The Athletic: Sports News App Reviews

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Unmatched Content, Great App Design....just a few more bugs to sort out. I’ve been a subscriber to The Athletic for a couple years now, and I can’t say enough good things about the content. The level of sports Journalism is unmatched. It is an essential daily read to stay on top of what’s new with my teams and a cornerstone for any fantasy insights. Also, as a die-hard hockey fan, The Athletic is a must with most major news outlets never giving much attention to the NHL. Aside from the content itself, the app is great. Beautiful design with a sleek, easy-to-use interface. That being said, I still notice a small bug with the scores tab. When games are live, the scores no longer show up in the scores tab. Additionally, especially with the NFL, games that fall on a Monday also disappear from the scores tab when they go final. Obviously, a small minor bug that I’m sure will get fixed and certainly not a deterrent from downloading the app and become a subscriber

Kentucky Football is back.. Fans of Big Blue nation have starved for the ole days. Undoubtedly no animal could be treated like Ole Smokie today. Animals are life are part of the family in both Kentucky & Tennessee. Your story brings back stories with enlightenment of how important football is to BBN football fans. Even though the story was in 1955 it shows the passion of today. I love the rivalry between blue and orange. The rivalry shined then as if it were only yesterday. No Kentucky has not been victorious in years past. No neither program has forgotten stories like this one between two states. Your article was awesome! Presentation of both football programs love was spot on. Trust me we are born rivals and taught by generations past that Kentucky/Tennessee football game is real. Your article hit on many different points the length fans go to show passion. Never think people have forgotten. Great read. Go Cats!

The Intelligent Sports Community. I read the Athletic for the coverage of the Packers and other Wisconsin sports teams. I wait with anticipation for each insightful article to drop. These aren't like many articles on the internet which are written by bloggers who write stories about the articles they read on the internet. The Athletic's articles are often news-making because of the fresh angles and smart analysis of the stories. All of the other beat reporters read the Athletic. There is no better source of high quality sports journalism. I also love that there are no ads, pop-ups, or click bait. Many free sites are unusable. What I didn't expect is how the paid subscription increased the level of the conversation in the comments. There are no trolls from opposing teams, no unthinking cheerleaders, and no mindless outrage. Finally, because we are the paying customers, the comments are read and often responded to by the writers. That's really cool.

Amazing content, fantastic app, underwhelming podcast player. The content you can read and listen to on this app/service is unmatched! Well worth the money. However I do have to rate it based on everything and I think the podcast section could use a lot of work. Listening to the podcasts on third party apps has ads so I like to listen in the app. Often if I stop a podcast and go back to it, it’ll just start from the beginning. Same thing happens if I’ve queued up various episodes, it’ll just wipe them clear. Also, figuring out which episodes you have listened to or which ones you missed can be a bit confusing. Sometimes episodes don’t get marked as played.

Public Opinion. Great piece. I realize that writers need access to players and not so much to owners but the notion that the fans who ultimately determine MLB revenue will blame the owners for this self-inflicted wound is just wrong. The majority will fault the union. Everyone gets the economic issue this time. You do not need a MBA to understand that no ticket, parking and concessions revenue will make some kind of a salary adjustment necessary. 20% sounds more then fair to me. The sanctity of a “fair days pay for a fair days work” in this instance is laughable with 40 million unemployed suffering due to no fault of their own. The price of rare talent is driven by the economics of supply and demand. The players and their agents resemble spoiled children of privilege much more then oppressed lunch pail guys fighting for a noble cause.

Generally great, but Sports Gambling Partnership an Annoyance. Generally, I have nothing but good things to say about both the app and The Athletic content. However, ever since the BetMGM partnership was announced, I’ve been pestered with notifications about articles concerning prop bets. I couldn’t be less interested in sports gambling. In the comments section on the announcement of this partnership, many people were worried about precisely this situation. One of the authors of that article claimed that it would be possible to disable these notifications; if you weren’t interested in gambling or betting, you wouldn’t have to receive these notifications. However, I have yet to see the option to disable sports gambling article notifications (which are essentially BetMGM sponsored content, i.e. ads). Considering I pay full subscription price and have done so since the site’s inception, this is a significant drag on my experience as a reader, and a change from what I signed up for.

Necessary Subscription. As a chargers fan, the athletic is a necessary subscription as Daniel popper’s reporting is required reading. I have also found many other reporters covering teams of interest to me providing really high quality content on this app. Would highly recommend. Only problem: I get way too many notifications. I have combed through my notification settings and am very confident I only have enabled notifications for stories from a couple or reporters & teams; and definitely have turned OFF league wide notifications for every league I follow; yet I still constantly get bombarded with notifications that are not related to my followed teams and must certainly be league wide notifications which I, again, have disabled. Please fix!

Subscription renewal. Imagine my shock when after turning off the auto-renewal option for my subscription, my credit card was still billed. Realizing this must have been some sort of technical glitch, I reached out to support for assistance. The automated response was what you would typically expect for this type of issue. Having now paid for another year’s subscription, I figured I’d read some fine journalism this morning. I perused the content of the Athletic and settled on a fine article. Imagine the shock when after the first paragraph receiving the “ subscribe to continue reading” message. So I’ve paid but don’t get access to the content, PERFECT! I followed the steps which direct me to the settings page. The message clearly shows the iOS subscription cancellation on Feb 10,2024, the program has blocked my access( acknowledging the cancellation of the subscription)yet the billing department didn’t get the memo. It shouldn’t be this difficult. It’s disappointing to have to write a review to get someone to actually pay attention. Maybe this will help get the issue resolved but I doubt it. I’m sure there will just be another lazy attempt at customer “service”.

Nice interface bad customization. This app is great for reading but you can’t really control your feed. You can’t see the clock while reading an article or jump from an article to the podcasts and then back without having to find the article and go back in. The podcasts won’t play while you are on other apps very well and the app has terrible interface with CarPlay. Over all the content is worth every single dollar and while the app is elegant to read there’s not much else value wise. I am forced to see my feed cluttered with articles I don’t want to see, videos I didn’t ask for, and authors and opinions I can’t block. For a paid service this could do a lot better at giving the customer control over their feed.

Worth it. I’ve seen too many people complain on Twitter and elsewhere that they have to pay for The Athletic. That’s dumb. I have no issue paying for quality content. And The Athletic is the definition of quality content. The writing is very good. The articles are in depth but not overly long. Just having an app without ads is a breath of fresh air. The interface is very simple and easy to use. I’m glad they didn’t try and make it overly complicated. My only issue so far is that there should be the option to switch to a night mode, white text on black background for the articles. That’s easier on my eyes, especially if I’m reading in bed and my fiancé is trying to sleep. Other than that, simply fantastic app and service

App Stopped Working / Customer Support Ignoring. I've been an on/off subscriber to The Athletic for a while and have typically really enjoyed the app. However, I recently re-upped on a 1 yr subscription in May and have had nothing but problems since. The app forced me to "Restore Purchases" every single time I used it. A minor inconvenience, but at least I could then read the articles. Now, after a recent update, the articles don't even display properly. The formatting is spaced in a strange way, none of the subtitles are displayed properly, and the article just stops mid-way through with no explanation. I tried contacting customer support, showed them my paid receipt and subscription details, and was simply told, "Try logging out/in," and "Try uninstalling/re-installing." After that, crickets. They're now ignoring my requests to help solve the issue. So they got my money and I have an unusable app that gives me about 15% of the whole article. It's a shame because the writers create great content that will now go unread.

Great content, lousy design update. The content from The Athletic is fantastic. However, the latest update took a good design and made it worse. The whole scroll bar concept is just not good design. A horizontal scroll bar isn’t easy to use to begin with, and The Athletic’s implementation of it makes it even worse. On an iPhone, the scroll bar is too small, making it difficult to use. If you follow multiple sports from the same college (e.g., football and basketball) you can no longer tell which button is for which sport. The sport(s) each author writes about is not shown, like it used to be in the old left nav list. And it appears the gray color used for inactive buttons (both in the scroll bar and the footer) was made darker, making it more difficult to read on the black background. Love the content itself, but this new design was a big step backwards and makes the app more difficult to use.

I love the Athletic... but not the app. Let me start by saying that The Athletic is one of my favorite sites as both a sportswriter and a fan. There’s a lot of quality content on the site that I have no problem paying for. The problem I have is with the experience that comes with the app. For the recurring cost, I’d expect something that works more smoothly and loads articles properly. Ever since the most recent redesign of the app, it has been freezing on the intro screen at least half of the times that I open it. After getting through those freezes, the app will kick me back to the home page whenever I switch to one of my team filters. When loaded, the stories themselves are generally slow and unresponsive, which further hurts the experience. There are other minor complaints, such as not having articles load in the app after being clicked on from newsletters or social media feeds, as well as not being taken to the comment that’s made on your thread when you get a notification, leading you to try to figure out which story you commented on in the first place, which typically doesn’t have the response to your comment anyways. (Desktop is always ahead of the app in terms of comment threads being updated). Overall, the quality of this app is nowhere near the value of free sports apps, which is a shame, because the writing is great.

Like many others, cannot access. As a long-time subscriber to the New York Times (NYT), I was happy when I heard that they were acquiring the Athletic. Even though the latter has been struggling in recent times, I still feel that they offer worthwhile content. Unfortunately, the integration between the NYT and the Athletic has proven to be absolutely and utterly abysmal. As an all-access NYT subscriber, I *should* be able to read all of the Athletic’s content, yet such is not the case. I have repeatedly engaged with the Athletic’s technical support, but to no avail. In my latest go-around, I was informed that I needed to provide “proof” of my NYT account status, although what would constitute such proof was left unspecified. Well, enough is enough — I have deleted this app from my devices and will not be looking back. When the Athletic finally dies (and I have little doubt that that it eventually will), I’ll be a little sad, but it appears to me as though many of their problems are self-inflicted.

Can’t post comments (I’ve paid the last 2 yrs)!!!. Really like the articles (NFL & MLB) but, it seems their quality is way down from 2+ yrs ago. Also, we finally got an Astros writer & now we have no Texans main writer. But what’s even worse, is that I think I got “banned/flagged” for a comment I made 2+ yrs ago (it wasn’t terrible) because since then, I’ve been blocked out. The absolute WORST thing is that I’ve emailed The Athletic 5+ times & never even got a single response. I’m a paying customer, which should either allow me to post comments or at very least, tell me via email/phone/text, why I can’t. I rank the: Writing & article quality in the 7.5-9 range (out of 10). Customer service is 0/10. Not having a dedicated writer for my local NFL team is 1/10. And as Houston is the 4th largest city in the USA (& diehard about football), not having a Texans’ writer is either inexcusable negligence or deliberately being done (ex: since the NY Times owns The Athletic & NYC sports fans HATE the Houston Teams, we get minimal coverage). Please email me & help me get my “ability to post comments” problem fixed.

