LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant believes European basketball players are more skillful than American basketball players, and says it's a growing trend that can be blamed on the greed and coaching at the ...

HOUSTON — Before the Dallas Mavericks' 125-107 blowout victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday, coach Ime Udoka praised Kyrie Irving's impact on the game of basketball. Some people around the NBA ...

It's become well known that the Kansas City Chiefs possess some of the best players in the National Football League. A franchise doesn't just go to three straight Super Bowls and win two of them based ...

Whenever you get ready to take a red marker to the Chicago Blackhawks’ 2025 draft sheet, just remember defenseman Sam Rinzel. Rinzel was labeled a first-round “reach” in 2022 but has been praised as a ...

MLS has seen its fair share of stars over what is now a 30-season lifespan. Whether those players were global icons, cult figures, or unknowns who used the league to make their name in the soccer ...

This season, The Athletic’s prospects writers Scott Wheeler and Corey Pronman set out to do something ambitious: pull off a 2025 NHL Draft player poll similar to the player polls our staff conduct in ...