How do the readers' rankings compare with The Athletic staff picks? Are there changes at the top? Does anyone sneak into the ...

NBA insiders break down this week's power rankings including who is the most important role player for all 30 teams.

LeBron James will begin his unprecedented 23rd NBA season Tuesday night when he starts for the Los Angeles Lakers against ...

The Netherlands also booked their place in the finals as winners of Group G after cruising to a 4-0 win over Lithuania in Amsterdam. Ronald Koeman's men knew merely avoiding defeat would be enough but ...

For just the second time since forcing his way out of South Beach, former Heat star Jimmy Butler will be coming back to the ...

Calling out the meat that the 2024-25 New York Knicks left on the bone sounds disingenuous following the spirited run they ...

LeBron James had 11 points and 12 assists in the first game of his unprecedented 23rd NBA season, and Luka Doncic had 37 ...

The New York Knicks fell short to the Miami Heat, 115-113, in what was a back and forth contest. The Knicks are now 0-4 on ...

Stephen Curry is universally claimed as one of the greatest, if not the all-time greatest, shooter in NBA history. Now aged ...

LeBron James certainly didn’t look like he had been away from an NBA court for nearly seven months when he began his unprecedented 23rd season Tuesday night — even if his burning lungs told him ...

As far as their roster goes, since trading De’Aaron Fox, their team is built around Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan, two scorers who are not known for defense or three-point shooting. This creates poor ...

"Football is a brutal game. And on one night at Hampden Park, Denmark felt the brutality firsthand. A botched pass away from ...