My take. You are getting a very solid reputation among knowledgeable sports fans. As a dual cynic—a former sports writer and English teacher— I’m very critical of grammatical blunders and careless writing. I see little of that with your site. I yearn for advanced baseball analytics information. WHIP, FIP, swing plane, bat speed, exit velocity, spin rate as it pertains to pitch speed and sideways and vertical break, arm slot, etc., as well as path to ball, distance covered, percentage of catch probability, glove to hand exchange, and dozens of other defensive metrics. They exist; I want to see articles about them on a regular basis. I suggest you hire some young hotshot grad from a big-time school to write a regular column. If you don’t, another site will. And anyone who writes about an All-American” athlete who isn’t referring to Andy Hardy (Google it) will get an angry response from me reminding them that it’s “All-America.” Keep improving!

I thought I would see better articles. I can only rate this 3 stars. I thought I would see more exclusive articles. I am subscriber and some of the writers are truly great like Tom Reed. It’s great to see Jayson Stark has joined The Athletic. There are some really talented writers and that’s why I will renewal my subscription. The overall roster is good but not great. I still get emails about Chicago sports yet I’m in the Ohio market. I don’t understand that. My hope is the Athletic expands into the mid size markets and covers all levels of sports and when that happens the Athletic will truly become a great app. The Athletic customer service support tries to be helpful but still needs to strive for better service. Renewing my subscription has become more of an ordeal than necessary. I would suggest contacting a customer at least 2 weeks in advance to make the process smoother. I look forward to another year of the Athletic and watching and hoping for growth and improvements.

Worth every penny. The Athletic isn’t free. You can’t just hop on the internet and read article after article without paying a (small) price. For some that might turn you off to their work, but for those smart enough to realize the quality of writer/reporter The Athletic employs, it is an insignificant price to pay. The Athletic offers team coverage that is second to none, and league coverage that’s at the same (if not an even higher) level. Their Philadelphia reporters for every team (Charlie O’Connor for the Flyers, Bo Wulf for the Eagles, Derek Bodner for the Sixers, Matt Gelb for the Phillies, amongst other great writers) are fantastic, and big names like Jayson Stark cover league wide topics with incredible stories that often go beyond the games being played. The overall point of this rant is very simple. TL:DR - ITS WORTH IT.

Bait and switch. Don’t buy a long term (12 month subscription)! I purchased a year long subscription several months ago because the Athletic had quality coverage of my favorite team, and last month they seemingly randomly eliminated this beat to cut costs (interest in said team is currently higher than it’s been in the history of the athletic). The national pundits for the Athletic also are pretty awful, and I have no use for boring, arrogant, national sports reporting. I no longer have any value for this subscription and The Athletic won’t give a prorated refund for any reason, and their customer support is literally non existent except for some useless bots. Feel like I just got ripped off, and now have 9 months left on a subscription I don’t want. The Athletic seems to have gone downhill fast after it’s acquisition, and they are just trying to cut costs at the expense of quality.

False Ad, free doesn’t mean you can read articles. “Free” 7 day trial yet you can only read one article. I was so interested and wanted to see how they write their content but after loitering around, the app will not even let me read other articles I am interested. I can only access one article and that’s it. The rest of the article would have a banner that says “View our plans, 20% off” something along those lines. (I would have pay this app for Warriors & Klay Thompson yet they want me to read about Jimmy Not James Buttler). How can you judge an magazine type of app by its content when you don’t really have “free” trial to check things out. And limited to one free article? I don’t mind paying $$ to read my sports I just want to ensure that I am reading contents with good material and substance. Many free article online lack substance and poorly written. In the end, I ended up deleting the app in less than 30 minutes) as I was so frustrated that I can only read one article. I saw the app on the internet after an article about Klay Thompson - it says download the free app to read. So I did, sadly, the free seven day trial won’t allow me to read the article that brought me to this app (weird, right?). Do I recommend this? Definitely not. There’s no way to confirm if the articles here are substantial in content during the free day trial. I wasted my time navigating their non-user-friendly interface. Don’t do the same.

GREAT football stories… not much else. I am going to subscribe every July-September just for the football camp stories. Some of the news here is absolutely fantastic. But the app is pretty crappy. The layout is chaotic and every time I see something interesting and flip to a webpage to look up a player, when I go back to the app to finish the story, it reloads and takes me to the home page and I have to go through the same stupid way of figuring out how to find the article I was just reading. 5 star football stories (for about 2/3 of teams… teams like the Dolphins either don’t have a staff writer or he/she doesn’t have much interesting to say about preseason). The app is probably below 1 star. If you want nothing but info on your favorite teams, you might like it. But if you like multiple sports and want league news, it’s awful to navigate

The Athletic itself is great, app could be better. I’ve been subscribed to The Athletic since 2018 I believe and have loved to see it grow. It has great writers, great coverage, and plenty of content. Well worth the subscription price. However, my issue is mainly with the app hence the 3 stars. Of course there was the recent black main feed issue that has seemingly been resolved. My main issue though is the recent UI change where it has the Teams, Leagues, and Authors one follows at the top. I think when those were listed on more of a side bar, it was much better. I’d really like to see a return to this. Edit: Props to the app developers. I wasn’t a fan of the UI change with who you follow at the top and having to side scroll. However, this recent update has helped fix this with the “For You” tab. Thanks for listening to feedback and implementing it!

Incredible content, awful app. I want to stress that I highly recommended the athletic for the material, but the app’s one of the most frustrating I’ve encountered. The athletic is my sole go-to for NFL football content; I subscribe to all 32 teams to keep up and the contents is invaluable. However, the app’s a problem. The articles are never in order of when they were published , the app is constantly shutting down, and the articles previously marked read revert to unread. There was a time where anytime I attempted getting to the podcast page the app would shut off too. I always update when available, so I dunno what’s up, but it drives me crazy having to constantly deal with these problems. If the content weren’t what it is, there’s no way I would continue.

Best sports news around - app good too. If The Athletic has rolled out to your favorite sports city, you will LOVE this. The tech features of the app are good, especially the opportunity to build your own custom feed. Not just for cities, but which sport(s), or even writers. They’ve been hiring great established writers, who now are free to write what they want, not constrained by newspaper restrictions (such as topic or story length). Subscribed to follow Michael Russo (MN Wild). Liked him before, love him now, as he’s mixing in some fantastic freeform features with familiar newsy stories. Have noticed other cities writers doing much the same thing. Roster of coverage seems to grow every week. Very happy with my purchase. Quality is worth paying for, and it’s not all that much for what you can access.

Good for articles, not much else. I enjoy several columnists on here but navigating otherwise is not great. I like a single overall front page with the top stories in all sports, regardless if I follow that sport or league. Still haven’t found a place to see that. With help from support a while back, I found where the standings are but it is annoying how far deep you have to dig to get to them. First you have to go to scores, then scroll over among your favorites to pick your league, then choose standings. Also, here in baseball playoff time there is no indication of where a series is and who is leading, it only shows the scores. I’m basically done with baseball for the year because i hate all teams that remain but I like to see who has the series lead while I’m on here looking at other stuff. I have to leave and go elsewhere so if it is on here, it’s too hard to find. After this trial is over I’ll have to justify if it’s worth full price for the few people I really like but as a paid total sports source, there are other free choices I’ll lean on.

Great app, but podcast functionality needs work. I love the writing, sports coverage and the content of the podcasts, but the podcast playing functionality is lacking. It has no CarPlay support even though listening to podcasts during a commute is very common. It requires too many taps to get to a favorite podcast (one must scroll to the bottom of the podcasts page to even see one’s favorited podcasts). This work is fine while walking or standing still, but while behind the wheel it is prohibitive as it requires attention and precision on something other than driving. Finally, on multiple occasions the player will show that I am midway through as episode, but when I press play to resume, the player starts back at the beginning. When paused through progress bar reverts back to the original midway point until play is pressed again. This combination of errors and difficult playback makes my favorite podcasts almost impossible to listen to when I have the most time: during my commute.

No wonder. You wonder how a company can burn cash literally, and give you what they do. Big teams with no actual beat writers. When the Cardinals (the Cards for heavens sakes) went forever without regular coverage, we finally get a writer and we get one with no history with the team and is trying as hard as possible to move on to something else. I know, we checked a box instead of picking the best applicant. Kudos. For every article I actually want to read, “my feed” has 5-6 I’d never consider clicking on. You should get to choose topics, teams and leagues that populates MY FEED. It’s different if I’m clicking on top stories, which have plenty of bit im quite dubious pull eyeballs. Maybe my ex-wife gobbles up WNBA stories but there’s absolutely zero reason one should be on my page. You’re welcome to read all the Womens Premier League, NWSL, Womens hockey league, or WNBA draft coverage, but it’s not my thing. Stop cramming it at me. Give us the ability to curate our own feeds, at least before the NYT starts making the site over.

Woke. Been a subscriber since the beginning. Lately I’ve become increasingly alarmed at the writers use of unnecessary personal opinion and judgement. I am only one person but I assure you that I will cancel my subscription if it continues. Today it is Trevor Bauer being accused of harassing women online and grouping him with managers recently punished for actual sexual harassment. It baffles me that this woman thinks she is justified in judging a person’s character whom she has clearly never met. It’s sad and very offensive- I don’t need writers to tell me who is socially acceptable. Bauer has done many good things for women, including hiring a female as his agent and promoting the first woman playing college baseball. He donates to charity but your writers would rather focus on his “offensive” tweets. Everyone who disagrees with these people are “offensive” nowadays- enough is enough. You know it too because you are sure quick to shut down comments on these articles. If you can’t allow comments perhaps you should reconsider publishing it.

“The Athletic” approach. Why doesn’t The Athletic have any of their affiliated writers actually cover the actual play of the most recent game?? Yesterday’s Giants game vs St. Louis had no articles that I could find that actually talked about the game itself. To me, the benefit of having writers at the games is to provide some insight on what happened and to offer opinions on how well or poorly the team performed. We can’t always watch or listen to the game. So why don’t you tell us about it? The other issue I have with the writers is their approach to writing about sports in general. I’m assuming they’re all professional sports journalists. Why do they all write their “columns” like they’re writing an episode script for a low budget sitcom. The lame and juvenile “jokes” that seem to be more important to them than whatever topic they’re trying to cover! This style of writing seems to permeate all aspects of sports whether it’s the Giants’ hideous new uniforms , the “A’s” phantom stadium plans, or the 49ers quarterback competition. A little humor is often appropriate and/or enlightening to a particular topic, but it shouldn’t be a template that dominates the article, with a few facts or opinions thrown in to fill out the script. The Athletic is supposed to be a sports forum. Leave the comedy to Hollywood.

