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Using ASU Library E-Resources

A quick guide to using and troubleshooting ASU Library’s licensed electronic resources.

The Athletic

The Athletic, a subsidiary of The New York Times Company, offers extensive sports coverage for your favorite teams and leagues, including breaking news, commentary, features, interviews, and podcasts.

Arizona State University Library provides access to The Athletic for all current students, staff, and faculty through a group pass. 

Please note that The Athletic and The New York Times are separate products. Users must activate their group passes and log in to each site separately, ideally using the same credentials (asurite@asu.edu). 

To access The Athletic, you must redeem the ASU access code. To access nytimes.com, you need to log in with Single Sign-On (SSO) and use your asu.edu email for both services. If users visit https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/ without redeeming an Athletic code, you will not have access to the content.

Activate the Group Pass

ASU users can activate their group pass to The Athletic by following these steps:

  1. Activate your pass: https://libguides.asu.edu/the-athletic

    • NOTE: Users must log out of any existing The Athletic account before clicking on the redemption link.

  2. You will be taken to a new page where you can create or renew an account.

  3. You may be redirected to myASU login page to authenticate with DUO. Please sign in as if you were signing in to myASU.

  4. Use your ASURite@asu.edu as your username.

  5. For single sign-on (SSO), select Continue with Google, Apple, or Facebook.

OR choose to Sign Up with Email, with your ASURite@asu.edu, you will be prompted to enter your first and last name and create a password.

  1. After you create your account, you will be redirected to the Welcome to The Athletic screen.

  2. Follow the prompts from Let's Get Started to customize your feeds. Note: you must select at least one team and one league.

  3. Once signed in, YOU will appear in the upper right corner.

Using The Athletic

Once your account is created, access theathletic.com from any web browser, signing in with login and password if requested.

Do not bookmark the redemption link in step one of this guide.

To use with a tablet or mobile device, download the app for Apple or Android

Apple app store icon  Google Play store icon

Group passes are active for 52 weeks.
Renew your group pass: https://libguides.asu.edu/the-athletic