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Coventry owner not worried by Lampard links with Chelsea
Coventry owner not worried by Lampard links with ChelseaImage source, ShutterstockImage caption, Doug King brought Frank Lampard to Coventry in November 2024, replacing Mark RobinsByAlex HoadBBC Sport JournalistPublished9 minutes agoCoventry chairman Doug King says Sky Blues fans shouldn't worry about "what may or may not happen" after head coach Frank Lampard was linked with a return to former club Chelsea.Lampard steered the Sky Blues to a top-flight return in August for the fir...
Joe Mazzulla looks beyond Celtics' shooting discrepancy to clean slate for Game 3
BOSTON — In a similar situation one year ago, Joe Mazzulla used sarcasm to express his point of view.At the time, the Boston Celtics were coming off a stunning Game 1 loss to the New York Knicks. In that second-round game, the Celtics missed a pile of open shots while the Knicks made enough clutch offensive plays to pull off a big comeback victory at TD Garden.Advertisement
NFL Draft 2026 live updates: Latest mock draft, order, prospect rankings, TV channel and start time
2026 NFL DraftLatest News'The Beast' Draft GuideMock DraftTop 100 RankingsBeginner's GuideliveUpdated 1m agoNFL Draft 2026 live updates: Latest mock draft, order, prospect rankings, TV channel and start timeFollow our live coverage of the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft tonightThe Athletic Live TeamApril 23, 2026 at 6:06 AM EDTQuarterback Fernando Mendoza is expected to be picked No. 1 overall tonight. Getty ImagesApril 23, 2026 at 6:06 AM EDTAustin Green·Staff Writer, LiveHow t...
Twins excited by debuts of top pitching prospects despite close loss to Mets
NEW YORK — The Minnesota Twins’ future doesn’t look all that far off after Wednesday night. It looks pretty damn bright, too.The Twins’ 3-2 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field featured the major-league debuts of not one but two hard-throwing left-handed prospects. The team’s top pitching prospects, Connor Prielipp and Kendry Rojas, made their debuts, and they more than held their own against a high-priced Mets offense bolstered by Juan Soto’s return.Advertisement
Indianapolis Colts NFL Draft 2026 pick tracker: Grades, fits and scouting reports
The Indianapolis Colts enter the 2026 NFL Draft on April 23 with seven picks over the three-day draft.The Colts don’t have a first-round pick in this year’s draft, but they have plenty of roster needs as they seek to end a five-year playoff drought. Their most glaring holes are at defensive end and linebacker. Kwity Paye is now with the Las Vegas Raiders, opening a spot on the edge opposite Laiatu Latu. The Colts must also replace a starting linebacker after trading Zaire Franklin to the Green B...
Hawks are attacking the Knicks' weak spots. New York needs to reciprocate
NEW YORK — CJ McCollum answered a question with a question.The Atlanta Hawks guard had just led a miraculous comeback in Game 2 of a first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks. With two minutes remaining, he lofted in a floater to give the Hawks, who trailed by double digits earlier in the fourth quarter, an improbable lead. He banged in a jumper a minute later. Another bucket followed.Advertisement
Baltimore Ravens NFL Draft 2026 pick tracker: Grades, fits and scouting reports
The Baltimore Ravens enter the 2026 NFL Draft with 11 picks over the three-day event, which begins Thursday, April 23.The Ravens like to enter a draft without any major needs, allowing them to stick to their “best player available” drafting philosophy. Yet, this year, their needs are more pronounced, and having the second-most picks sets general manager Eric DeCosta up for a busy couple of days.Advertisement
Cade Cunningham's dominance exemplifies NBA at its best — when focus is on the court
DETROIT — Can you imagine, after Cade Cunningham’s first two postseason games this year, if he still wasn’t eligible for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award, or for any of the All-NBA teams?Cunningham has become every bit the franchise player the Detroit Pistons dreamed he’d be almost five years ago, when they took him as the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. His magical season continued Wednesday, when he led the Eastern Conference’s top seed on an incredible 30-3 run in the third quarter en r...
