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Fantasy football Week 2 waiver wire: Streamers, Isaiah Likely, J.K. Dobbins and more
It’s Week 2 of the NFL season, and we already have big waiver wire news. Puka Nacua is out...
How English football academies went from peripheral to essential in the space of a decade
Fourteen years ago, English football underwent some significant changes.Germany dumped England out of the 2010 World Cup, with a...
Jockeys, birds of prey and supermarket chains: The origins of French football club nicknames
What’s in a nickname? That is a question The Athletic will be answering this week, as we trace the...
Hugo Ekitike is reborn at Eintracht Frankfurt, having lost his shine at PSG
Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike is one of German football’s bright lights.The French forward has three goals and two assists...
Kylian Mbappe's Real Madrid start: Low profile, finding his place, 'totally different' to Cristiano Ronaldo
Long before his move to Real Madrid was made official, there was debate around Kylian Mbappe’s potential arrival: how...
Chelsea are learning the hard way that co-owners rarely work in football
The night before Liverpool’s former owners faced the media for the first time at Anfield in February 2007, a...
Kawakami: After this long, weird summer, the 49ers' vibes are tremendous in Week 1
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Remember these guys? It hasn’t actually been long since the San Francisco 49ers looked like...
Red Sox rout Orioles in key win to keep slim wild-card hopes alive: 'It's all about momentum'
BOSTON — On a night when both Detroit and Seattle were idle and Minnesota and Kansas City lost, the...
Paul Mitchell's Newcastle future: Is the sporting director close to walking out?
Once a week for an hour during the Premier League season, The Athletic’s Newcastle United subscribers have the opportunity...
How the 49ers simplified the offense with Jordan Mason and steamrolled the Jets
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jordan Mason, Jauan Jennings, Eric Saubert and Jake Moody.On a roster teeming with marquee players,...
