Gavin McKenna, Carson Carels and Ivar Stenberg are projected top-five picks in this mock draft. Steve Dunsmoor, Monika Majer / Getty; Joe Camporeale / Imagn Each year, The Athletic’s prospects writers ...

The 2026 NBA Draft lottery is on Mother's Day this year, with every team that didn't make the playoffs seeking the gift of the right ping-pong ball combination on Sunday, May 10. A whole batch of ...

It was mid-October, peak leaf-peeping season in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Chad Markey was on a rare break between clinical rotations during his last year of medical school. He should have been ...

As always, we were treated to an exciting first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, like the LA Rams throwing their locker room into turmoil by selecting the heir apparent to Matthew Stafford, who happens to ...

This is it: my final 2026 NFL mock draft. It's the one where, after months of preaching "don't overthink it," I do just that one last time. This is my best guess at how the first round will unfold, ...

The Knicks entered the first round with the No. 24 picks. They left it with five second-round picks and an indeterminate amount of cash. Jaylen Brown and the Celtics are working through things after ...

Another chapter is being written in the age-old battle of Man vs. Machine, with this one revolving around the 2026 NFL Draft. The challenge: USA TODAY reporter Chris Bumbaca was tasked with crafting a ...

The Seattle Seahawks fill their most pressing needs in this seven-round 2026 NFL mock draft, improving their chances of repeating as champs. Following their Super Bowl campaign, the Seattle Seahawks ...

As part of his Day 2 mock of the 2026 NFL Draft, Lance Zierlein projects how Round 3 will play out. Where does quarterback Carson Beck land? Which five teams select wide receivers? With Round 1 of the ...

My final mock draft before the real thing is also the most trade-heavy mock I've had so far. Typically, when it comes to my final mock, I go with the "last and best guess" approach. That's what I'm ...

As part of his Day 2 mock of the 2026 NFL Draft, Lance Zierlein projects how Round 3 will play out. Where does quarterback Carson Beck land? Which five teams select wide receivers? With Round 1 of the ...

The Buffalo Bills only have two picks in the first three rounds of the 2026 NFL draft, but they still fill two major concerns in this three-round mock draft. During the 2025 NFL draft, Buffalo Bills ...