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New trial over soccer legend Maradona's death begins in Argentina
A new trial over the death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, with seven members of his medical team charged with negligent homicide nearly a year after a previous case collapsed in ‌a mistrial. An enduring presence in Argentina, from towering murals to tattoos, Maradona died on November 25, 2020, at 60, after a heart attack while he was recuperating from brain surgery to remove a blood clot. A court in San Isidro, near Buenos Aires, will hear tes...
Flyers' closeness, resiliency lead to playoffs: 'We believed right from the start'
PHILADELPHIA — What set the table for the Philadelphia Flyers’ remarkable late-season surge to a Stanley Cup playoff berth? Rewind to four weeks ago, when, two days after a home shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets left them six points behind a team they were almost certainly going to have to catch, the Flyers boarded a cross-country flight.Advertisement
IPL 2026 CSK vs KKR Live Score, Playing 11 Today Match Updates: Chennai Super Kings XI in focus at Chepauk
Apr 14, 2026 03:42 PM IST CSK vs KKR IPL 2026 Live Score: Match Squads Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Tejasvi Dahiya, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Blessing Muzarabani, Saurabh Dubey, Sarthak Ranjan, Rachin Ravindra, Prashant Solanki, Varun Chakaravarthy, Matheesha Pathirana, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra....
Yankees get a much-needed win, but shaky bullpen is the biggest takeaway
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge saw Mike Trout’s two home runs and matched them. Trent Grisham, homerless all season, hit a couple bombs himself. Even José Caballero went deep, and then scored the winning run off a wild pitch in the New York Yankees’ gutsy, 11-10 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.Advertisement
Dave Winfield: These are the 3 best leaders from my MLB career
This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here.Dave Winfield played 22 years in Major League Baseball, starring for teams including the San Diego Padres and New York Yankees, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001. His memoir, “Touching All the Bases,” will be released in September.These are the three best leaders he came across during his MLB career.Advertisement
Stanley Cup Checklist: Analyzing the rosters of the Western Conference playoff teams
Each year, we take a look at each playoff team through the lens of our Stanley Cup Checklist, a rubric based on the success of past Cup-winning teams that was updated last season.This year, the thresholds were slightly modified after the Florida Panthers won their second straight championship last spring. We’re also now only focusing only on the last decade of champions to reflect recent shifts in player value better.Here’s how the eight playoff teams in the West stack up.
Scouting Vahn Lackey, Joseph Contreras and other top MLB Draft prospects
I spent all of last week on the road in South Carolina and Georgia, seeing MLB Draft prospects, including at least three likely first-rounders and maybe nine players who’ll go in the top two rounds. The group was highlighted by one of best prospects in the entire class, Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey.Advertisement
Bengals draft questions, Part 2: Time to build the future at cornerback?
This is the second of a five-part series assessing the outlook of the most important Bengals’ questions of the 2026 NFL Draft. Monday: What happens at pick No. 10? Tuesday: Can they build the future at CB? Wednesday: When’s the best time to add pass rush? Thursday: Who fits best at linebacker? Friday: Where will they supplement the offense? CINCINNATI – Cornerback might be the strongest individual position on the Cincinnati Bengals’ 2025 defense.So how did it become such a pressing need?The...
Knicks playoff outlook: 5 reasons why (or why not) New York can reach NBA Finals
NEW YORK — A roller coaster of emotions has come to a brief halt. The New York Knicks are giving fans a breather from a winding, stomach-dropping ride — one that has touched every nerve and feeling imaginable over the last six months.There was a three-game losing streak a week into the season. Then, there were just four losses total over the next six weeks. The Knicks won the NBA Cup in December, only to not hang the banner. The owner did something he rarely does, speaking publicly about his exp...
Infantino and FIFA discuss asking President Trump for moratorium on World Cup ICE raids
Senior FIFA management have discussed with the organisation’s president, Gianni Infantino, the possibility of him making a direct request to President Donald Trump for a full moratorium on ICE raids across the United States during the World Cup this summer.Since returning to power for a second term in January 2025, Trump has sought to implement his campaign promise of mass deportation, which has featured concentrated incursions into American cities by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC...
