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Premier League official set to retain Man United vs Leeds role ahead of police misconduct hearing
Premier League assistant referee Richard West is expected to retain his appointment for Manchester United against Leeds United on Monday despite facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female employee in his role as a sergeant at Humberside Police.The 51-year-old is the subject of a gross misconduct hearing slated for April 27 after a female colleague in the police force lodged a complaint against the official.Advertisement
The real start of golf is here, plus a World Cup scam?
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! You’re a Category 1 reader to me, and that won’t change. Inside: ⛳ What to know before tee time 😕 Angry World Cup ticketholders 💰 Pirates secure future, again We talk so much about days around here — as in the best days of the sports calendar — that I’m wondering if we need to come up with an official designation. Major Day? Grand Slam D...
Four questions about Browns' draft plans: How likely is a trade-down from No. 6?
Fire up your Cleveland Browns-related NFL Draft theories. You might soon be right.You might be wrong, too. And two weeks from the start of what’s quite obviously an important but hard to predict draft for Cleveland, it seems likely that even the folks who ultimately make the decisions are still working through things.Advertisement
Scouting 'The Beast' for potential Chiefs receivers in the NFL Draft
Dane Brugler’s much-anticipated “The Beast” draft guide was unveiled this week, giving us nearly 300,000 words to absorb on this year’s NFL Draft class.For the Kansas City Chiefs specifically, though, let’s dive deeper into one position they’ll likely address on the draft’s first two days: wide receiver.Advertisement
Olid to leave SWPL leaders Hearts at end of season
Olid to leave SWPL leaders Hearts at end of seasonImage source, SNSByAmy CanavanBBC Sport ScotlandPublished9 April 2026Head coach Eva Olid will leave SWPL leaders Hearts at the end of the season by mutual agreement.Olid, who will have been at the club for five years in the summer, beat Glasgow City for the first time on Sunday to move to the top of the table.She signed a new deal until the summer of 2026 in April last year. There was the option for a further year in that contract, but that has n...
Why Morgan Rielly still sees a future with the Maple Leafs: 'Loyalty'
TORONTO — One of the worst years of Morgan Rielly’s career is coming to an end, but the longest-serving Maple Leaf still does not doubt where he wants to be next season.“My desire to stay in Toronto is always going to be there,” Rielly said in a rare one-on-one interview about his future in Toronto. “There’s a number of (reasons), but a big one is loyalty. Loyalty to the team that drafted you, I think that’s a powerful thing.”Advertisement
Sabres rally to beat Rangers, take sole possession of first place in Atlantic
NEW YORK — The Buffalo Sabres came into their Wednesday night game against the New York Rangers locked into a three-way tie for first place in the Atlantic Division. The Sabres, Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens all had 102 points through 78 games, making seeding, matchups and home-ice advantage uncertain heading into the final week of the regular season.Advertisement
WNBA mock draft: UCLA's players rise, LSU's Flau'jae Johnson and UConn's Azzi Fudd drop
UCLA was crowned champions four days ago, and in another four days, the six seniors who accounted for all of their points in the Final Four will be starting their professional careers at the WNBA Draft.Over the past three weeks, several Bruins managed to raise their draft stock with strong NCAA Tournament performances. Even with all the tape front offices have on the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-year seniors leaving college for the WNBA, it still helps to have a few good games against the nation’s...
Bruins’ David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie are a thing, and nothing should change
RALEIGH, N.C. — Marco Sturm had his reasons for separating David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie. The Boston Bruins coach wanted to spread out his offense. He liked how Marat Khusnutdinov and Fraser Minten gave Pastrnak speed and puck-hunting presence. There were times when Geekie and Pastrnak, with Elias Lindholm in the middle, were pushing for offense so aggressively that they compromised their defensive play.Sturm, it appears, has no choice but to ride the GLP-1 Line the rest of the way.Advertisem...
Cincinnati Bengals and 'The Beast': Connecting prospects to team's draft trends, tendencies
A few truths reveal themselves each April.First, “The Beast” by Dane Brugler will be the most comprehensive, exhaustive draft guide on the planet.Second, the Bengals will draft ball-loving, big-school prospects with elite traits at predictable positions of need.In honor of the release of “The Beast” on Wednesday and a conversation with our draft expert, we can access as much information as humanly possible about the profiles of every draftable player. After all, “The Beast” features 402 profiles...
As Alex Ovechkin weighs his NHL future, is the Capitals' potential a pro or con?