Love The Athletic. The Athletic is the ONLY site I read for sports coverage.... I don’t need to go elsewhere because they have every major sport covered by ELITE journalists and reporters. Particularly the NHL coverage. There are certainly other sites that have hockey news and articles, but The Athletic has every team covered and they do it all year round. Even during the summer or “off-season” there are constantly new articles about player/team projections, forecasts, opinions, one-on-one in-depth interviews, etc. On top of the coverage, the app and website are very user friendly and easy to navigate.... most importantly, THERE ARE NO COMMERCIALS OR ADS EVER!!!! In my opinion that is reason alone to justify the subcription! I will always be a subscriber to The Athletic and have recommended several individuals to sign up for your site. Thank you for the awesome coverage!

Love Me Some (The) Athletic. Love getting feeds that are set to my interests. I get to keep up with not only my favorite teams, but the various leagues and rivals. Great writing for the most part, and in depth analysis from those in the know. I particularly like reading articles about the league in general, or rival teams, as I am getting the “local” take (as most of the articles are written by their local beats writers). Interestingly, I also get a chuckle out of reading the reviews. Especially ones from disgruntled fans who feel their team was treated unfairly, or a player (or coach) is ranked “too low” in articles ranking quality of some attributes. Anyhoo, it took me a while to subscribe (cal me a skeptic), but I’m so glad I did.

A Class Act. Kirk Ferentz is one of the classiest coaches in all of football. The blend of competitiveness, cerebral prowess, and humility make him unique. In the realm of chest thumping, ‘look at me’ actions (after the player made a tackle immediately after the play before when he blew a basic coverage), and failing to act like you’re the biggest thing to hit the end zone since William “the refrigerator” Perry, Coach Ferentz is a true leader. The realization that to be successful, Iowa Football must put an emphasis on developing talent and teaching character in-sync is a very apparent foundation of his philosophy. Iowa will likely never be an Alabama, Clemson, of Ohio State, but as long as Kirk Ferentz is at the helm, many a fan can be proud and aspiring young coaches can do well to emulate the example he has set and to which he holds true.

Ads are annoying. A pop-up that is asking for me to rate the app while I’m in the middle of reading an article is annoying enough, but at least it could potentially lead to an improved experience. What was far more annoying was accidentally clicking on an ad as I was scrolling through the article I was reading. Or the very fact that these ads that are filling my article have no relevance to me whatsoever. The Athletic is a paid subscription site, which I pay for to get away from the copious amounts of ads experienced on other platforms. What does it say about The Athletic that my review hasn’t even touched on the actual product that the app is a vehicle of? Do I enjoy the content and writing on The Athletic? Yes. But ESPN has some great writers, and I am able to access their content for free or through a subscription that affords me the ability to watch more content than I could ever want. While the actual product that The Athletic is delivering is good, there is room for improvement on the platform overall. The primary culprits for the lessened user experience are the ads

Great sports coverage; could improve app story organization. Hands down, it’s the best sports reporting available. If you are a fan outside your sports market, it’s the best place for sports coverage. Functionally, it works better if you are zeroed in on one particular team, then looking for sports as a whole or coverage if a specific sport. Some stories are excellent and some could use more info, but since they have reporters in just about every market, some fluff to cover the bases is to be expected. That said, every once in awhile, you get an exceptional story. I do wish it was easier to find major sports stories, for example, coverage of the NBA playoffs or the best game last night, etc. In addition, when I’m searching on the web and find a link to an Athletic story, it would be better if clicking the link takes me to the story, not the home page of specific teams I’m following.

Great content but APP needs work. Love everything about the service, content/articles, and the lack of ads or gossip pieces. That being said, the app isn’t user friendly and would benefit from an update or two. For example, you can’t reorder the “following thread,” which means you might want to read something about your fav NFL team or whoever, but then to check out generally league news you might have to scroll past every other category before landing on the NFL. Another example, exiting an article requires pushing the “x” located bottom left of screen, whereas most of the iPhone world places this function in the top left of screen (more of a hassle when using a tablet). Minor issues, but they do make it feel clunky or disjointed. First world problems for sure, but it’s still a pain, especially when compared to other sports media apps.

Back To Normal. Everything is back to normal with the technical aspects of the app! HALLELUJAH! The app goes back to 5 Stars because, after the latest fix, The Athletic has the best sports content with the best writers around. Thank you for all the app fixes in recent weeks! Please don't do that again! ---------------------------------------------------------------- You've recovered much after you blew up the usefulness of your app a month or two ago, but there is still a few glaring item you continue to overlook with your many updates to recover: the app still no longer syncs read articles in My Feed across devices and the website like it used to do. And, you still can't swipe left or right across articles in My Feed using an iPad though you can again do so with an iPhone. A thing I loved about how the app was previously set up was that articles you read on, say, the iPad also showed up as read on my iPhone and the website. Please fix these remaining problems you introduced to what previously was one of the best sports subscription apps available and I'll go back to a 5-star rating.

One year into my subscription. What a great publication. The Athletic has encouraged and expanded my interest in College Football. I’m appreciative of that. The articles are insightful, thoughtful and give a wide range of views. There’s plenty of in depth analytical observations when it comes to recruiting, game analysis and all things College Football. I especially appreciate the humor. Beat writers entrenched with each team and conference give me insight into the inner workings. Reading these well written articles about teams and especially the personal stories gets me fired up for Saturday. That enriches my life and helps the whole family get excited to not only watch our team, but all that College football has to offer every single Saturday. Once again, I’m appreciative. Keep up the good work. It’s well worth a few bucks a month.

Great for Fans of out of State teams. I am a die hard Colts fan living in Texas, and as you could imagine finding good content for my team outside of Twitter was consistently a challenge. I’ve been following Holder on Twitter for years and he remains my favorite writer, so when he moved to the Athletic I was ecstatic. The subscription was a no brainer for me. He and Zak Keefer provide great insight, and I love their podcast. I know with print losing some steam people get annoyed with pay walls and premium content, but it’s just a sign of the items. I am very grateful for the content I get as a Colts fan living in Cowboy country. As long as Holder and Keefer are with the Athletic you can count on my subscription. If you are a fan who follows a team that is out of your market, the Athletic is essential to get the kind of content you would otherwise miss. My only qualm would be these discounts only new subscribers get, I get the business model but spread the love and reward current subscribers every now and then.

Great content, podcast UI/UX lacking.. Love all the content on the Athletic, but am disappointed by the app interface when it comes to podcasts. Jade + the Count the Dings crew were the reason I subscribed to the Athletic in the first place, but the UI/UX makes it more difficult to enjoy the great pods being produced. Some features I would love to see implemented in a future update: 1.) Delete pods with a left swipe. 2.) Have pods remember where you left off in case you dont have time to finish. 3.) Have the app remember your playback speed preferences instead of having to change it for every pod. 4.) Make the athletic app compatible with pause commands via headphones. This has been very buggy for me, often opening my Music or Podcasts instead of just pausing the Athletic If y’all could make this happen I would gladly give 5 stars. Love the content and happy I subscribe. Just wish a bit more love and attention was given to the podcast side of the app. Jade’s work deserves better. Update: Currently only lacking a good “Mark as Played” or “Delete” function for podcasts. My fake ocd hates seeing all the podcasts I subscribe to pile up despite having already listened to them. Not a dealbreaker in any way, still great content. Thanks for continuing to update and improve.

Great formatting, minor feed request. I love the layout of this app for the most part, everything is streamlined and easily accessible. My only minor issue is how content is added to my feed. It would be great if I followed a specific team but also the whole league, if only team-specific articles from my team were in the feed, and then any general content for the league. For example, I follow the Reds and MLB. I really don’t want to see daily Cardinals-specific articles in my feed (which happens now) but I would like to see an article written about a specific Cardinal, if there was something noteworthy and generally interesting to all MLB fans, such as a great pitcher or MVP candidate. Hopefully that distinction is clear. Otherwise, it’s a really nice and great service, well worth my money!

Amazing publication, App needs a small adjustment. I love the Athletic and have been a subscriber for over a year now. The content is incredible and I am consistently amazed by the interactivity of the readers and the columnists. Unlike the comment sections in other sites like ESPN, or Bleacher Report, the thread underneath articles or in the “Discussion” section of the app is almost always intelligent and on topic - a throughly refreshing atmosphere. The recent update I like a lot in terms of aesthetics, though as a alumnus of the University of Virginia, as well as a fan of Cleveland sports, I wish there was still a way to look at all the teams you follow in a grid, as swiping between the three “Cavaliers” streams (NCAAF, NCAABB, NBA) is frustrating. All three teams share the same name and there is nothing to distinguish which is which. Otherwise a truly excellent app and publication. I rave about it to my friends ceaselessly. Keep up the good work! (A special shoutout to the Cleveland writers, your work is phenomenal)

Wonderful sportswriting and a legacy news organization with an abysmally bad integration. I am a long time NY Times digital subscriber and a fan of the Athletic since it came out. I was very excited when the Timed acquired it and included it in the subscription. At least at first. Lately it is no problem to read NY Times stories on the App but anything on the Athletic is a 15 minute fight to prove that I am entitled to read more than the first few sentences of a story. I am a paid NY Times subscriber for 20+ years and have the NY TIMES and Athletic apps. It ought to be easier to prove that when I click on an article, I have the right to read it. I was thinking that integration was the goal of consolidation. If I click on an email from the athletic, am a subscriber, and have the Times and Athletics apps, I have a consumer sense that I should be able to click my way tot he story. I shouldn’t have to spend 15 minutes proving that the money I pay entitles me to read the story.

Love the app (w/ Caveats). I’ve enjoyed the app and find it easy to navigate. Unfortunately I’m hear today more to report a bug. If I pause a podcast and pick it up at a later time it restarts. I have to fast forward to where I was in the podcast. This problem has been occurring for about a month now. The second point is more of a suggestion: it would be really cool to have a notification or be able to automatically save articles that continue a series you’ve been interested in. Many Athletic articles are in series. It would be cool if something helped marks one I want to continue reading so I don’t miss a beat. Other than that I truly enjoy the app’s design, interface, and of course content.

Die hard sports fans, get this now. If you’re a die hard sports fan this is what you need. Everything is click bait now with meaningless articles. I would read something from some pretty popular sports sites and think “I learned nothing and just wasted my time.” This is my first review I’ve written on any app or anything but I feel that passionate about The Athletic. If you’re constantly reading sports articles or reading fantasy info, this is what you need. The Athletic doesn’t care about clicks, or ad money. They care about writing quality sports articles that are informative, un-biased, and real. I’m addicted to the articles and as they grow it’ll only get better and better. After reading a few articles, you’ll start to see how garbage some of these sports sites are. Please keep it up and you’ll have my subscription for life.

Content is incredible, the way I’m getting it is not as incredible.. I have to believe I am the exact target market The Athletic is targeting. They have done a remarkable job growing the company. So many good writers, extremely good content. There are always good stories to read. However, I feel like too many of those good stories slip through the cracks and I miss them because of the way “my feed” doesn’t really deliver. I follow a handful of specific writers but I rarely see their stories popping up at the top of my feed. I follow certain teams/leagues, but it doesn’t seem to get the balance. I just thought I would share my thoughts and hopefully look forward to these kinks getting worked out a bit. I’m enjoying all of it, I just feel like I have to look too hard sometimes.