New York Jets NFL Draft 2026 pick tracker: Grades, fits and scouting reports
The New York Jets enter the 2026 NFL Draft on April 23 with nine picks over the three-day draft.General manager Darren Mougey made a definitive statement when he dealt away Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams at the trade deadline: It was time to blow things up, start over and build through the draft.Advertisement
Chicago Bears NFL Draft 2026 pick tracker: Grades, fits and scouting reports
The Chicago Bears enter the 2026 NFL Draft on April 23 with seven picks over the three-day draft.The Bears are expected to go heavy on defense in this draft. They have needs on the defensive line, both on the interior and on the edge, where they’re still searching for a productive complement to defensive end Montez Sweat. After losing starting safeties Kevin Byard and Jaquan Brisker in free agency, they likely will grab a safety this week to compete for the job opposite newcomer Coby Bryant. On...
Chicago Cubs' Matthew Boyd returns to a red-hot team that has grown during his absence
CHICAGO — A Chicago Cubs pitching staff that’s been waylaid by injuries over the first month of the season finally got some reinforcements Wednesday night. In their 7-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, their eighth straight win, the team once again showed how the full roster is needed to get the job done.Advertisement
What did it take to end the Curse of the Bambino? Jason Varitek and Keith Foulke share
The Boston Red Sox finally broke the 86-year-old curse in the 2004 World Series thanks in part to Varitek and Foulke.
The quest to define the NHL's favorite word: Grind
TORONTO — Craig Berube stood in front of a group of reporters with plenty on his mind.It was late November and Berube’s Toronto Maple Leafs had fallen from a team with Stanley Cup aspirations to the bottom of the NHL’s Eastern Conference.“We all feel it,” the coach said after practice. “Everyone has to grind right now. It’s a grind.”Two months later to the day, Berube’s team was again slipping. He saw only one path forward.Advertisement
San Francisco 49ers NFL Draft 2026 pick tracker: Grades, fits and scouting reports
The San Francisco 49ers enter the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday night with six picks over the three-day event.The 49ers are looking for the perfect mix of veterans and younger players, and they’ve definitely doubled down on the older part, adding Mike Evans and Christian Kirk among other free agents this offseason. Now, they can inject some youth from the draft, preferably on the defensive and offensive lines and at receiver.Advertisement
What I'm hearing about the Patriots and the No. 31 pick ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft
When Eliot Wolf began his 2026 NFL Draft prep, rather than looking at the New England Patriots’ biggest needs, he started by crossing off the positions where the team is pretty well set.“Because there’s a lot less of that when you look at it that way,” the Patriots’ executive vice president of player personnel said earlier this month.Advertisement
World Cup 2026 stadium guides: Welcome to BC Place Vancouver, the most beautiful venue at the tournament?
With its stunning natural beauty, relaxed pace of life and world-class entertainment, Vancouver could emerge as one of the best host cities
Atlanta Falcons NFL Draft 2026 pick tracker: Grades, fits and scouting reports
The Atlanta Falcons enter the 2026 NFL Draft on April 23 with five picks over the three-day draft.The Falcons’ new regime of general manager Ian Cunningham, head coach Kevin Stefanski and president of football Matt Ryan gets its most high-profile test this week with its first draft in charge. Stefanski, the veteran of the triumvirate, and Ryan, who has final say on all football matters, have insisted that Cunningham will be in charge of making the picks and running the show after serving as assi...
Final Cincinnati Bengals NFL Draft thoughts: Time for more moves?
The Bengals put all options on the table when they traded for defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence on Saturday.That’s partially because they only have three picks in the top 180 of this week’s NFL Draft. That’s also because nobody can rule out a big move from the Bengals by claiming an aggressive one would be out of character.Advertisement
Joyce set for Wales comeback after birth of son
Joyce set for Wales comeback after birth of sonImage source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyImage caption, Alisha Joyce's last Test match was against Japan in WXV2 in October 2024ByCeri Coleman-PhillipsBBC Sport WalesPublished4 minutes agoAlisha Joyce is set for her Wales comeback just five months after giving birth to her son Ralphie.Joyce is named among the replacements to face reigning world and Six Nations champions England at Ashton Gate on Saturday (14:15 BST).The 28-year-old Bristol Bears f...
Donovan or Dempsey? New USMNT retrospectives lend more fuel to a long-running debate
Clint Dempsey’s docuseries and Landon Donovan’s memoir show that there is no single path to US soccer stardomSign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletterBack in 1993, Bora Milutinović offered a succinct diagnosis of the American men’s soccer player: “This is the problem with these people: they don’t have a problem.”What the then-US men’s national team head coach meant, presumably, is that making it in soccer wasn’t existential for American players, as it is for many others worldwide. Milutino...