On Oct. 6, 1985, at the height of East Germany’s era of systematic state-sponsored doping, the country’s most celebrated sprinter delivered her most astonishing performance. Marita Koch demolished a ...

A decades-old world record once thought to be untouchable suddenly appears to be in serious jeopardy. On a rain-soaked track in Tokyo on Thursday, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone came closer to breaking it ...

Every record is meant to be broken, but some seem out of reach. In the NBA, the game is always evolving, with new talent constantly raising the bar and making the league more competitive than ever. No ...

And just like that, Wayne Gretzky’s unbreakable record has been broken. Well, one of them. Gretzky had more than his share. But for hockey fans of my generation, it really is hard to believe that ...

Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic, with photos by Derek Cain / Getty Images and James Guillory / Imagn Images Not every NHL player is a hockey historian. Heck, some of them barely even ...

Many of the top prizes of AEW were on the line tonight at WrestleDream, including the TBS Championship currently held by Mercedes Mone. Mone would hold an open challenge for her Championship, but then ...