dub3 card · theathletic.com
The Athletic (2016)
Now in 56k.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 4
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Modern (2009 on)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
No ability.
No ability, just Power. Sometimes that's all a homepage needs.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 4 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.
The site, in 2016
An American subscription sports news site, now the sports department of The New York Times.
Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann launched it in January 2016 as an independent paid site, adding writers for more teams and cities. The New York Times bought it for $550 million in 2022.
Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2016 page.
Put it on your site
Run The Athletic, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2016, then plays a short scene. Want The Athletic in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
