, the two calls — that changed Makai Lemon’s life, there was the group text that connected the Philadelphia Eagles’ newest wide receiver with his future quarterback.Makai, meet Jalen Hurts.Lincoln Riley created the group text. He coached both players. Lemon, at USC. Hurts, at Oklahoma. Riley witnessed them elevate the structures of top-8 total offenses in which Hurts was a Heisman Trophy runner-up, and Lemon won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top rec...
Green Bay Packers' 11 undrafted rookies to make cases for active roster
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Undrafted players don’t get much shine this time of year, but you never know when they’ll be called into action once games start counting.The Green Bay Packers had several undrafted guys play key roles last season, including cornerback Keisean Nixon, former backup running back Emanuel Wilson and former special teams ace and reserve safety Zayne Anderson. This coming season, players like defensive tackle Nazir Stackhouse, edge rusher Brenton Cox Jr. and running back Chris Brooks...
As Twins' bullpen struggles, thriving Louis Varland makes homecoming with Blue Jays
MINNEAPOLIS — Louis Varland departed the Minnesota Twins as a developing reliever in a controversial trade to the Toronto Blue Jays last July. Now, he returns to his hometown as a budding star at a time his former team could really use him.Describing it as “just another series,” Varland returned to Minneapolis on Thursday as the Blue Jays started a four-game series with a 7-1 loss to the Twins, who are slumping partly because their reconfigured bullpen is short on hard-throwing relievers.Adverti...
The world’s most expensive losers: the New York Mets are very rich … and very, very bad
The Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball. They also own the worst record in the major leaguesA franchise once known as baseball’s lovable losers are, for the moment, merely baseball’s most expensive losers.The New York Mets wrapped a shocking April by losing 5-4 to the Washington Nationals on Thursday, dropping to a major league-worst 10-21 and burrowing even deeper into last place in the National League East – making them somehow even worse than their old rivals the Philadelphia Phi...
From 1,000 NHL games straight into broadcasting, Erik Johnson looks like an 'absolute natural'
DALLAS — As much as George Costanza may have thought the extent of being a good color man was making “interesting comments during the game,” there’s a lot more that goes into it.In fact, as many ex-hockey players discover the instant they first walk into a broadcast booth or position themselves between the benches for the first time, the sensory overload can freeze even the most experienced and successful former player.Being a good color analyst is more than just looking good and having insight....
Home run-hitting Munetaka Murakami is making the White Sox look pretty smart
CHICAGO — White Sox general manager Chris Getz and agent Casey Close are both former Michigan baseball players, and several of Close’s clients are in the Sox organization, so it’s not unusual for them to keep in touch during a baseball season.But Getz found himself texting Close more than usual at the end of March. He knew he was giving stalker vibes.Advertisement
Ime Udoka balances intensity, patience as Rockets hope to stage historic comeback
LOS ANGELES — As anyone who has sat courtside at a Houston Rockets game knows, Ime Udoka tends to hurl insults in the heat of a basketball battle as if he’s Eddie Murphy on the “Raw” stage.At his players. The refs. The opponent. No one is safe.The 48-year-old Houston Rockets coach is as intense, direct and confrontational as they come in the Association, and his rivals often wonder why he doesn’t face tougher consequences for having the sideline style of an MMA fighter at his own pre-bout press...
Dysfunctional Giants defy explanation in pair of walk-off losses at Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — At times this season, the San Francisco Giants have defied explanation.Not in an awe-inspiring sense. More like a break-your-brain sense.Now take your mental mainframe and input a putrid pair of come-from-ahead losses in Thursday night’s doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Fire up all your synapses. You’re going to need them to process the franchise’s first double helping of walk-off losses in one day in nearly 70 years.Advertisement
Phillies notes: Bohm's play, Stott's approach, 2 walk-off wins and more
PHILADELPHIA — There was one man left in the Phillies’ bullpen Thursday in the 10th inning of the second game of a doubleheader.Chase Shugart had already thrown four pitches in Game 1 against the San Francisco Giants. But there he was, warming up once more before throwing 16 pitches to help the Phillies seal their second walk-off win of the day. Half an hour later, dressed for the team’s flight to Miami, he could still feel it coursing through him.“There’s a lot of adrenaline,” Shugart said. “It...
What is the NFL supplemental draft? How would it work if Brendan Sorsby enters?