Terrible Customer Service. I signed up and paid for the athletic monthly subscription service, when I go to login to my account it tells me I’m not a member. I contacted customer service several times, I think they only have one person and her name is Hailey. I sent her pictures of the confirmation for my subscription service and they can’t figure out why I don’t have access. They continue to tell me I need to reset my password which was done and I still do not have the access that I paid for. After dealing with this lady for 2 weeks still no access I requested a refund for my purchase and they denied it so basically they just stole from me, I would not recommend them to anyone their customer service and system is trash I will dispute the charge through my bank and they lost a customer due to terrible service and ethics.

Great Content, awful app. I love everything about The Athletic except for the app. I really enjoy all the access, content, and analysis that you have access to as part of your subscription. They do a wonderful job of telling stories and providing insight. The application has gone downhill though. It’s super frustrating now to try and read through the content provided. When I joined the Athletic in 2018, I loved their app. Simple to use, worked great, and was very intuitive. The application constantly crashes now, and has to be restarted multiple times just to bring up a story. On several occasions, I will launch the app, click on a story, and nothing happens. I sometimes have to force close and launch the app several times just to read a single story. When I’m done, I navigate around to another story, and the same thing happens again! Makes me just want to move on.

Good at first, now trash. Seemed interesting when this first launched, but now it’s just as bad as a decade or two ago at ESPN. It really is just an updated version, now that their plan is to hire big names, not talented writers or columnists. Don’t waste your money. Speaking of ESPN, Keith Law literally had my account (comment portion, anyway) for the most banal critique I’ve ever written; verbatim: “Lol Keith’s analysis of these ‘prospects’ is silly, but to each their own.” Oh, the humanity! It’s so lame. No need for it. Thought it’d be more legitimate when the Times bought it. Not so. Shame. Used to be solid. Addendum: Don’t wanna sound like a right-winger decrying the lack of free speech! Not at all. But in the first couple years, it really was interesting and fun to comment and engage right below the stories. Now? It’s SLIGHTLY-better ESPN with comments that need to be banal as heck to even make it on the platform. Shame. Thought when the Times acquired TA, there’d be a bit more liberal takes. Nah. We all love the Times, but they’re a corporate entity first and foremost. Really is a shame because TA used to be very good. Oh, and they promote white supremacy in the comments AND articles like it’s going out of style. Especially NHL related stories. A but with MLB, but I must say their “big name” MLB reporters are the best they have or the four major sports. Buy at your own risk/peril. Take care.

Real sports writing.. I’ve been subscribing to The Athletic for a while now, and it has become a daily necessity for me. What strikes me most is how anti-ESPN it is. I don’t mean in opinion or that it somehow hates ESPN, I mean in how it lacks constant video highlights with unavoidable commercials, or bright graphics and news crawls on the screen. The Athletic is all about great coverage and long form articles about the personalities and experiences of sports. It is loaded with great, quality sportwriting at its best. If you are a sports fan, if your memories are laced with backyard football games, driveway basketball games, seeing the pros once in a while at the stadium; if you are old enough to remember pulling the sports page out of the newspaper first because it was all that really mattered-then you must subscribe to the Athletic.

Detailed and interesting. Classic reading experience as if you were reading a column or article in a journal/newspaper. Every article felt very insightful and well thought. It made me alter my perception about certain aspects and gave me a new perspective for them. They also give regular updates on the latest happenings in the world of sports as an added bonus. I feel interested in reading the articles from this app, unlike some others where I just scroll to view the bolded text and ignore the rest. Don’t feel there’s much to improve here, just maybe adding some graphics or timelines to see how many sports have evolved. For example, in football, the evolution from the late 20th century to the modern era, what changes have come by and how they would’ve affected the games in the previous era. Just a thought, but overall I like the experience and plan to continue reading The Athletic for as long as I follow sports.

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Fantastic Article. Great piece from a great writer. Thank you James for putting the record straight. It amazing how the “people in the know” cannot appreciate we are all witnessing something very very special - YNWA Eddie, Gold Coast, Australia

Love the Content but App is frustrating. Love what the Athletic is doing, and great content and articles, so was very excited to subscribe and download the App. However, every time I click on the link to my team in the top bar the app just closes and spits me out. Maybe there is a fix, I’m there either is or will be soon, but for now I’m extremely frustrated. If I’m going to enjoy my subscription, for now at least I suspect I will have to do it outside the app. Same error happening on both my phone and iPad. Unless of course I’m doing something wrong?

West Ham are massive. When giving options at the start you should include West Ham - we are massive

Great content however glitch on podcasts is annoying. Great articles and podcasts but accessing the podcasts is very glitchy. I have to restart the app a lot for it to work properly so I can select the pod I want. It is very annoying can it please be investigated?

Text size change is an issue. In theory this change may be good but I’m not sure it is working as expected. Since the change, the text on the app became significantly smaller for me. I’ve had to go in and adjust the sizing for all my apps and now my texting apps are unusually bigger. This is not sustainable. I shouldn’t have to adjust my usage across all applications to accommodate one.

Great writers - bad app. I enjoy the writing and pay for it despite the app. Biggest gripe right now is I can receive alerts to breaking news but tapping/searching doesn’t bring up articles (in Australia on iOS 13.x). Help desk (automatically) thanks me for raising the issue but offers no help/specifics after two months. Zero responsibility. Poor service.

The best sports news service. I’m a huge sports guy and following everything Nba to trnnis to prem. A long time ESPN guy, I reluctantly gave the athletic a trial. Turned out I loved it and now my first go to when I turn on my phone. Just amazing analyses, feature pieces on the various sports. Now includes grand slam tennis coverage which is great! Keep up the great work

Happy subscriber, you won’t regret it. Subscribing to the athletic has been the best money I’ve spent in a long time, absolutely the best hockey coverage, every single writer is phenomenal, very easy to use app, the whole experience has been flawless

Amazing sports journalism. If you're a big fan of football and love reading insightful articles on a regular basis this is for you.

Light mode. Probably the best sports writing out there right now. I just wish the app had a light mode. The default dark mode is hard to read.

Real Journalism. I wish it was easier to follow your favourite authors, I find it a hassle with search function. Perhaps a space to follow the writer at the end of their piece. Otherwise, all gravy in the navy!

Great articles, very informative. I’m no time to understand every league, Ath’s are punchy informative and appear to come from a real understanding if the game Loving the coverage of Newcastle United, finally free to prosper!!

Used to be good. Great articles - used to love using text to speech to listen along but this feature has been taken away.

Bevare!. Ya, like others, I too was charged a monthly sub fee AFTER a cancellation of their trial. It took me four months to notice, no receipts were issued. Upon being challenged, I was refunded immediately, however without apology or explanation, which makes me think this is a deliberate business strategy. I have filed a complaint with the ACCC. It seems the Athletic is very, uh, athletic at thievery. Gold medal lads!

Sports journalism. Great meat to your stories,never subscribed to online news but you guys might change my mind 😜

App needs some work. Articles take forever to load, no notifications for scores in matches, no locked screen live scores. For a paid subscription this is very poor. The writers are very good when the articles do load however.

Unwanted notifications. In the past week the app has started sending me dozens of Football Manager story notifications every single day. I have zero interest in this and there is no way in the notifications settings to turn it off. You clearly have a sponsorship deal with them and are trying to push the sponsored content hard. But it’s a good way to get your app deleted and subscription cancelled.

In Depth Articles. This really is a bargain, top class writing and great insight into what’s happening with your club/sport. Fully understand that people are reluctant to pay for “news” but this is so much more.

Best sports content you’ll find anywhere!. Only recently discovered the Athletic and absolutely love it. Best stories, best app and best experience all around

Horrible horrible app. I registered for a free trial through Optus, and have started to be charged. I don’t use the app so I wanted to cancel my subscription. There is no way I can cancel, the app help page keeps telling me to go to a certain setting page that doesn’t even exist! Nightmare!

It’s now an everyday habit. What started as a cool way to keep up to date with the sport I love from across the globe has now became part of my daily routine.

Overhyped. I got 6 months free trial, but I hardly used one. Many articles are too political, most articles are too long, and not using a lot of media within the articles. I only read European football articles and my review is based on that.

Insightful commentary. High quality insightful and reflective articles. Exclusives and insider knowledge galore. I only use the Athletic for football coverage but it’s just bursting with so much quality content that I can’t recommend it enough no matter what your fix. If you’re sick of the click bait, sensationalized headlines and tabloid rubbish and need a good sports journalism fix then look no further

Podcast update is not good. The addition of podcasts is great but the implementation is terrible. Having to change speed for each released podcast is bad, the layout is also not intuitive. Hope a new update is coming.

Great articles. Love the quality of articles in this for all sports - a little expensive but worth it in my opinion.

This is superb thorough and illuminating journalism”. “It is characteristic of people living in a golden age to go around complaining how yellow everything looks” US poet Randall Jarrell said that, sardonically, about literary culture, about how one generation always believed its own time to be lesser than those times preceding. This article - judicious, forensic, so reasoned yet always carrying its intelligence lightly - applies equally: the past was better, tougher, worthier - affection affects judgment. Or does it? What a terrific piece.

Fix your log in. Constantly have to “log in” every time I select a new article. Too hard.

The Athletic. Great sports news platform with in depth reports on teams and matches. Thoughtful opinion pieces and charming stories. Well worth the subscription.

You just need one app, this is it. Best content, from the best reporters. Coverage is ridiculous. App is beautiful.

No access but they still charge monthly fees!. Took the Athletic up on a cut price trial. I was never able to get access or able to cancel the subscription. Contacted The Athletic, they said it was not their issue as I must have signed up through Apple. Contacted Apple, no subscription their. No subscription under Apple ID, but yet monthly fee still being charged. As no resolution and fee still being charged, I think I will have to request new bank cards (CVC) to stop the charge. Well played ‘The Athletic’.

App keeps crashing. App keeps crashing on both my iPhone 12 Pro and IPad Air 4! Both devices running latest iOS and latest updat to athletic app. Content is great, bugs need to be fixed

App is a great addition to a superb subscription. I, like most, questioned the value in paying for a subscription. Do I pay for something I can so easily get for nothing? The answer is yes. The content doesn’t just inform, it helps me understand the game better and improves my enjoyment of the sport. The app flows well. Feeds you the right stories if you’ve selected your favourite teams. Cuts out the rest. Has a clean but suave UI and is generally pleasant to read from. I subscribe for hockey and bball. Worth it for both. If you’re wondering just do it.

High calibre journalism. Some incredible writing from the most talented sports journalists in the game. Always covering topics that you want to know more about and DO THEY GO IN DEPTH!!! Absolutely love it very refreshing reading from someone who cant get enough football content.

