‘Blind Side’ Player Says He Was Conned With Adoption Promise
The former N.F.L. player Michael Oher, whose journey out of poverty and into football stardom was dramatized in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” asked...
For Sweden, the Right Way to Play Is the One That Wins
Peter Gerhardsson’s plans for Monday evening sounded blissful. He had set some time aside for a swim. He would have a bite to eat, and...
Once Rare, 40-Point Games Are Surging in the W.N.B.A.
The 40-point game had disappeared from the W.N.B.A. over the past several years. This season, it has made a comeback. Ten times this year a...
Tampa Bay Rays Shortstop Sits Out Amid Investigation
Wander Franco, an All-Star shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, sat out of his team’s game on Sunday, and the Rays said Major League Baseball...
England, Bruised but Unbowed, Reaches World Cup Semifinals
England entered the World Cup knockout stages still waiting to look like the dominant team it had hoped it could be. Sure, England had yet...
Australia Outlasts France on Penalties, and the Host Nation Exhales
By the time it was over — three frazzling, agonizing, exhausting hours later — the feeling around the Brisbane Stadium was not so much delight...
Joshua Cheptegei Leads Uganda to the World Championships
It is here that Ugandan running is now thriving, though the region’s talent took time to develop. While Kenya enjoyed relative stability in the decades...
A ‘Perfect Marriage’ Between Team and Player
The harmonic convergence between the resurrected Jason Heyward and the rampaging Los Angeles Dodgers crystallized beautifully one evening in Baltimore last month. It was in...
Dwyane Wade Talks Hall of Fame Induction and a Political Hopes
When the Miami Heat selected Dwyane Wade with the fifth pick of the 2003 N.B.A. draft, the league was in dire need of star players...
Spot the Ball: Women’s World Cup
Spot the Ball: Women’s World Cup...
Sweden Ousts Japan, Ensuring World Cup Will Have First-Time Champion
A Women’s World Cup of change, of unexpected early departures and tantalizing arrivals, has completed its upending of certainty and tradition. No former champion remains...
A Premier League Love Story Has Heartbreak Ahead
Within a few days of Luton Town’s promotion to the Premier League in May, the construction crews were moving in and the scaffolding was going...
Spain Goes the Distance to Reach Its First Women’s World Cup Semifinal
Salma Paralluelo might not have chosen soccer. It was not her only option, certainly. A 19-year-old Spain striker, Paralluelo was a bright prospect in track...
The N.F.L.’s Betting Crackdown Has Followed Players to Training Camp
Cameron Heyward, the veteran Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman, remembers that when he was selected in the first round of the 2011 N.F.L. draft, the most...