The NFL supplemental draft is suddenly a popular talking point in light of the Brendan Sorsby gambling scandal. It’s a mechanism that gives draft-eligible players who did not enter the regular NFL Draft a chance to be selected by teams for the upcoming season.The first supplemental draft was held in 1977. Normally, players who declare for the supplemental draft do so because of unexpected eligibility issues in college (academic or disciplinary) that prevent them from returning to college footbal...
Jaylen Brown: Celtics need to take away 76ers' newfound swagger in Game 7
PHILADELPHIA — Jaylen Brown waved his arms trying to call off the substitution. For a couple of seconds, he attempted to convince Joe Mazzulla to leave him on the court with three fouls late in the second quarter.Though Brown eventually lost the argument, he recognized the urgency of the moment. The Boston Celtics still had plenty of time left in Game 6, but it was spinning away from them already. The series, which Brown’s team once seemed to have in hand, was rocketing in the wrong direction.Ad...
What we heard around college football this spring: Optimism in Alabama, Miami reloads and more
While Alabama fans ponder whether it was prudent to give head coach Kalen DeBoer a contract extension with a raise after the Crimson Tide went 20-8 in his first two seasons as Nick Saban’s replacement, there is plenty of optimism inside the program.Coaches are especially excited about the direction of the defense. The Tide have gotten bigger on that side of the ball, and we’re told it now looks more like what Alabama had been accustomed to under Saban, especially on the interior of the line. Las...
The bitter taste of victory: How Malört and Craig Counsell bring Cubs together
SAN DIEGO — Inside Petco Park’s visiting clubhouse late Tuesday night, Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell ripped back some Jeppson’s Malört. As the team toasted his 900th career win as a major-league manager, Counsell downed the bitter-tasting liqueur, a celebratory gesture for someone who’s not exactly known as a party animal.Advertisement
Flyers 'brotherhood' helped them beat Penguins. They'll need more than that against Carolina
PHILADELPHIA — Few people will pick the Philadelphia Flyers to beat the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Hurricanes wiped the floor with the Ottawa Senators in businesslike fashion in four straight games in the first round, were the top team in the Eastern Conference in the regular season with 113 points and have regularly made deep playoff runs under unparalleled coach Rod Brind’Amour.Advertisement
College basketball coaches react to NCAA Tournament expansion, focus on how field should be picked
When the news broke this week that the NCAA Tournament is closing in on expanding from 68 teams to 76, most coaches were like fans.“My knee-jerk reaction is you shouldn’t do it,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “I just think we have something that’s pretty special.”Not every coach is against expansion. Some follow the NCAA’s company line that college basketball has the smallest percentage of its teams playing in its postseason tournament of any Division I sport, so increasing the percentage of p...
A brief history of the playoff penalty shot, suddenly the NHL's hottest new trend
Something weird happened in the NHL last week. And for a change, it was something fun.Specifically, it happened four times: in Game 2 between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins last Monday, later that same night in Game 2 between the Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators, the next night in Game 2 between the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche, and then again two nights later in Game 3 between the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins.Advertisement
How Red Sox castoff Kyle Harrison is finding the best version of himself in Milwaukee
Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game.Kyle Harrison got the news as he took his annual spring training physical for the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers, Fla. Someone told him to see the manager, Alex Cora, and Harrison had a feeling he was gone. He’d been through it before.Advertisement
McInnes: Hearts 'underdogs' for Rangers test | Röhl admits Tynecastle trip 'huge' in title race
Come Monday night, the Scottish Premiership’s three-horse title race could lose a horse.Or all three teams could be separated by just a single point. That's the jeopardy of the split, and that's why we all love it.
The Athletic awards 2025-26: Vote for your men’s and women’s young player of the season
It’s awards season and you’re about to have your chance to get involved.We would like help from our readers in determining who should receive two of our end-of-season awards — men’s young player of the season and women’s young player of the season.The category will form part of The Athletic’s annual end-of-season awards show, which will be broadcast later this month across social media, and will be available to listen to as a podcast.Advertisement
Aston Martin expects no Miami F1 'miracles' despite steps to fix vibration issues
Aston Martin says it “cannot expect miracles” at the Miami Grand Prix despite further steps to resolve the severe vibration issues that have blighted its start to the new Formula 1 season.Following a late arrival to preseason testing in Barcelona, Aston has struggled for reliability throughout the early stages of this year due to a vibration issue that caused damage to the battery on the engine, as well as leaving the drivers fearing permanent nerve damage at one stage.Advertisement