2024 is in the books, and it was another year where local athletes did not disappoint, whether it came by clutch heroics that ...

We also lost members of the Royals community in 2024. James Douglas Bird was from southern California and was drafted out of ...

Kamala Harris loses, a baseball icon dies, new mayors for Oakland and San Francisco, and scandal rocks a Dublin prison ...

Kamala Harris loses, a baseball icon dies, new mayors for Oakland and San Francisco, and scandal rocks a Dublin prison ...

Part of what makes baseball the best are the feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. We chronicle ...

Here are sports legends and trailblazers the world lost in 2024. Franz Beckenbauer, 78. He won the World Cup both as a player ...

This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Farewell to Rickey ...

A columnist reminisces on his youthful fandom and the intense devotion to the unorthodox player who made sports matter.

Henderson's teammates on the San Diego Surf Dawgs remembered a player who was giving and down-to-earth during his time with ...

Oakland Athletics’ legend, MLB Hall-of-Famer and one of the greatest players in baseball history, Rickey Henderson has passed ...

Upon hearing of the death of all-time great Rickey Henderson, I first got a little pedantic with myself. The overuse of the ...

Oakland A’s legend didn’t slow down even after retirement. ‘He had too much energy then, and he’s got too much energy now.’ ...