Chino Valley, AZ — Jim Arroyo arrived for our meeting at Lucy’s Bar and Grill—home of the “best badass burger in town”—wearing an Oath Keepers hoodie, a baseball hat, and a bracelet. He’s a short, stocky man with a white beard, who walks with a stick. He had a pistol …

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. Ahead of the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 12-team era, there is no shortage of questions about how the selection committee’s first projected bracket will look. But one piece of conventional wisdom involving …

If you’re overdue for a smartphone update and have been looking at your options, you might be dealing with a bit of sticker shock. Many new phones today include AI features, faster chips and other major advances that contribute to price tags that seem to climb ever higher. There’s good …