athletics

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They are four games behind in the AL West, where the first-place Athletics have a .500 record and a minus-21 run differential.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

"Nobody thought that a sub-two-hour marathon under World Athletics conditions would be done in their lifetime," London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher told BBC Sport.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The Athletics got one back in the bottom of the inning and had two men on base with two outs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

They stuck together through their 1981 World Series championship season, after which Lopes was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Lance Hudson, a utility player who never made the major leagues.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

I had two PE classes—Conditioning in the morning and Team Athletics at the end of the day—but at least Annie and I had one class together, American Literature, just before lunch break.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith