The Paris Olympics are 100 days away – Venues ready but questions over opening ceremony and security
Follow The Athletic’s Olympics coverage here. In 100 days, Paris will host the most famous…
The Paris Olympics are 100 days away – Venues ready but questions over opening ceremony and security
Follow The Athletic’s Olympics coverage here. In 100 days, Paris will host the most famous sporting jamboree on the planet: the summer Olympic Games. There will be action across 32 sports watched by millions of visitors, as well as an unprecedented opening ceremony set to take place on the River Seine, which runs through the…
Business and a second Trump term
If Donald Trump won a second term, he would promise to govern as no modern president ever has, imposing steep tariffs, rounding up immigrants, releasing the January 6 rioters and possibly withdrawing from NATO. Trump has signaled that he will accomplish this by nominating loyalists, rather than the more moderate military leaders and business executives…
Boban Marjanović intentionally misses the free throw to give Clippers fans free chicken
The final day of the 2023-24 regular season saw several playoff teams battling for seeding, other teams looking to improve their draft lottery odds and some just hoping to end the season on a high note. The Houston Rockets, who had made an unsuccessful late charge to the Play-In Tournament, fall into the latter category,…
With Iran’s attacks, Arab countries fear an expanding conflict
Arab countries, from the United Arab Emirates and Oman to Jordan and Egypt, have sought for months to quell the conflict between Israel and Hamas, especially after it expanded to include Iranian-backed armed groups with deep roots around the world Arabic. Some of them, like the Houthis, also threaten Arab governments. But the Iranian drone…
Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship
The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz of chest hair, the twirling shirt, the body swerve to evade the Manchester United fans who had run on the pitch in their euphoria. On Sunday, it is 25 years since Patrick Vieira, a genuine great of Arsenal’s midfield, played a wayward pass…
Biden reduces Trump’s lead in recent times/Siena poll
President Biden has all but erased Donald J. Trump’s early election lead, amid signs that the Democratic base has begun to rally behind the president despite lingering doubts about the country’s direction, the economy and his age, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College. Biden and Trump are now…
Fueled by donor spending sprees, Ryan Day is confident Ohio State can finally break through
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At his postgame news conference after Ohio State’s 30-24 loss to Michigan last November, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day looked defeated and disheartened. He surely realized in that moment that despite winning 88 percent of his games as a head coach, he and his program would now be defined by the unthinkable three-game…
OJ Simpson: Made in America, Made by TV
One of the strangest quotes I remember associated with OJ Simpson came from broadcaster Al Michaels during the infamous highway chase in 1994. Michaels, a sports commentator now covering the escape from the law of one of America’s biggest celebrities, said he had talked to his friend Simpson on the phone earlier. “Al”, Michaels remembered…
How can you tell if a football coach is actually good at his job?
One important thing to remember about Andre Villas-Boas is that he had ridiculously good hair. You don’t spend a record €15m (£12.9m; $16.3m) to sign a rookie manager away from Porto unless you’re pretty sure you know what you’re getting, and one thing What Chelsea knew for sure, in the heady days of 2011, was…
L’Inghilterra limita i farmaci di genere giovanile, parte del grande cambiamento in Europa
Il Servizio Sanitario Nazionale in Inghilterra ha iniziato questo mese a limitare i trattamenti di genere per i bambini, rendendolo il quinto paese europeo a limitare i farmaci a causa della mancanza di prove dei loro benefici e della preoccupazione per i danni a lungo termine. Il cambiamento dell’Inghilterra è il risultato di un quadriennio…