TORONTO — In glimpses, you saw it.There was Tom Wilson, springing Ryan Leonard for an out-of-the-penalty-box breakaway goal. There was Cole Hutson, dancing through the offensive zone and ringing a puck off the post. There was Logan Thompson, stopping all 21 shots he faced.When the next era of Washington Capitals hockey begins — the one that doesn’t involve Alex Ovechkin — those four players, to varying degrees, will steer the ship. Before that happens, Ovechkin has a decision to make.Advertiseme...
The one thing Rory McIlroy and an astronaut have in common
Peak newsletter | A version of this story first appeared in The Athletic’s weekly newsletter covering the mental side of sports. Sign up here to receive the Peak newsletter directly in your inbox.On the first tee of the final day of the Masters Tournament last year, Rory McIlroy experienced all the nerves.A knot in his stomach. His legs turned to jelly. A total loss of appetite.Advertisement
Utah Mammoth are just 5 games away from making modern NHL history
I want to write this post, but I’m not sure I should.More specifically, I’m not sure I should hit “publish” after I’m done. As I’m writing it, I’m not sure that I will. But since you’re reading this, apparently I talked myself into it. That might have been a terrible mistake.I want to write about this because I think it’s interesting, and finding interesting stuff in the hockey world and then sharing it with you is pretty much my entire job. But I feel like I shouldn’t, because I don’t want to j...
Philadelphia Eagles 7-round mock draft: How would Howie Roseman draft with The Beast as his board?
For anyone who follows the NFL Draft, this is a monumental week. The Beast has been unleashed. Dane Brugler’s comprehensive draft guide on The Athletic — 402 profiles, 2,700 rankings, 45,000 verified measurements and almost 300,000 words — offers everything you need to prepare for the draft in two weeks.It also allows for a creative spin to mock drafts.Advertisement
Rangers' Madison Square Garden struggles haunted them through disappointing season
NEW YORK — Madison Square Garden went dark Wednesday night, with no hockey scheduled to be played here for the hometown New York Rangers until September.It will go down as one of the most disappointing — and peculiar — seasons in the long history of the storied venue, beginning with the worst start the NHL has ever seen on home ice. That’s not hyperbole: It’s statistical reality.Advertisement
Superstition, hierarchy and the unwritten rules of autographing a Masters flag
Say you’re a Brooks Koepka fan and you’re hoping to score an autograph from the five-time major winner this week at the Masters. You’re hoping he’ll ink your yellow Masters pin flag, but you really want Koepka’s signature inside the logo’s United States outline. Dead center of the flag.Koepka owns three PGA Championship crowns and two U.S. Open titles. He’s finished second at the Masters twice. He’s one of the most decorated golfers in the field at Augusta. So if Koepka is in the signing mood, a...
Indiana's dream coaching duo and who wins a title first: Oregon or Gonzaga? Mandel's Mailbag
Alas, this week’s column likely marks my last combo football-basketball questions until March 2027.But man, I got a couple of good ones for the sendoff.Do you know how sickening it is as an Indiana alum to always hear that former Bob Knight student manager Dusty May was calling IU wanting the head coach job, after Dusty cut down nets in Indianapolis of all places? How insane would it be if Indiana had both Curt Cignetti and Dusty May at the same time, and how would it stack up against other curr...
Green Bay Packers and The Beast: 7 potential Day 3 hidden gems at QB, RB, OL and more
If you haven’t dove headfirst into The Beast yet, what are you doing with your life (respectfully, of course)?The exhaustive annual NFL Draft guide crafted by The Athletic’s draft expert, Dane Brugler, was released Wednesday and is ready for consumption. It features more than 2,700 players, extensive scouting reports and insightful video analysis of dozens of top prospects.Advertisement
Can Bijan Robinson help Kevin Stefanski stop Falcons' coaching revolving door?
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Bijan Robinson is entering his fourth year in the NFL. He’s already working for his third head coach and, potentially, with his fifth starting quarterback. And, still, he’s smiling and outwardly optimistic about the Atlanta Falcons’ chances heading into the 2026 season.“You just have to be really adaptable,” Robinson said Wednesday. “I have learned a lot of different personalities. I’ve seen a lot of different things in this building. I think a lot of them have been great p...
Who could Bills target on defense in 2026 NFL Draft? Look to Broncos for a possible answer
The 2026 NFL Draft is just about two weeks away, and with it comes an opportunity for the Buffalo Bills to add an impact player at pick No. 26.With the Bills trading for wide receiver DJ Moore and sending out their second-round pick to do so, it may push the Bills away from using their top selection at the same position. Plus, a brand new defensive scheme could pull the Bills to that side of the field in the first round.Advertisement