XFL, yes. NFL, forget about it.

I would give you all the stars if 1.) it’s actually a different Paraag Marathe who is our nation’s cricket leader, and 2.) you knew it the whole time, but just wanted to trick people into reading about cricket.

proactive unless you’re selling an acne prevention system

She’s the best women’s player in the world, and she’s going to prove it today and Saturday. Her run at the top will depend on health, but she’s a killer.

I looked it up to be sure. No, Rublev is not a French name.

that kid is so high

Mayer says the Globe “deemed the story too weak.” Lazar herself in the email published here says the accuser’s story “seemed too weak to run with,” citing a.) the woman’s reluctance, and b.) lack of any corroborating evidence.

I’m not going to spend that much time defending Mayer’s flawed framing, because it is flawed. That said, I think it comes through that the woman kissed by Biden wanted to remain anonymous, and, the way I read Mayer, *this is a major reason why* the other outlets did not “break” her story.

Seems to me like Jane Meyer is not being very nice to another reporter questioning her work *shocker* but the criticisms presented here are about a couple of grafs in Mayer’s long article. I give Mayer the benefit of the doubt because the quote from the witness actually bolsters the Vermont official’s account. Mayer…

Am I the only one who thinks Caster should be allowed to compete without restrictions but also that transwomen should *not* be allowed to compete with cisgender women (at elite levels, at least)?

For those who are hardcore tennis fans, I would ask: is playing college tennis thought to hamper a player’s longterm career prospects?

I’ve always had the impression Murray would be the same guy if he were a dockworker or an accountant. Rare and refreshing to see a superstar, by all appearances anyway, be utterly unchanged by fame and fortune. Not a trace of arrogance.

Why can’t Wimby just have a normal fifth-set tiebreaker like the U.S. Open?

Is that how you say that tami person’s name? Thanks to my avoidance of certain cable news networks, I’m very proud that I have no idea how to say that woman’s name (her views pollute my twitter/web browsing on occasion).

DO NOT tell The Athletic bosses that Jay Mariotti is on twitter.

How can this not be exciting? We are literally watching grass grow!

There are only 12 black head coaches in the FBS. Except for Herm Edwards, I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt.

Looking at the pic, why do they get comfy, padded seats that look like cast-offs from a third-rate discount airline? True footballers sit on the equivalent of vaguely dystopian-looking park benches.

If I had to guess, they will retcon the whole thing. Neither David nor astro-David was ever in Syd’s room that night. The Shadow-Rat actually whispered in her ear *before* that scene with “David.”