The Athletic: All Sports News

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About this app

Keep up with the teams you care about with The Athletic app. Review sports news, scores and stats, and expert insights analysis for each league. Turn on notifications to get real time updates for basketball, football, soccer, hockey, baseball, and more. Get in depth with sports coverage when you can listen to exclusive podcasts and read breaking news stories on your favorite athletes and teams.

Download today to stay up to date on your daily sports news.

The Athletic Features:

EXCLUSIVE SPORTS NEWS, INSIGHTS, AND ANALYSIS
- Go deeper with in-depth, global coverage and exclusive sports news.
- Our award-winning newsroom of more than 400 sports journalists.
- Get exclusive access to expert sports insights and analysis.
- Explore deeply-reported long reads and exclusive sports interviews.


SPORTS SCORES AND STATS ON ALL MAJOR TEAMS AND LEAGUES
- Discover the top sports stories of the day, breaking news and live score updates, all from the biggest names in sports writing.
- Access exclusive coverage on professional and college teams across football, hockey, basketball, soccer and beyond,
- Find sports updates for the United States and international sports.
- Follow your favorites so you never miss sports scores or stats.

UNMATCHED SPORTS PODCASTS:
- Follow and listen to a variety of sports podcasts on your favorite leagues
- Discover daily podcasts like “The Athletic Football Show”, “The Audible” and “No Dunks”.

CONNECTIONS: SPORTS EDITION
- Play The Athletic’s daily game for sports fans.
- Group sports terms that share a common thread.

STAY UP TO DATE ON YOUR SPORTS:
- Keep track of which NFL teams are in contention for the playoffs and follow to see if the Eagles can remain on top.
- Catch all the MLB action with live scores, breaking news and in-depth coverage to see if the Dodgers can repeat their World Series win.
- Stay up to date on all NHL hockey scores, games and news for the Stanley Cup Defending Oilers.
- Don’t miss any NBA highlights and news from this upcoming season and see if the Thunder can defend their NBA Championship win.
- What school will reign supreme from March Madness to the NCAA Football Championships? Don’t miss a score or stat update.
- Stay updated on every swing from the PGA Tour to see who can stay in the lead.
- Who in the Big Six will triumph in the Premier League this year, and can Liverpool defend their title?
- Follow Argentina, Spain and France as they compete for the FIFA World Cup next summer.
- Stay up to speed on Formula 1, NASCAR, Indy Car, MotoGP and World Rally


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Updated on
Feb 3, 2026
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Ratings and reviews

4.5
47.8K reviews
Brian Johnson
January 24, 2026
If they would allow their app to rotate into landscape or zoom on command, it would go up 2 or 3 stars. As it is, I can't see the right half of their embedded videos because they are wider then the text and go off the screen. They make hardly any settings available. I can't track any comments I make except the hard way - scrolling back thru the story until I find mine.
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Patrick Bernal
January 27, 2026
I pay good money for this app. But today, The Athletic announced that in addition to paying the subscription, I will also have to listen to ads during its podcasts. No rebate, no option to pay more and avoid ads (even), just a worse product for the same price. No thanks. Not renewing.
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Meg Freyermuth
December 15, 2025
I have a relatively new phone and this app has continuously gone downhill. Notifications that I have turned are not working and general glitches are recurring even though I've reported them repeatedly. I am not receiving notifications that I have turned on, like game starts and results. And new this week, I can't get more than one notification at a time from this app apparently! AND there isn't even a way to report an issue with the app!!!! Horrible product and terrible customer service!!!!!!!!
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