Top 20 drafted NHL goalie prospects ranking: Jacob Fowler leads Wheeler's 2026 list
Welcome to the first 2026 edition of my drafted NHL prospect rankings at The Athletic.This ranking of the league’s top 20 drafted goalie prospects follows yesterday’s top 100 drafted skaters list.It’s 20 goalies deep to reflect the five-to-one skater-to-goalie ratio on the ice.To be considered a prospect, a goalie must be under 25 and not fully established as an NHL goalie. This age criteria is more reflective of the typical goalie trajectory, allowing for the continued consideration of a s...
Is Caleb Williams the real 'Iceman'? Or does nickname belong to Gervin and others?
Years ago, I found myself talking to Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Williams about his lyrical nickname, “Sweet Swinging Billy Williams from Whistler, Alabama.” What it lacked in brevity, it made up for with style.Williams got the name “Sweet Swinging” when he played in the Texas League in 1959 and it carried on to Chicago.Advertisement
Return of an NCAA blue blood: How North Dakota went from offseason crossroads to Frozen Four
LAS VEGAS — When Brock Boeser took his recruiting trip to the University of North Dakota a decade ago, it felt like he was entering the Twilight Zone.The Burnsville, Minn., native, who had de-committed from Wisconsin, didn’t know much about the school or Grand Forks before he flew in. The airport has two gates, and when he got in the car with then-assistant Dane Jackson, it looked like they were in the middle of nowhere.Advertisement
Stanley Cup Checklist: Analyzing the rosters of the Eastern Conference playoff teams
Each year, we take a look at each playoff team through the lens of our Stanley Cup Checklist, a rubric based on the success of past Cup-winning teams that was updated last season.This year, the thresholds were slightly modified after the Florida Panthers won their second straight championship last spring. We’re also now only focusing only on the last decade of champions to reflect recent shifts in player value better.Here’s how the eight playoff teams in the East stack up.
Brandon Beane talks Bills 2026 NFL Draft, Keon Coleman, Greg Rousseau at OLB and more
The 2026 NFL Draft is a little over one week away, and with it, the Buffalo Bills will attempt to find pieces to help put them over the top for a Super Bowl run.As the clock winds down toward the draft, The Athletic sat down with GM Brandon Beane to discuss several pieces of the team’s roster ahead of the last major offseason event in 2026.Here’s what stood out, and what it could mean for the Bills’ draft.Advertisement
Basketball analytics corrected decades of bad intuition. Then it created new blind spots
This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here.Joe Boylan worked in the NBA for a decade with the Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics. He is the co-founder of Cognition Coach.Advertisement
Six Nationals stats that might actually matter from K/9 to in-zone rates
PITTSBURGH — The Nationals are an enigma. Their offense is a steamroller. Their pitching staff has often run out of steam — no more so than in Monday night’s 16-5 loss to the Pirates, which began with command issues from Cade Cavalli and ended with outfielder Joey Wiemer grinning on the mound as he lobbed pitches towards home.Advertisement
Ravens pre-NFL Draft big board: Looking at potential fits on all 3 days
Every team has needs and areas where depth is required, but the Baltimore Ravens’ goal is to go into each NFL Draft without any gaping roster holes. Yet, at least this year, it sure feels like they have more front-line needs than they’re accustomed to heading into a draft.The Ravens need a starting center and potentially another starting guard. They need a No. 2 tight end and a No. 3 wide receiver. They need a starting interior defensive lineman and depth at pretty much every other position defe...
Falcons big board: 45 players Atlanta could pursue in the 2026 NFL Draft
It’s time to start getting serious about the 2026 NFL Draft, which begins April 23. This week, we have our final Atlanta Falcons big board, which takes a look at 45 prospects the team should be considering with its five picks. As always this time of year, we got a heavy, heavy assist from “The Beast.”Note: The players are listed in alphabetical order in each group.Advertisement
Phillies Skipper Defends Response To Bryce Harper’s Baserunning
Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson sent a message about a decision by the franchise slugger that drew some home crowd booing.