Sachin Tendulkar (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Thirty-five years ago, Sachin Tendulkar scored the first of his record 100 international centuries — an unbeaten 119 that rescued India in the second Test of the 1990 England tour at Old Trafford, Manchester. Just 17 at the time, the young prodigy’s innings on the final day helped secure…
Amid renewed tensions between India and Pakistan, revisiting shared histories can build bridges, says Canada-based Harleen Singh whose debut non-fiction ‘The Lost Heer’ highlights the silenced stories of women from colonial Punjab. From Dr Premdevi, likely Punjab’s first female doctor to Khadija Begum–the ‘first Punjabi lady MA’, the book—which sprang from Singh’s seven-year-old Instagram archive—seeks…
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 Men’s March Madness Selection Show Ever the gentleman, Greg Gumbel reached out to offer a welcoming handshake. Ernie Johnson responded with … a fist bump? The awkward exchange — one Johnson still describes, a decade later, as “so embarrassing” — lasted maybe two seconds. To Johnson, a…
NEW YORK — The concentric circles of John Feinstein’s life spread the news of his death Thursday. First, John’s brother, Bob, passed along the sad news to Gary Williams, the legendary former Maryland coach. He first met Feinstein in 1978, when Williams was a 30-something-year-old coach at American University and Feinstein was a young Washington Post…
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a shared skill among former NBA stars who played from 1991 to 2009. Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. After all, they saw the original up close. Vernon Maxwell, a longtime guard, does a particularly strong version by adding the subtle trash talk…
(Editor’s note: This week, in honor of Black History Month, The Athletic will highlight the Harlem Globetrotters and their contributions to basketball, vision for entertainment and overall commitment to goodwill. This series will conclude on Sunday, Feb. 16.) Sonny Hill recalls a time when he and his childhood friend, Wilt Chamberlain, would go to the…
Shane Warne file photo (Getty Images) MELBOURNE: The Boxing Day Test between India and Australia is just one sleep away and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) bracing for the storm which is expected to hit it over the next few days. A lot of work is happening in-and-around the MCG to put on a real…