Excellent so far. Ppl have been talking to me to get The Athletic for ages, especially my usual technology averse father and so far it’s lived up to the hype Actual good sports writing, quality long form pieces, good game recaps and a refreshing lack of Skip Bayliss style contrarian hot takes

The saviour of football journalism. If you want good journalism nowadays, you have to pay. God am I glad that I did, after reading Rafa Benitez’s exclusive column about his decision to leave Newcastle, I was compelled to leave a review. Nowhere else on the internet are you getting something of that style or quality. Kudos to you, The Athletic. Kudos to you!

Best sports app. Gorgeous app - nothing to complain about. And the Athletic is running really good, in-depth articles. Would recommend.

Lacks voooom. - terrible having ads when you’re already a subscriber! Ruins the reading experience - annoying to navigate - need a simple news round up service for each sport - articles are too long and predictable

Not what it used to be. Still my go-to sports site. Mostly subscribed because of DGB, Duhatschek, Habs coverage & ability to jump into local coverage for cities in (primarily) NHL, NBA. The Athletic seemed to have hired the best local writers for their teams. The 1st 3 still great but Mtl site had 4 writers now 1 (Basu is excellent) & 3/4(?) of the teams no longer have a beat writer. This site is 25% of what appealed to me when I subscribed.

Great writing and a clean interface.. I’m here for the Celtics writers but I always find something worthwhile outside of Boston or the NBA. The app itself makes for pleasurable reading. Support journalism, good writing makes following the game a richer experience.

Quality content from great writers, but …. I absolutely love and support what The Athletic stands for, high quality sports journalism. I support this type of presentation of sports news so I obviously pay for a subscription. What I do not support is ads in my app when I already pay for the subscription. This is not a business model that I can support so I will be continuing to use the web version with an adblocker until the app removes ads for paid subscribers. Please consider what you want your paid tier to represent to sports fans.

Great content but abysmal support. I’ve been a reader for 2 years now, the content is completely superior to anything else. The reason why I have written 1 star is because I have been banned from commenting for no reason. It’s a big part of my enjoyment of the athletic to engage with other readers. I have written over 10 emails with no response and no way to get an answer.

I'm in.. Aussie hockey fan: Was hesitant at joining for a while but finally bit the bullet with the hiring of Sean Mcindoe -- absolutely no regrets, great writing from all contributors - also great app. Love reading on my commute!

Great football news. I umm’ed and aah’ed before deciding to subscribe to The Athletic, and I am glad I did. Being from Australia where, at best, football news is paltry, it is nice to be able to access a site which provides me with up to date news of the EPL and particularly Arsenal. Keep up the good work. Just a question, apart from subscriber comments is there an avenue for subscribers to submit their own views. Cheers

Bundesliga. Hi Guys, I enjoy this app but you really should be able to add a German team to your Favourites, if you could look at adding a highlights section for all the teams you follow then I think this app would be unstoppable.

Somehow they managed to ruin the “following” feature. My teams and leagues show up differently on every device I use, and the ordering is not respected. I want my fave teams first, in my preferential order, then my fave leagues, and I want it to be consistent across devices. Too much to ask?

Cancelled subscription yet still get charged. I have had a terrible time getting out of the subscription and continue to get charged by The Athletic. Have no access to site yet charged monthly. I have contacted the bank and nothing has changed. Not worth the hassle

Articles good, app average at best. Not one to write reviews generally, but the blankness whilst scrolling and poor loading of embeds is really, really annoying. Also, why isn’t Down Goes Brown funny anymore? Worse, I’m now getting notifications for sports I’m not following and have zero interest in. Fix this please. Update: the app is currently crashing when I go to check game scores. Slow clap for quality improvement.

Great content but app is buggy. Hey guys, loving the content, however when I sign in with my Apple ID, I am presented with an error message that says ‘Login failed - GraphQL returned false on attempted mutation’. Is there any fix for this?

Hard to get working BUT. Excellent support got me over the line Still think the subscription approach is messy with so many approaches

CRASH!. Bought The Athletic subscription for the content and very happy. 5-stars. The app is a shocker right now. Crashes within 10-15 seconds of starting an article. Moving back to the Safari for now but expect better for premium journalism and pricing.

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Great Sports App. Really enjoying The Athletic, high quality sports content. As long as Corey Pronman and the crew at the Hockey Show are there I will be a loyal Athlete subscriber. 👍

I want to like it. The app is fine I suppose, although I’ve had to reduce the number of notifications. My main issue is with the Athletic itself, choosing to allow ads, which undermines the experience of the app. There shouldn’t be ads for people who pay for the content! Docking it one more star for having a suggested review pre-input. I’ll write my own review thank you very much! The fact you have the suggested review tells me you’re trying to game the App Store system and makes me wonder what other trickery you’re trying!

Worst support service. Have been a subscriber for 5 years. I suddenly started experiencing issues with access since switching to NYT all access. I have enjoyed the app but have never experienced such bad support. I am on my 4th round of the futile cycle of trying to resolve the issues. This has been the experience: - submit a support ticket - receive a response fairly quickly asking me to give them permission to make a change on my account - I respond as they requested - no changes to my account happen - I follow up - no response - I follow up - no response - I submit a new support ticket - repeat

Terrible app. I’m very frustrated by this app. Time and again, I can’t view articles below advertisements. This happened roughly half a year ago, and I contacted them to fix it. They indicate that the latest versions of the app fix this problem, but it doesn’t. I continue to not be able to read most articles, except for the very top paragraph. Spend your money elsewhere. The Athletic is no longer any good.

Sports athletic. Well written articles that are informative. Coverage of all the nfl teams at your fingertips.

I used to be worth it. Now it’s worse than the free coverage from a local. What the site started out as died a long time ago

Ads have become horrible. Reading articles and nearly full page stubhub ads come up multiple times.

Paid subscription = Advertisements?!. The Athletic is a subscription based service and not a cheap one. Despite paying $10 per month, now articles will still include MULTIPLE ADVERTISEMENTS. As a subscriber for numerous years, this is extremely disappointing. I will not be renewing my subscription again. Speak with your wallets folks.

French coverage please. I was SOOO excited when you came along to cover the Habs (Habitants in French). It was a new, more cerebral bilingual take on hockey in Montréal. Arpon and Marc-Antoine won me over immediately. And then new ownership came along and cut this « unnecessary » expense. This will be my last subscription I’m afraid… Marc from Montréal

I got one out of two!!!. I paid for more in-depth articles by great writers with NO advertising… and all I got was in-depth articles by great writers. Too many ads when I’m paying a subscription fee!

Good riddance. Used to be a good app. Inundated with SJW’s now masquerading as sports writers. Cancelled my subscription as a result.

Limited Content. Not enough writers and not worth the money. The writers you do have don’t post regularly and are arrogant to say the least. I am cancelling my subscription. Disappointing.

Solid. Stories are great. Thought provoking and in depth.

App is broken. Updated the app and now my feed is messed up. The headlines are all cut off by the article below it. It’s like the boxes all shrank but the font didn’t. Can’t explain it very well. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, same problem. Can’t open anything on my feed because of this. Help!

Ads in a paid app is absurd. Ads in a paid subscription app is awful. Just use a browser with an ad blocker.

Subscription Fee and Ads!!. I am willing to pay more to get rid of the ads. But paying for content and enduring all those ads is not okay.

Widgets not working. The widgets don’t update when I add it to my homepage. Otherwise The Athletic is awesome.

Darryl. Unfortunately many of the recent updates have made the app progressively worse.

Good service, app could have better UI. Bit messy.

Adds. I’m paying for this app and they felt the need to include adds. Unsubscribed

SVP du respect!. Dans un contexte de coupure salariale, que vous ayez choisi d’abolir le seul journaliste francophone qui pouvait traduire et publier des textes en français pour l’Athlétique Montréal est purement et simplement outrancier. Je suis bilingue et est intéressé au contenu de votre plateforme, mais je décide de me désabonner par conviction. L’offre de service était différente et motivante au commencement, malheureusement votre gestion et ses défaut ont édulcoré votre produit. Je suis aussi déçu d’avoir souscrit à un abonnement annuel plus onéreux que vos promotions pour encourager les approches journalistiques de fond. Très triste que l’aventure s’arrête ici avec le départ de Marc-Antoine Godin.

Doesn't remember my account. I have an account, but when I try to link to a story, I am asked to create an account. Very frustrating, not worth the effort to try to get through.

Auto Renews without notification. Auto renews with 1,000% price increase. Not worth the $9.99

Cancelling subscription. Sports is a great distraction from everyday life and the politics that go with it. It’s entertainment. Unfortunately athletes and the media want to wreck that for the fans that pay their salaries by combining politics and sports. I don’t find that entertaining. I’m cancelling my subscription. I’ll do more outdoor activities instead. Win win. Thank you The Athletic.

Trash. Even sportsnet is free to read sports articles. There are many comparable apps that done require any paid subscription.

Where’s the content I signed up for?. I love Arpon Basu but when he’s not there like this week with him in Switzerland there is no one covering the team. There’s been no coverage of last week’s games as well as no analysis of today’s mid season presser by their GM. Instead a mere mention in a couple of lines of a roster player or your relentless power rankings is enough to add to my feed as if it represents anything resembling content. When I first signed up the team had 4 writers. (3 full time and 1 part time) as well as all of the other content. This is pathetic

App is not what it used to be. Bad user experience, recently. I keep having to re-enter the teams im following. The app keeps dropping them. And the ads are infuriating. I used to love the athletic. Now it feels like a struggle.

Ads are terrible. The ads are horrible. Some are low quality and the price hasn’t decreased since they brought them in

Customer Support is non-existent. I have sent 3 emails to report that My Feed Page has no content. No response. Unacceptable!

Overall Good. Most of the app is good. Disappointed to see ads on articles, and some scrolling lag. App widgets have never worked either

Issues with app. First off, starting off that the content is great but the offers to new subscribers vs the OG that have been here since day one will frustrate you. Unsubscribed and then was given a “resubscribe offer” that was solid so tried to go for it and despite numerous attempts to push the transaction through, it didn’t work.

Bit of a letdown. Got the athletic and kept the subscription for over a year but honestly, it’s not worth it. They signed up some journalists I like but their output has been sporadic at best and the writing, to be honest, took a nosedive for more than a few after the move. Reporting is often slanted in every article and they’ve employed some people who have made outrageous accusations against fans of rival teams without basis, while others ignore sources when reporting on some teams (see: anything from New York) but use the same source if it’s negative info about a smaller market. They say they’re different, but they ain’t.

Where are the articles about women’s athletics?. As I scroll down the articles of the day I rarely see one that focuses on women’s sports.

DR. For a sports fan this is a long awaited antidote to sports writing lite

Langue. Je lit anglais sans problème mais je trouve inacceptable qu’il n’y ait plus aucun article en français ! Je vais me désabonner

Too many ads. It was great before ads. Now the articles are full of ads. What is the point of paying for a membership if the content will have a dozen of ads? Membership cancelled.

