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23.10.2025

NFL won’t replace Bad Bunny as Super Bowl halftime show performer, Goodell says - The Athletic

The show will be "an exciting, united moment," Goodell said Wednesday at the league’s fall meeting.

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23.10.2025

How Aaron Rodgers boosted a young Micah Parsons’ confidence and what it still means - The Athletic

When Rodgers asked Parsons for his jersey after a Packers-Cowboys game in 2022, Parsons thought Rodgers was messing with him.

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23.10.2025

Why wasn’t Kevin Durant called for a technical for asking for a timeout he didn’t have? - The Athletic

Tuesday's Rockets-Thunder opener saw a timeout miscue toward the end. What went wrong in Oklahoma City?

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23.10.2025

Why Victor Wembanyama’s true height may be the NBA’s biggest mystery - The Athletic

How do you measure Victor Wembanyama? How tall is he? He may not care much, but there's a reason this has become a subject of fascination.

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23.10.2025

NBA Hope-O-Meter 2025-26: Ranking fans’ optimism for all 30 teams - The Athletic

Our methodology was simple: Rate your optimism level about your favorite team, from 1-10.

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23.10.2025

How the NBA’s luxury tax aprons have impacted rookie contract extensions - The Athletic

The story of this extension season is the deals that didn’t get done, and partly that is because of salary cap planning.

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23.10.2025

Islanders fire goalie coach, promote Ilya Sorokin’s ex-KHL coach from AHL to serve in role - The Athletic

Darche also announced that Pierre Engvall is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the season after undergoing ankle surgery.

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23.10.2025

Canadiens-Flames game plays on despite lighting issue at Scotiabank Saddledome - The Athletic

Both teams agreed to play with only secondary lighting before the main lights returned shortly into the first period.

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23.10.2025

The 24 Wikipedia pages for NHL rivalries, ranked by their single wildest passage - The Athletic

From Whoopi Goldberg sitcoms to framing innocent away fans to brawls in Santa costumes, there's a lot of gold in NHL Wikipedia writeups.

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23.10.2025

Mikaela Shiffrin to focus on her best 3 events for 2026 Olympics - The Athletic

The Alpine skiing legend said she will concentrate on the slalom events and team combined after racing a full program in 2022 in Beijing.

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23.10.2025

Cadillac F1’s team principal watched his last team fold. Now he has a second chance - The Athletic

When Graeme Lowdon walks into the Formula One paddock next season, he'll be doing something he hasn't done in nearly a decade

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23.10.2025

F1 mailbag: Is it time for McLaren to support one driver for the championship? - The Athletic

Also, an ode to the classic pit board.

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23.10.2025

Dale Earnhardt Jr. on criticism and change in NASCAR, his racing future and more: 12 Questions - The Athletic

"I'm just kind of slowly turning that faucet off until I feel like I'm ready to shut it off entirely," Earnhardt says of racing.

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23.10.2025

Why Daniel Suárez to Spire just might make sense, even if it doesn’t look like it - The Athletic

Suárez hasn't done much better this season than the driver he's replacing. But his track record gives Spire enough reason to believe.

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Gaming

Football Manager 26 gets release date after 2025 edition cancelled - The Athletic

Women’s football in Football Manager 26: How will it work? What could the impact of its inclusion be? - The Athletic

EA Sports FC 26 review: From an ‘authentic’ game mode to rage-quitting penalties, what’s new this year? - The Athletic

Madden, EAFC maker Electronic Arts to go private in record $55bn buyout - The Athletic

Football (Soccer)

Four ways to use The Athletic’s new NFL Playoff Simulator to track your team’s season - The Athletic

2025 NFL Playoff Simulator: Each team's path to the postseason - The Athletic

NFL won’t replace Bad Bunny as Super Bowl halftime show performer, Goodell says - The Athletic

How Aaron Rodgers boosted a young Micah Parsons’ confidence and what it still means - The Athletic

Basketball

Why wasn’t Kevin Durant called for a technical for asking for a timeout he didn’t have? - The Athletic

Why Victor Wembanyama’s true height may be the NBA’s biggest mystery - The Athletic

NBA Hope-O-Meter 2025-26: Ranking fans’ optimism for all 30 teams - The Athletic

How the NBA’s luxury tax aprons have impacted rookie contract extensions - The Athletic

Other Sports

Islanders fire goalie coach, promote Ilya Sorokin’s ex-KHL coach from AHL to serve in role - The Athletic

Canadiens-Flames game plays on despite lighting issue at Scotiabank Saddledome - The Athletic

The 24 Wikipedia pages for NHL rivalries, ranked by their single wildest passage - The Athletic

Mikaela Shiffrin to focus on her best 3 events for 2026 Olympics - The Athletic

Motor Sport

Cadillac F1’s team principal watched his last team fold. Now he has a second chance - The Athletic

F1 mailbag: Is it time for McLaren to support one driver for the championship? - The Athletic

Dale Earnhardt Jr. on criticism and change in NASCAR, his racing future and more: 12 Questions - The Athletic

Why Daniel Suárez to Spire just might make sense, even if it doesn’t look like it - The Athletic

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