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-from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
-
-
-class Athletic(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title = u'The Athletic'
-    __author__ = 'unkn0wn'
-    description = 'The Athletic delivers powerful stories and smart analysis that bring sports fans closer to the heart of the game. From breaking news and live commentary, to deeply-reported long reads and exclusive interviews, subscribers rely on The Athletic for every sports story that matters.'  # noqa
-    masthead_url = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/The_Athletic_wordmark_black_2020.svg/640px-The_Athletic_wordmark_black_2020.svg.png'  # noqa
-    language = 'en'
-    oldest_article = 1.15  # days
-    max_articles_per_feed = 50
-    encoding = 'utf-8'
-    use_embedded_content = False
-    no_stylesheets = True
-    remove_attributes = ['style', 'height', 'width']
-    ignore_duplicate_articles = {'url'}
-    remove_empty_feeds = True
-    extra_css = '''
-        #articleByLineString{font-size:small;}
-        .inline-credits{font-size:small; text-align:center;}
-    '''
-    keep_only_tags = [
-        dict(name='amp-img', attrs={'class': 'i-amphtml-layout-fill'}),
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': ['the-lead-article', 'article-container']})
-    ]
-    remove_tags = [
-        dict(name='i-amphtml-sizer')
-    ]
-
-    feeds = [
-        ('The Athletic Ink', 'https://theathletic.com/ink/?rss'),
-        ('Football', 'https://theathletic.com/football/?rss'),
-        ('Boxing', 'https://theathletic.com/boxing/?rss'),
-        ('MMA', 'https://theathletic.com/mma/?rss'),
-        ('Motorsports', 'https://theathletic.com/motorsports/?rss'),
-        ('NBA', 'https://theathletic.com/nba/?rss'),
-        ('NHL', 'https://theathletic.com/nhl/?rss'),
-        ('Olympics', 'https://theathletic.com/olympics/?rss'),
-        ('Culture', 'https://theathletic.com/culture/?rss'),
-        ('Others', 'https://theathletic.com/rss-feed/'),  # All Articles
-        # just add '/?rss' to the sections you'd like to get.. there's too many
-    ]
-
-    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
-        for img in soup.findAll('amp-img'):
-            if not img.find('img'):
-                img.name = 'img'
-        return soup
-
-    def print_version(self, url):
-        reset = url.split('?')[0] + '?amp=1'
-        return reset