Renner’s NFL Draft summer position rankings: Best defensive tackles for 2026, including a clear-cut No. 1
By nature of the physicality required to play the position, the defensive tackle position is rife with late…
Clemson football 2025: Win total, CFP outlook as national title expectations return for Dabo Swinney
Clemson heads into the 2025 college football season capable of competing for the national championship with a veteran…
Men’s college basketball’s best of the last 25 years: Readers share their picks, favorite games
Who’s the best men’s college basketball player of the 21st century? The Athletic set out to answer that —…
The 10 wildest rivalry origin stories: A Border War, a halftime brawl and an eligibility fight
Editor’s note: All week, The Athletic is writing about college football rivalries at a moment of change in the sport. Read our…
Ranking college football’s 100 best rivalries. Who earned the top spot?
To understand what a college football rivalry means, walk into any bustling office building in Birmingham, Salt Lake…
Mandel’s Mailbag: Conference champ most likely to repeat? Most tortured fan base?
Another week, another potentially significant lawsuit in college athletics, only this time the NCAA is not a defendant.…
College hoops coaches’ 2025 NBA Draft sleepers? Rivals weigh in on second-round prospects
Throughout the year, NBA scouts ask questions of the college coaches who face the prospects they’re evaluating to…