Great Winnipeg Jets coverage.. Murat provides the by far the most in depth coverage of the Winnipeg Jets.

Money grab. Should not cost any money. You can get all the same features for free on Bleacher Report

Cut back on ads. A good user experience, was better with no ads.

Terrible new layout. The ruined the app by adding ads. The app looks cheap now and ruins my enjoyments. I’ll Be canceling my membership.

God awful. You gotta pay $13 a month to even open the article that clueless people wrote just for click bait and a money grab. Makes me laugh at some of the hockey trades they tried to stir up because after seeing that it really makes you realize how brain dead some of those writers are... kyrou and a 1st for Kreider😂😂 my guy needs to lay off the meds

Gone Woke. I’ve been subscribing to The Athletic since their first year. It was once great. I mean REALLY great. Over the past couple of years it has devolved into sanctimonious and condescending lectures from virtue signalling writers. “Writers” not “journalists”. I just want to enjoy sports. I don’t need the New York Times inserting their leftist propaganda into every article. If you don’t genuflect to the groupthink in the Comments section you will be banned from commenting for life. There are still a few really good writers and that’s why I still subscribe, but I can’t take much more of this garbage. This may be my last year of subscribing.

Dysfunctional search bar. Neat concept and I’ve been subscribed for a long time, but the search function is abysmal and needs to be fixed. I’ll search the exact title of the article I’m looking for and it still won’t pop up. Unacceptable.

Thought it was 1$ / month they charge 9.99. When I saw my 1st 9.99 charge I thought it was for a year - I don’t see the value at 10$ per month

There have been ads ever since ownership changed.. Pay $74 CAD/yr for a subscription to still have an experience *with ads*. This is why I cancelled. The writers and articles are excellent, but the founders sold out (good for them) to the New York Times Co. for $550,000,000 in cash, and now the articles are interrupted by ads so stories read like a recipe on the internet. Such a disappointment. The Athletic experience was so much better without the ads.

Could use some modifications one would expect to see in a paid app. - very poor searchability - no history of articles one has read

Athletic. Same old same old. Equal content available for free

Ads. Should not be seeing ads on a paid service

Watch your annual renewal!!. They never warned me of any automatic annual renewal. They charged me about 7 times the amount I paid the last 2 years… watch yourself!!

Changing times. My 2nd time being a subscriber. The quality of the writing is still there but the quantity of writers and the amount of work they put out has. Many markets have lost their beat writer. Disappointing

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Sorry about the recent hockey betting focus -. Very sorry to see your excellent publication succumb to the temptation of featuring the gambling stuff that hangs its black cloud over both college and pro sports. It does no good for the games or the athletes. Hockey has always, for me, seemed to be better than the more corruptible environments of basketball and football. It will be a sad day if betting on hockey games does anything to corrupt the beauty of that great sport. Your other coverages are excellent, including hockey, without the gambling aspect that has shown up recently. That’s the only thing that makes my rating slip from 5 stars to 4 stars.

Worth the Money. I hav been subscribed for a decent while now and find it worth every penny. I’m a fan not only of my native Atlanta teams, but sports in general. Great reads for most teams across most sports. The only major thing that I would like to see as an improvement is the favoriting/following system. It would be nice to be able to sort the list of teams you follow. For example, I am a fan of my local Atlanta teams as well as my college, but I follow dozens of teams across several sports. The ability to say, organize the list to have my specific teams at the top would be brilliant. Either way, great app full of great reads and podcasts. I highly recommend for real sports fans.

Podcasts UI getting worse. I happily subscribe to the Athletic primarily for NBA podcasts like No Dunks among many other excellent shows and it seems like the podcast functionality is getting worse with every significant app update. Now podcasts are hidden under the profile area of the app with the latest update. Also, I’m not sure if this is because I only stream podcasts and I don’t fully download them to the app, but my podcasts never resume where I left off last if I go and do something else for an hour. It will always restart the podcast from the beginning which is really frustrating because then I have to scrub through the entire thing to find my place again. Again, I love the content, I just really want it to work because lately it’s just been a frustrating experience.

Like it but.... I was a hold out for awhile. I didn’t want to pay for something that I can get for free. Content. But I like ncaab and nba and pay attention a bit to the other sports. Seth was the biggest writer I followed that went to the A. The A had a promotion and I said ‘F it,’ I’m in. I like it but... I wish there were more articles on KU basketball and I wish the scores and teams functions were better. I want to stop other sports apps where they do a better job with scores, teams, players, etc as you click through and drill down. Improve that and I’m deleting other apps. Keep writing freely and aggressively with the story in mind and not the sponsors.

Take the good with the bad. Originally subscribed for in-depth analysis of the many sports I like to keep up with and the fresh writing style and way of reporting. There are many incredible reporters that put great stories out and really bust their butts to deliver great content. However, I’m starting to notice some of my local “columnists” foray quite far into what seem to be political op-eds. If you enjoy the intersectionality of politics and sports presented in a subjective manner then this might be great for you. I prefer reporters over “columnists” sharing their biased, poorly researched op-eds once a week or so. Overall, I’ve had a pretty good experience and will continue to subscribe, I will just have to avoid certain authors in the future which is quite unfortunate!

Good, but a few suggestions.. I love the app and the coverage of The Athletic. There are a couple of suggestions I’d have for improvement: 1. Tapping the home button when already home opens up the sidebar. In a lot of iOS apps tapping the icon of the page you’re on scrolls you to the top. I keep expecting this behavior in this app and find it inconvenient that the sidebar opens up. I can of course tap the top of the home screen to scroll up, but it would be nice to have the button do it as well since the sidebar button is already there in the upper-left. 2. There are no recent scores for any of the college teams I follow. The “recent results” and “upcoming” sections are empty. It’d be great to have them there. I can easily see this being the go-to, single stop sports app if those scores were there. 3. It would be amazing to be able to have the standings for the NCAA as well as the professional leagues that are already there. Maybe it’s the top-25 poll, or since Ken Pomeroy is a writer, perhaps using a weekly snapshot of the kenpom rankings that are freely available on his site.

Did away with mlb individual game stats.. Long time subscriber. I enjoy the journalistic freedom the athletic gives their writers. Doesn't feel like a bunch of click bate. That said, if Grant Bisbee were ever to leave, I probably would to. Was really bummed when the athletic couldn't afford Chad Dundas and Ben Fowlkes. Now game stats have been patched out and I hate it. It was a feature I'd use every day to check my favorite players evolving slash lines and view how the pitchers did. Now I can't see any of that and I see no reason to remove something so simple and additive. Also wish I could completely filter out certain sports / leagues from ever showing up as news. Certain sports gets too much attention and resources.

I really enjoy the content, but.... The app is less than stellar. I don’t enjoy reading in dark mode, yet it’s a randomized game whether I get the articles in light or dark mode. Doesn’t matter whatever setting I have my phone in, the app does not care. It is also set up so I can change my name and email, but doesn’t actually save when I press save. So now I’m stuck with my email address as my last name because my PayPal purchase screwed it up. I don’t get how a paid service can have such a buggy app. Also, how do you have an app for podcasts that doesn’t allow for casting to Google Devices at this point? I would really enjoy throwing Eno on in the office while I’m working, but I can only use AirPlay, which is a relatively limited service. I don’t intend to renew my membership when the time comes, unless significant strides are made to make this app better.

Paid for a no-ads experience and they now use ads. Title says all you need to know. They have many great writers and information but used their status as ad-free all along to boast of their site only to include ads and do nothing to decrease prices, etc. This is on top of the fact that as a subscriber I have to use their app to listen to the podcasts my subscription includes. If I want to use the Apple Podcasts app, they charge you for a subscription to that too. Will be cancelling my subscription after the pre-paid year ends. Was a subscriber from the very beginning, but have also seen writers leave team-specific beats or the company entirely and multiple team beats have not had replacements. Would rather been asked for a price hike before including ads without notice/choice.

Too many glitches since ads were added. This used to be great app but now it is very glitchy. To be honest , I don’t care that ads now appear, but how they appear makes the article very shaky to read. Also, the text size for articles is all out of wack. I used to have the ability to control text size in the article; now it’s a setting for the app. The control does not work very well; every time I shift from landscape to portrait, the text size for an article gets progressively smaller. Eventually, the font size reduces to medicine bottle directions. Overall, these enhancements to the app are frustrating and don’t appear to have gone through much quality control. Fix the app so it doesn’t ruin the great writing of the Athletic writers.

Great content. Bad podcast player.. I love the writing on this site and service. And holy smokes have they wrangled some of the best reporters around. Worth all the money. The Athletic also produces and/or funds some excellent podcasts. The in-app podcast player is *not* good, however. It’s packed with both technical and user experience issues that make it deeply unpleasant to use. The podcasts are available on public feeds. But they contain ads when downloaded externally from the app. I hope The Athletic will either create a markedly better podcast experience, or consider releasing password protected ad-free feeds so I can add them to my standard podcast app (Overcast). Thank you.

Deleted my other scores app after recent update. Recently added live/box scores, which was done very well. Deleted the other app I’d use for scores/stats. Hopefully they’ll add player stats soon, too. When viewing a box score, I wish I could tap a player & be brought to a Player Page with relevant stories, stats, game logs, etc. I’m sure that must be on the roadmap. FWIW, I think The Score app does this well, and I especially like that they link to the related player’s basketball/baseball/etc-reference page for expanded stats (saving The Score from having to show too many stats themselves) with an in app browser.

Too Many UI Bugs, Famous Authors Never Reply. Ultimately it’s an app with many famous names in sports journalism who have become too good to engage in conversations with fans in the comments. Also, the comment section often devolves into disgusting trolling and is no better than Barstool. But the most frustrating part about an app that requires a paid subscription is the tech side of things. You’re either never notified when there’s a reply to your comment - or you click the iPhone notification and it doesn’t take you to that article, so you have to just remember which article(s) you commented on and sift through the comments randomly. The app also doesn’t like it when you switch apps (however briefly), as it often closes so you can’t maintain your place in a story. I’ve written to Support twice about OTHER technical issues, too, and no reply. I genuinely don’t understand how on earth this is worth a paid subscription.

Content is Great but the UX of “My Feed” feature needs work. The content writing is awesome and refreshing to read compared to blog sports writers and most major sports news outlets like ESPN. However, I am not digging the oversized images taking up precious real estate on my iPad screen. This is most especially true on the “My Feed” section. On top of smaller graphics, I would like see the content’s title and a small blurb of what the content is about. We have all seen countless photos of athletes in action or standing around so making it larger is kinda pointless. The “Real Time” section could also do better by having large content boxes shrunk down more. Although I honestly never go to this section. See comment below for an example. The “Front Page” section is better, especially below the half page (on an iPad) where you see smaller boxes containing content. This is a better experience for me and hope to see the other sections mimic more of. The “Scores” section: where is the Top 25 scores for CBB or CFB? NBA Playoffs scores and so on? If there is no games for that day, instead of blank page, fill it in with the scheduled games. Another instance of wasted real estate.

