It’s that time again: when viewers become entranced by a sport that many do not understand. Here’s an introduction to the ...

Have you ever asked yourself if cheerleading is actually a sport? Well I have I asked myself that everyday before I actually joined a cheer squad in 6th grade. I wondered if it was a good idea because ...

The motorcycle industry has a long and rich history of over a hundred years. What started as a “riding car” in Germany quickly became an essential vehicle of the modern age. Today, motorcycles are ...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development and performance through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. At 13, Jannik Sinner left home to ...

Similar to four-wheeled counterparts, there are many types of motorcycles. While it's getting trickier to discern a touring from an adventure bike (or a scrambler to a café racer), the confusion ...

It’s the Groundhog Day of arguments about sports. Some guy in a Steelers jersey is getting red-faced about how Formula One isn’t a real sport because “the car does all the work,” while his buddy, who ...

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. An outlier lies among the list of Forbes’ 2025 world’s ...

Tennis isn’t a sport anymore. Until last week, I would have had a different opinion. Tennis has all the hallmarks of a sport: competition, athleticism, clearly defined rules and even the use of a ball ...

Josh Houtz’s love for the Miami Dolphins goes back decades. It started when he was a kid, just 5 or 6 years old, watching the players fly across the TV screen. To him, they almost seemed like ...

This San Francisco sports bar is sticking to a simple formula for the Super Bowl: more beer, more security but, perhaps ...