Novak Djokovic adjusts his racket during the final match of the 2012 Australian Open. Ryan Pierse / AFP pool via Getty Images Jan. 31, 2026Updated Feb. 1, 2026 12:12 am EST The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Australian Open men’s singles final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic holds the crown…
Thousands of parents photograph their children every year playing baseball. But how many players can say one of their parents snapped a photo that ended up on their first professional baseball card? That scenario is what makes 21-year-old Atlanta Braves prospect Cody Miller’s 1st Bowman card, within Topps’ recently released 2025 Bowman Draft set, one…
MONTREAL — The last time the Montreal Canadiens played at home against a team wearing the classic Quebec Nordiques jerseys was April 5, 1995 at the Montreal Forum. The Canadiens erased a 5-3 third-period deficit that night to win 6-5, and since NHL home teams wore white jerseys back then, the Nordiques wore blue. One…
The hottest name in hockey trading cards is a 19-year-old nicknamed after the Cheetos mascot by all-time NBA great Stephen Curry. Macklin Celebrini opened the current NHL season with odds of +50000 to win the Hart Trophy, via BetMGM. The San Jose Sharks’ young star could’ve basically been called “the field.” Now he’s a +180…
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Victor “Vic” Maitland sat in the back corner on the second floor of an Italian restaurant in Canton, Ohio, taking suit measurements of several NFL players. A pile of gold jackets lay in front of him. It was 1978, and he had little time to waste. The next morning was the Pro Football Hall of…
Every championship team these days seems to have a tie to Drake. He’s either the team’s most vocal celebrity fan or a combative supporter of their opponents. The Los Angeles Dodgers were the latest member of the latter group. Drake took shots at Shohei Ohtani during the 2025 World Series, where the Dodgers faced the…
There seems to be little secret among avid baseball card collectors as to which prospects are currently the most highly touted, given the prices already being paid for the top cards of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Konnor Griffin and the Detroit Tigers’ Kevin McGonigle. But while those two top Keith Law’s 2026 top 100 MLB prospects…
OTTAWA — Anna Altann entered the Ottawa Senators’ team store on a frigid Saturday night, the latest stop on a multi-city hockey arena tour. She was in search of a hockey jersey, but not just any jersey. As a native of Germany, it wouldn’t have been far-fetched for her to seek out a jersey featuring…
After you’ve immersed yourself in hundreds of trading card odds sheets, a few truths start to feel almost universal: “Production went up” and “if you’re going to buy, buy hobby boxes,” as they are most often the best format for value. Every now and then, a product breaks those maxims and does something genuinely interesting,…