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Rebecca Cheptegei loved chickens. She reared them and collected their eggs each morning. Her family would gently joke she loved them too much. “She was always laughing,” says her mother, Agnes. “You always knew when she was home.” Cheptegei had a chicken coop wherever she lived. Earlier this year, she …

In a display that fell short of even the most measured expectations that come with gimmick fights, Jake Paul breezed past a 58-year-old Mike Tyson on Friday night in a bout that was heavy on nostalgia and bombast but lacking in any sort of competitive satisfaction. Tyson landed just 18 …

Travis Hunter was at it again Saturday, making plays on both sides of the ball as Colorado (No. 17 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings) secured its fourth consecutive win, 49-24 over Utah. Earlier this week, The Athletic’s Dane Brugler ranked Hunter No. 1 on his updated 2025 NFL Draft …

The Philadelphia Eagles already kicked off Week 11 full of high stakes, outlasting the Washington Commanders on Thursday night to seize control of the NFC East. Now comes yet another date between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills, a pair that could be considered division rivals if we didn’t …

While the outcome of the antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR remains unclear, there’s now one certainty: The teams suing NASCAR — Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports — will race in 2025. The teams said Saturday morning NASCAR modified the 2025 “open” agreement for all teams by removing a …

The judge, jury and executioner wants back in. It took Bill Belichick one Super Bowl title, as a 14-point underdog to the “Greatest Show on Turf” St. Louis Rams, to gain complete control of the New England Patriots organization. The results were historic. Belichick’s success in New England with Tom …

TURIN, Italy — Olé, olé olé olé, Sinner, Sinner. Olé, olé olé olé, Sinner, Sinner. Jannik Sinner is trying to speak, but his own name is resounding too loudly across the Inalpi Arena in Turin. Lit up on billboards, written on placards, chanted across the aisles. Sinner, the first Italian …

Another Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano superfight, another heavily disputed judging decision. For the second time, Taylor defeated Serrano via a decision that left more fans questioning the scorecards than praising Taylor’s skills. Serrano fought through a gnarly cut above her right eye throughout much of the in the Arlington, Texas, bout …

As the Denver Broncos prepared to make their third-round pick in the NFL Draft in April, they were ecstatic to see Jonah Elliss’ name still on the board. Denver coach Sean Payton said earlier this season that the team had a second-round grade on the pass rusher out of the …

Just eight weeks remain in the NFL regular season, and while some teams find themselves in the thick of playoff races, hope has begun to fade or has completely faded for others. A whopping 16 teams have losing records, and many of them seem headed for double-digit losses. Plenty of …