From the depths of 60-0 deficit six quarters into their season, and a 21-point third-quarter hole Sunday in Arizona, the Giants suddenly, improbably, have life. We’re only two weeks into the season, but the early returns in Chicago aren’t promising — for the Bears or their franchise quarterback. The Chiefs still didn’t look like the Chiefs on Sunday in Jacksonville, …
In December, The Athletic highlighted the coaches, athletes and other figures who made the biggest impact in the U.S. sports we cover, as well as in the fields of sports business, media and culture. It wasn’t a matter of if the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and Bills’ Josh Allen would secure their places among the league’s elite quarterbacks, but instead simply …
In the early days of the pandemic, leaders of major sports organizations from the NFL and MLB to the PGA Tour announced they would take pay cuts. Other PGA Tour executives earned healthy seven figures in 2020, including Ron Price, chief operating officer, who is listed on the tax form as earning $8.6 million. “This committee utilizes an independent compensation …