No comments on “sensitive topics”. I would normally give the athletic a five star review. I love sports and this the best sports coverage hands down. However I cannot in good conscience give a rating higher than one star after this blatant censorship from a journalistic entity. I understand things can get contentious but that is no reason to not allow debate and discourse especially considering we all pay for this service. At the moment I plan to keep my subscription as this rarely happens. They should never remove comments on any article but especially for sensitive topics. Silencing opinions only lets them fester in the dark. This is ignorance at it’s finest being called enlightenment.

Initially Skeptical but Worth It!. I thought paying for more sports coverage was nuts in the world of 24/7 coverage. However, the writing, insights and analysis have been solid at worst and exceptional at best. It is a top notch Sports Journalism experience tailored to the teams and Sports I care about. After the trial was up I gladly handed over the subscription money just like the Great James Earl Jones predicted in Field of Dreams. I then forked over for a gift subscription because tis the season and this Chicago sports Fan knows an equally analytical and passionate Denver sports fan. This is to say nothing of the app which may be the most well organized sports app on the market. Give the trial a whirl, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Poor Service. Quality articles, poor customer service. I’ve had a paid subscription for nearly a year, gone through the frustrating process of contacting a person in customer service and still am unable to access full articles. When I requested correction of my problem and credit for the time I had paid for and not received product I was told I could not receive such credit but that the rep could cancel my subscription. I have tried over and over to get whatever the problem is corrected so I can enjoy the articles. I’ll be canceling my subscription today. To the Athletic staff responsible for payment collection and service delivery, THANKS FOR NOTHING !!

Best Info for an NBA fan available. Bottom line I’m an nba fan and consume mass quantities of NBA content. The writers for athletic are solid and instead of the canned predictable hype you get from 99% of the media you get true insight and information. Great takes from dudes that know the game and the team but don’t come off as arrogant know it all types. Tony Jones is my favorite, my parents are older/retired and were skeptical of paying for an online app but now they are on it as often as I use it and listen to their first podcast by Tony Jones.. I live in Colorado so I’m a nugget fan but I also grew up in SLC so I’m a Jazz fan , and I also have ties to the Memphis Grizzlies so I’m a Grizz fan.. Bottom line, the athletic is worth the insanely low price.

One of my most used and most vital apps!. Twice I subscribed to The Athletic. I am not sure why I let my subscription end, but I signed up again a month ago and I cannot say enough good things about The Athletic. For me it started with Craig Custance’s podcast and me wanting to be a hockey guy. The NHL coverage is outstanding. But The Athletic has gotten way better since I started my first subscription over three years ago. The writers for all sports are outstanding and the app is sleek, easy to navigate, outstanding overall. I just got a new phone and went through the painful process of putting all my apps on the new phone. This is one of the most important apps for me. Love The Athletic. Love this app.

Great app. I just wanted to let you know. I rarely consciously pick the rating for the article I have read. It usually comes down to which hand I’m scrolling with. If it’s my right hand you get one rating if it’s my left you get the opposite. By the time I see the 3 little faces at the bottom of the article my thumbs have already touched one, randomly. Since I can’t change the rating once selected you get, whatever. Usually not what I would have picked. Since I like most of the articles I read your more likely to get a lower rating than I would have given if given an option. FYI, Normally am using an iphone 11.

Great geographic coverage!. I have lived in six states and became fans of teams when living near them, such as Clemson. Grew up in Pittsburgh TV market area and still follow/love the three pro teams plus still have some feelings for Pitt. I went to the University of Cincinnati and thanks to The Athletic I can now follow them (as the stingy Enquirer is closed to non-subscribers.). And now I live in Cleveland area and have become a Cavs fan (and my son-in-law now covers them for The Athletic). I also lived in Kansas where my younger daughter went to Kansas State. So you can see I have a lot of teams to follow. The Athletic makes it so easy to follow all of these teams! So I am enjoying my subscription!! 😀 !

Excellent App! Needs a Couple Podcast Related Tweaks. I love the in depth reporting from the Athletic. The app is now also on par with most others for alerts for game starts and final scores which is great. The Athletic also has some great podcasts that are commercial free when listened to in app. With that in mind I’d like to see them update the app to allow a badge notification for new episodes of podcasts. An Apple Watch app to play the podcasts would be great for on the go as well. And the final cherry on top would be car play connectivity. With those two things I could remove them from my podcast app completely and always listen on the athletic app.

Prospects and analytics. The content is pretty solid. I would say it has been worth the subscription fee for the most part. The thing The Athletic is severely lacking in though is MLB prospect coverage. There is little to none that I have seen. It would be nice if they could hire away a top guy like Kiley McDaniel to start prospect/draft coverage. They get a guy like that and their subs will go way up and their content would truly be top notch. They also don’t really use any analytics in the analysis. They need to hire a couple of guys that can do pieces based on analytics and projections. They add that and they would have far and away the best sports coverage out there. There wouldn’t be any need to go elsewhere. Hopefully they can work something out like this in the future, only thing that is making me think of not renewing my subscription.

in-depth analysis. Love the longer articles, more quotes from the players and coaches, pulling back the curtain as to their mindset. If you know the game, you don’t need someone to tell you what happened; you want someone to tell you what went on beyond the eye of the camera, or how someone was prepared for the big moment. Why did the coach make that choice? What led the player to position himself as he did? Background and context make seeing what happens (happened) on the field of play so much richer. The Athletic writers make you feel like you’re in the dugout, on the bench, in the board room, in the locker room for the pre-game rituals or the post-game joy/angst, etc.

Good content, but lacking functionality. I like the articles. They have some talent on the staff, and it shows in the writing. Unfortunately, that does not make for a great sports app. Where are the live scores? Right now, you can go in the app and it shows game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals as “upcoming.” Seriously, that’s basic functionality that should exist in anything calling itself a “sports app.” The English Premier League? Nonexistent, according to The Athletic, and the same goes for the UEFA Champions League, Formula 1, and other basic necessities. The rationale for the paywall is that ad-supported models are unsustainable, but it’s hard to pay for a sports app that can’t even give you score updates and is completely missing major sports.

Why are we paying for this?. The idea of The Athletic was to pay for premium content with no ads. That is no longer the case. If it were free, it would be great, but it isn’t. The ads are annoying after they promised it would never have them. If you’re worried about missing out on an article, all other, regular free outlets, cover them so you can get the key parts from them and save yourself the aggravation. There’s no possible way to turn off spoiler push notifications. I sometimes have to watch the games after they began and while you can turn scores off on the app, you can’t turn them off on your push notifications and this ruined many nights for me. My customer service experience was terrible too. All and all, The Athletic has been a very bad experience that has left me with a terrible taste in my mouth.

Fantastic product. I tried the Athletic after getting frustrated with yahoo and ESPN being nothing but adds and headlines to generate clicks but no substance to the articles. What I found was by far the best site I have come across for sports. Not only is the site and mobile experience add free so you can focus on the writing, but the articles are fantastic. There is a wide range of in depth analysis and topics you can’t find anywhere else. Not just the what but also the why and how makes this a much better read. Can’t imagine using anything else for my sports news and analysis in the future. Keep up the good work! Follow up a while later, while i still like the site the app is really frustrating to use it feels like I can’t find stories not related to my teams. Make a page that mates home page on website. Don’t focus me so much.

Top quality sports journalism.. The Athletic continues to be the absolute epitome of quality, thought provoking sports journalism for discerning fans. The writers that have been assembled represent the best of the best of the best when it comes to thought leadership in their respective fields. Very few outlets allow room for intelligent brevity while also creating compelling sports commentary. The app is incredibly smooth with a focus on first curating content that you want to view and then offering up new articles and podcasts that would be tangentially related to your favorites. It’s a great app, a great group, and wholly worth the subscription. I will be renewing next year. Thanks, team!

Memphis against the Blue Bloods. My understanding Darryl Arthur of Kansas did exactly what Derrick Rose did in 2007 and yet the 2008 championship banner is in full sight in Allen Fieldhouse. No such luck for us. At the time I thought we should fight for equal treatment. This capitulation led the NCAA to believe they can walk over our University and our city at will. Times have changed. Many old guard coaches want Penny to fail and I have a conspiracy theory of my own. I believe we should fight this insulting and unjust ruling at any cost and we should stop being intimidated by the NCAA. Let us expose the double standards and I believe and hope that the NCAA governing board stepped this time in a hornets nest. Go Tigers and get after them Jason and John. Radwan Haykal

A Tragic Fall. When the Athletic first launched I was excited about the idea; but, wasn’t interested in any of the coverage at launch. In 2018 when they started covering my interests I eagerly subscribed and was largely happy until the sale to the New York Times in 2022. From that point, the platform has become nearly unrecognizable and a far cry from the vision I first enjoyed. There are still excellent writers working for the Athletic, and sometimes some really interesting reads. However, the days of ad-free, independent, beat-journalism are over. The courage seems to have been corporate-d out of the organization. You’re now paying for the privilege of targeted ads, often underwhelming articles, and targeted censorship of comment sections. If they wanted to be a comment-section free platform I would admire this, and if they wanted to always have them I would admire this also. The targeted censorship is unacceptable in my opinion. Just like most of their advertisers would like you to do, take a gamble on the Athletic. You might love it. Or, like me, you might wish you had spent your money somewhere else.

The Athletic — Must-Read Content on the Dubs!. I love the substantive content about the Golden State Warriors that is produced by the staff of The Athletic! I particularly love the wide range and diverse types of coverage — whether it’s an intimate and deeply-personal profile of an individual player; whether it is a first-hand tutorial with video on game strategy or the journey of an individual player trying to make it back from injury; or whether it’s a highly analytical and quantitative analysis of cap room, The Athletic is my go-to source for “meaty” reporting. Kudos to Marcus Thompson II, Anthony Slater and Tim Kawakami. Thanks for feeding our appetite for comprehensive and entertaining content about the Duns!

(My opinion) Criminal Fraudulent Billing Racket…. My opinion is, this outlet is nothing but a fraudulent billing racket disguised as a sports outlet. They rope you in with super small rates, and then rebill you at $80, out of the blue. No mention of that, of course. Oh I’m sure it’s buried in their 9,000 page terms of service, somewhere (good luck find that), but it’s not clearly and reasonably stated ANYWHERE when you signup for the super small rate. Then try to get through to them…lol. Good luck. From what I hear they don’t give refunds under any circumstances. I disputed it with my credit card company and they denied it and said The Athletic provided paperwork that states it’s valid. Of course they did. Any business can create a piece of paper out of the blue. But I, MYSELF, never saw that from The Athletic. (I won’t be using Discover Card anymore, by the way. Thanks for nothing.). Way to protect your clients! STAY AWAY from The Athletic!!!!!!

