Hank Willis Thomas, ‘Guernica,’ 2016. courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; © Hank Willis Thomas; photo courtesy the artist What in the wild, wild world of sports is going on here? Sports and art coming together across America? These are not typical bedfellows. Their separation begins in middle school. The art kids…
Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. The ACC and Big 12’s hopes of sending multiple teams to the first 12-team College Football Playoff took a big hit over the weekend. Miami (Fla.) and Iowa State both lost, greatly damaging their at-large hopes. Meanwhile, Ole Miss’ win…
Open this photo in gallery: A long-time Manchester United supporter, Toronto-based Graham Page and his son Sidney now cheer on the team together. Page is the chair of the Manchester United Supporters Club of Canada.Tobias Wang In a few weeks, Graham Page and his seven-year-old son will make the pilgrimage to Old Trafford stadium, the…
The 2024 season was one for the history books, with records broken, nail-biting storylines written, and new Olympic champions crowned. Some Grand Tours went right down to the wire, while others were already tied up by the second week – such was the standout strength of their victors. Alongside the victories, record-breakers, and history-makers, there…
Emmanuel Macron will attend the France-Israel football match at the Stade de France on Thursday in a gesture of “fraternity and solidarity” after attacks on Jewish fans in Amsterdam last week. Thousands of extra police will be on duty for the game taking place against a backdrop of high tension caused by the conflict in…
PAINESVILLE, OH. (WFIE) – Rarified air for the Kentucky Wesleyan men’s soccer team on Saturday night. The Panthers advanced to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference semifinals with a win over Lake Erie at Jack Britt Stadium. 110 minutes was not enough to break a 1-1 tie as Wesleyan moved-on after a seven-round shootout. Pavel Valchev…
Penn State took care of business with a 35-6 White Out win over Washington on Saturday night, but other top teams didn’t fare as well. A pair of top-five squads went down, and other teams in the playoff race sustained losses, leading to some shuffling in the College Football Playoff picture. Here’s where things stand…
Prince Avenue Christian football breaks up its schedule into three “seasons.” The first five games, all non-region competition, are usually out of state as they look for talent worthy of meeting at the line of scrimmage. Then comes a bye week. The second five games are region competition, this year it was Class 2A-Region 8….
Mark Borkowski is the public relations maestro who has worked with everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Diego Maradona to Jim Rose, an American exhibitionist who used to hang weights from his penis. Borkowski also helped Ian Botham recreate Hannibal’s walk across the Alps with elephants, and, for his sins, was the mastermind behind Cliff Richard’s…
Interestingly enough, while the term “Hail Mary pass” is most commonly associated with American football, similar desperation plays exist across other sports including basketball, soccer, baseball, hockey, and tennis. In basketball, a “Hail Mary” often manifests as a “buzzer-beater” or “half-court shot,” a long, low-probability attempt taken as the clock expires. In soccer, it might…
