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Orange Cassidy is the AEW International champion — not that he wants to look too bothered about it...

One day after a mutual parting with the most decorated NFL head coach in history, the New England Patriots hired the man to succeed Bill Belichick. Jerod Mayo is set to become the 15th head coach in franchise history, according to league sources briefed on the matter who were not authorized to discuss it publicly....

On June 15, a month before the tournament started, the Jamaica squad released a statement that highlighted issues around “transportation, accommodations, training conditions, compensation, communication, nutrition and accessibility to proper resources”....

The USL is set for a milestone vote on the adoption of a promotion and relegation system in its lower-division men’s soccer structure, sources briefed on the plans tell The Athletic. The sources, who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the vote before it takes place, are optimistic the...

“Arsene Wenger’s statue is soon to be unveiled at The Emirates....

A football team’s chances of success are determined by many things: summer recruitment, squad harmony, collective tactical understanding, oh, and who’s best at keeping their players out of the treatment room....

Given a second chance at the 2021 NFL Draft, which teams would use a mulligan in Round 1?

Getting Gary, one of Green Bay's most important players, back to full health is paramount to the Packers' success in 2023.

Let's look at the Stars' salary cap situation to see how they can fill the necessary holes to get over the hump next season.

Keefe on Thursday, five days after they were eliminated from the playoffs....

Management took a different approach this year, one that swerved away from past precedent: They would speak on Thursday, three days after players and Keefe. (Who exactly will speak was left unclear. GM Brad Treliving is a given. Team president Brendan Shanahan not so much. He’s spoken only sporadically throughout his decade in...

Auston Matthews appears poised to return to the Maple Leafs lineup in Game 7 after all, according to league sources....

In Game 5, the Toronto Maple Leafs planted a seed of doubt in the Boston Bruins, whose 3-1 series lead fell to a 3-2 lead....

Auston Matthews will be unavailable to the Toronto Maple Leafs as they look to avoid elimination for the second straight game Thursday. The 69-goal scorer has been ruled out for Game 6 against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed injury, according to Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe....

Per his tweet “Giving them to first responders, health care professionals and other local Philadelphia-based organizations…”

This wasn’t training camp. This wasn’t a Tuesday in January. This was Monday afternoon, hours before the Toronto Maple Leafs would fly out to Boston for Game 5. And there was John Tavares, the captain of the team, still on the ice fine-tuning his game....

Joseph Woll didn’t hear no bell....

Almost two years later, Brandon Marsh still remembers what time it was. His phone buzzed. He answered a call that changed his life. “I was walking to the cage,” Marsh said. “It was 12:34, I believe. California time.” It was trade deadline day, Aug. 2, 2022 — the last time he stood inside Angel Stadium....

It was a mostly quiet morning otherwise for the Leafs ahead of Game 5 on Tuesday and potential elimination from the playoffs. No smiles. No laughs. Not much chatter. And no sign of Auston Matthews, who left Game 4 after two periods with an illness he just can’t seem to shake....