That’s too bad, but not all that surprising given the recent reports of financial difficulties at the Athletic. My annual automatic renewal went through over the summer, so I’m still committed for a while, but I’m not sure I’ll re-up again. They’ve got a good stable of national NBA writers, and they’ve got a great national as well as Giants-specific baseball team, which might still be worth it. But it’s disappointing to lose our Kings beat writer, and I can’t say the fantasy basketball coverage is enough to keep me hooked (especially when the main writer keeps trying to hawk his other site, as if we haven’t already paid to read his work once).