Hard to Find Archive Content. The layout is sleek and cool and always in dark mode... But there is no drop down menu or favorites tab even to keep track of what you follow. The streams you follow are organized on a slider at the top of the page, so if what you’re looking for is at the end, you are in for a lot of scrolling. They also tag too many general nba articles that show up in every nba team’s stream, and the same for the other leagues. We have to look past the same content over and over when we check the local coverage. The app also doesn’t have all the stores that the site does, or at least not on the same schedule. A lot of links in the app take you to the site. Anyway great content but the app itself is not easy to search by topic or navigate in general, and for an archive of writing and audio, that’s not good.

App works fine but content is spotty. The app works fine if you pay for Athletic subscription. However the content is sketchy for NHL reporting and coverage. Canucks: Writing and articles are good, better than most other reporting. Box scores and game summaries are completely bogus though. For example, last nights game says things like “goal by Boeser” without listing the assists and “goal by Sharks” without listing who scored it. All they have to do is lift the info from the official NHL game sheet like everybody else does but for some reason the Athletic does not do that. Kraken: It seems like they have a part time writer covering the team. Articles sometimes show up after a game but for some games it’s like the Athletic decided to ignore it.

I am canceling my subscription effective immediately. I have been a subscriber to The Athletic for several years, and it was the first place I went to every morning for sports news. My main attraction was the excellent writing by local Philadelphia writers Matt Gelb, Charlie O’Connor, Zach Berman, Bo Wulf and Rich Hofmann. Slowly these writers are disappearing from your pages, and so is my interest. To top this off, all of your articles’ content extend only to the 1st advertisement, and remain blank until the comments. Even if I wanted to read your articles, I no longer can. And I have to pay a subscription for this? No thanks!

The Jurassic Park of Great Sports Journalism. At least what Jurassic Park should be in theory. In a time where great writing is going the way of the dodo and newspapers are cutting their sports departments to the bone and looking for click bait instead of quality writing, The Athletic is gathering up the best of these writers and allowing them to flourish, grow and tell the stories they want to tell and the results have been magnificent. You can literally get lost in the stories told be these excellent writer and be inspired. Take a few minutes, pay a couple bucks for a months subscription and help bring great sports journalism come back from the brink of extinction. You’ll be hooked and be all the better for it.

Good for news, bad for scores. Every sports app seems to fall into the same trap. They think that because you have a few teams that you follow, it means you don’t care about anything else in sports. I’m following a few championship events and can’t see any scores because my specific teams are out. So I have to scroll through a news feed (also biased to my alleged preferences) to see what’s happened which is hit or miss. Please fix this devs — give us the option to see a scoreboard and standings list for ALL sports and this is 5 stars. Otw this app has limited utility.

This is worth the money. If you are a a sports fan and want to enjoy some great coverage and well written articles by some great writers then this is the site for you. I am so glad that I have signed up. I have now reduced my subscription to the newspapers to just the weekend. I am still able to access the papers website with full access for only the weekend subscription. The Athletic keeps on growing and adding more staff writers in the markets that the teams play in. So you are not just getting stories written by someone who only watched the game on tv. So sign up for the free trial period and give it a read. When that ends you will be signing up to keep on reading the great stuff that they add to the site daily.

Great coverage and articles, podcast software has issues. The coverage, articles, and writers are top-notch! I've been subbed to The Athletic for almost 3 years and have loved it. They have a great staff of writers and podcasters who are all excellent journalists with their own styles of writing. The app works fairly well for me, except for the podcasts tab. When I open the app it's a crapshoot if I'll be able to access the shows I follow or the episodes I have downloaded, which is frustrating when I want to listen to their numerous daily shows as they are released. Love the substance and the app overall, and I'm sure they're aware of the podcasts issues. Would highly recommend!

Great Sports Articles. Real journalism costs money. This has been worth every penny since I signed up in 2017 or so and just wanted good journalism on my teams all in centralized location. Then they signed Jayson Stark and Keith Law who were the only reason I paid for ESPN insider. I’d love to see the Athletic launch a Roku Channel. Start small, just upload podcasts. Then grow it from there. All in all, I love the articles and that the authors respond to questions and interact. The Athletic actually has a soul too. When the pandemic happened and there were not much sports to cover besides the KBL (go Dinos!) they gave you your money back/extensions/reduced prices.

Impressed with The Athletic. I was merely google searching for something that I honestly did not think I would be able to find. That was “how nasty Patrick Corbin’s slider really is” well that led me to a link to The Athletic which I had to create an account for to read the entire article on something I was exactly looking for so in no way am I complaining about having to go through a few steps to read up on something that I am very intrigued about. The article had so much great things on the subject and I will continue to use The Athletic for my sports questions (mainly baseball questions/topics etc.) I’m glad to have found such an informative app

Solid, but could use some fixes. Overall, I like this app a lot. It has many good features: usually loads with no issues; layout and design are user friendly; I can set up a list of the writers I want to follow; comments can be edited after posting. What frustrates me is the comments section and along with that the interface between it and reply notifications. It’s irritating that when I post something, the trail does not automatically return me to that spot but jumps back to the top. When it’s a short trail that’s not a big deal, but when I was 300 comments down and only halfway through, it’s a royal pain to get back to where I was so I can reread mine and continue reading the rest. As for notifications: On a good day, tapping a reply notification will take me to the comment trail. But it doesn’t go to the actual reply, leaving me to try to find it in a trail that has usually lengthened considerably by then. At least half the time I give up because I can’t find it. And on a bad day tapping a notification gets me nowhere — the app never opens, so I have no idea where to even look. Fixing these would make this a 5-star app for me.

Great content. The sports writing on the site is some of the best you can get, and well worth the subscription price. The app is real pretty, and easy enough to use for the most part, but it desperately needs a search feature. If there is one, I haven’t been able to find it. Also, it would be nice if links from outside sources (eg, The Athletic’s twitter feed) opened in the app automatically, but I’m guessing that’s out of their control. In all, I gave it four stars instead of five because of the missing (or hidden?) search, but if that shows up in the next update it’ll be a five-star app for me. The content is already worth five stars, the app just needs a little polish.

Used to be great. The effects of the New York Times acquisition are now in full swing. The previous well written and hard hitting articles are slowly disappearing while more stories that offer no information beyond the headline you click are all over. No longer are your favorite teams being covered by one individual with “Athletic Staff” authoring many articles. The comments section is a wasteland, that is if they are still on for the article you are reading. They have start Turing off the comments. Twitter is embedded in just about every story and with each passing day The Score app improves and The Athletic devolves. Only a matter of time before you can get the same quality elsewhere for free. If you’re a diehard hockey fan there are lots of other places to go. Small upside, the all digital package for NYT will include The Athletic if you still believe in the paper itself and you will save money.

11.0.2 & 11.0.4 crashes every time. Update: This app provides a poor experience frequently now that NYT shoves ads into articles in such a clumsy way that often only the first two paragraphs of the articles are visible. I assume the ad malfunctions since it doesn’t appear, either, and it’s impossible to reload the page to read the article. I end up having to try again later in the day to get it to display. Pretty crappy for a paid subscription. Do not download version 11.0.2 or 11.0.4 as it crashes within 10 seconds of opening. Never had this trouble before with what’s usually my favorite app on my phone but I’m really sorry I took this upgrade. No response from the developer and no fix yet.

Content Great, App Implementation So-So. The Athletic’s content is awesome, but it won’t load in the app (yes, even on wi-if) consistently. Kinda makes the app useless. Big change in accessibility to content once ads were introduced. Seems like servers are prioritizing delivering ads over content. If ads can’t be delivered, then no content. Alternatively, if the app has become so popular you that there is not enough bandwidth or servers to deliver content, then ownership needs to step up and make sure customers continue to have a great experience accessing the really solid content. In sum, the writing is excellent, the app experience as of late (since introducing ads) not so good. Hopefully management will do something about this.

Writing is top notch but app much less so….. I love the depth of the writing, in a world of articles full of click-bit, the stories here have a depth that has been missing and I love that. Unfortunately, this depth and insight is let down by the app itself. The app itself is dinosaur! The navigation is different from almost any other app out there for no reason other than it is. Some stories you can make the text larger and some you can’t. The margins are kept large to create white space for what…certainly not reading? There is no pinch to zoom like in the good old days…which weren’t that good as i recall. I was lucky enough to be invited to a beta of the new app…which still lacks basic tablet support. TA, don’t hide a fantastic service behind a bad app.

Drawn to The Athletic. I do not always agree with opinions or analysis of The Athletic’s scribes. But their writing is almost always clear and well organized, with interesting perspectives. The judgments and predictions they offer are usually well supported. Their story lines are often fresh and surprising. They have direct access to the key sources in the locker rooms and front offices, and have developed good relationships with them. Kevin Kurz is steady, consistently thoughtful, unafraid to call them as he sees them, delivering hard criticism that must sting the target because it usually rings true. I learn something valuable in most articles. Some of the writers have very quick wits and are funny and entertaining. I love the clean format and presentation and absence of maddening pop-ups cluttering thei spaceor my mind. In the 26 years the Sharks have been enlivening The Bay Area I have learned much about the sport of hockey. Having been a regular reader of sports news for more than 50 years, I think this publication provides among the best sports journalism I have read.

Great content, navigation iffy. I subscribed to the Athletic to get access to some of my favorite authors. However, I don't know everyone who is writing for the athletic and the app does not make it easy for me to search for & subscribe to certain authors. If I browse through the names of the authors and click on their name, there is no subscribe button. However, if I search for a team, there is a subscribe button. So I have to go through a bunch of additional clicks in order to subscribe to authors. This is annoying. I will give you five stars because I want to support great sports journalism, but please add a subscribe button next to an author's name in the search results.

Tim’s “Super Cerebral” Mind. While most fans are not as articulate and eloquent as Tim (myself included!), we have the same thoughts as he does. Tim uncovers layer after layer of thoughts that start with basic questions like “Should the Giants trade MadBum?” then proceeds into the whys and wherefores and the pros and cubs like a skilled surgeon going to the core of his operation, quickly assessing how or how not to proceed since the nurses are ready with the post operation wrap up stitches. Tim easily enters the mind of Farhan Zaidi (a brilliant guy and savy baseball guy) and could probably speak for Farhan while he is enjoying Tandoori Chicken dinner at New Delhi restaurant in San Francisco. Tim paints an unmistakably expansive image of day’s highlight with his prose that somehow never loses its sharpness ( it is like a sushi chefs knife cutting thin layers of Kobe beef for Tim’s sukiyaki dinner, assuming he eats the stuff. ) Keep taking those brain enhancers Tim; we are addicted to your sports journalism with no hope of recovering. Wayne Tada-Camarillo resident but a “Homer” who grew up in San Francisco when a red haired guy named Shinjo was covering center field long before Kevin Pillar.