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![NFL Scouting Combine: What we’re following for all 32 teams in Indianapolis NFL Scouting Combine: What we’re following for all 32 teams in Indianapolis](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/25150344/0226_All32_Combine.png)
NFL Scouting Combine: What we’re following for all 32 teams in Indianapolis
Draft season kicks into high gear this week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis as teams will put prospects under a microscope during private…
![Neville’s ‘blue billion-pound bottle jobs’ line will immortalise Chelsea’s pain Neville’s ‘blue billion-pound bottle jobs’ line will immortalise Chelsea’s pain](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/25164809/POCH-CARABAO-CUP-FINAL-scaled.jpeg)
Neville’s ‘blue billion-pound bottle jobs’ line will immortalise Chelsea’s pain
Not all losses are created equal — and no defeat in football is worse than a banter one. “In extra time, it’s been Klopp’s kids…
![Dani Alves – from 43 trophies to four years in prison Dani Alves – from 43 trophies to four years in prison](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/22060251/0222_DaniAlves-scaled.jpg)
Dani Alves – from 43 trophies to four years in prison
Dani Alves, who was this morning sentenced to four and a half years in prison in Spain after being found guilty of sexual assault, was,…
![Robert Lewandowski was Barcelona’s big post-Messi gamble. It hasn’t entirely paid off Robert Lewandowski was Barcelona’s big post-Messi gamble. It hasn’t entirely paid off](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/20104711/GettyImages-2012028062-1-scaled-e1708444293312.jpg)
Robert Lewandowski was Barcelona’s big post-Messi gamble. It hasn’t entirely paid off
“Everything Robert won at Bayern Munich, the goals he scored, it was all with the aim of ending up where he is now: playing for…
![The fearless mindset of the Warriors’ Brandin Podziemski: ‘He’s got a delusion to him’ The fearless mindset of the Warriors’ Brandin Podziemski: ‘He’s got a delusion to him’](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/19142324/0220_NBA_BrianPodziemski.jpg)
The fearless mindset of the Warriors’ Brandin Podziemski: ‘He’s got a delusion to him’
SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly a year ago on the dot, Mike Dunleavy, the Golden State Warriors’ future general manager, and Kent Lacob, an ascending front…
![Does the PGA Tour have a juice problem, and will Sunday solve it? Does the PGA Tour have a juice problem, and will Sunday solve it?](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/17201610/GettyImages-2018802591-scaled-e1708218999546.jpg)
Does the PGA Tour have a juice problem, and will Sunday solve it?
LOS ANGELES — It was all going to be so perfect. It had stars. It had records. It had one of the most beautiful stages…
![Intensity, alter egos and ‘Benjamin Button’: Dan Hurley’s quest to become king of two in a row at UConn Intensity, alter egos and ‘Benjamin Button’: Dan Hurley’s quest to become king of two in a row at UConn](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/14200233/0215_UConnQuestFortwo.png)
Intensity, alter egos and ‘Benjamin Button’: Dan Hurley’s quest to become king of two in a row at UConn
STORRS, Conn. — It is 1 p.m. on a dismal January afternoon and, aside from a few managers, Gampel Pavilion is empty. The Connecticut players…
![Kylian Mbappe is leaving PSG: Thank god that’s finally over Kylian Mbappe is leaving PSG: Thank god that’s finally over](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/15152031/GettyImages-1986202441-scaled.jpg)
Kylian Mbappe is leaving PSG: Thank god that’s finally over
Ice ages haven’t lasted as long as this. Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid… it has been a thing for about a decade at least. The…
![How Maple Leafs staff helped save a rec-leaguer from a skate cut to the throat: ‘I thought I was going to die’ How Maple Leafs staff helped save a rec-leaguer from a skate cut to the throat: ‘I thought I was going to die’](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/13195801/0214_torontoneckcut.jpg)
How Maple Leafs staff helped save a rec-leaguer from a skate cut to the throat: ‘I thought I was going to die’
It was inside the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room that Ike Werner first allowed himself to believe he was going to survive. After having his…
![Super Bowl 2025 odds: 49ers are early favorites; Chiefs, Ravens and Bills among top teams Super Bowl 2025 odds: 49ers are early favorites; Chiefs, Ravens and Bills among top teams](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/11230740/GettyImages-2003635626-scaled.jpg)
Super Bowl 2025 odds: 49ers are early favorites; Chiefs, Ravens and Bills among top teams
The Chiefs beat the 49ers in overtime to win Super Bowl LVIII. Is it too early to start looking ahead to Super Bowl LVIX held…