Cameron Smith Won a British Open. He’s Glad He Has Mostly Forgotten How.
It is possible that one of last July’s customers at the Dunvegan Hotel, which fancies itself only a 9-iron away from the Old Course, remembers...
With a Burst in a Time Trial, a Dane Nears Victory in the Tour
Jonas Vingegaard fired off a blistering ride on a hilly time trial in the Tour de France on Tuesday, winning the stage and seizing control...
Saquon Barkley and Giants Cannot Agree to Long-Term Deal
Why It Matters: Barkley is one of the best at his position. A two-time Pro Bowl selection, Barkley has been a mainstay of the Giants’...
Marketa Vondrousova Wins Wimbledon and Her First Grand Slam Title
Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, among the most unlikely of Wimbledon champions, is unlikely no more. On Saturday, Vondrousova beat Ons Jabeur, a trailblazing...
Alcaraz Wins Wimbledon in a Thrilling Comeback Against Djokovic
After years of false starts, men’s tennis finally has a proper war between the generations. In a startling comeback that rocked the All England Club’s...
Aliyah Boston Has Officially Arrived
Aliyah Boston said she usually keeps it cool when she faces the star basketball players she grew up watching on television. But her poker face...
How Do You Pitch to Stan Musial? Very Carefully.
In 1954, when The Sporting News polled writers about the players they covered, Carl Erskine stood out. Among his fellow Brooklyn Dodgers, Erskine was cited...
Playwrights’ Hoop Dreams Take Flight Off Broadway This Summer
In Inua Ellams’s new play, “The Half-God of Rainfall,” the gods play thunderous games of basketball in the heavens. For Candrice Jones’s “Flex,” high schoolers...
Carl Erskine Will Receive Hall of Fame’s Buck O’Neil Award
It is the first inning, you might say, and Carl Erskine does not have his best stuff. A camera crew has set up in his...
A Long, Shining River of Verse, Flowing From a Rower and Writer
The heart beats alone, keeping its own pace Fear, rage, sorrow — storms beyond our range The river bows and bends, birthing new space To...
Women’s World Cup Contenders – The New York Times
The Women’s World Cup, which opens this week, is the biggest in its 32-year history, but it may also be the most open field the...
Lionel Messi Gives M.L.S. First Taste of the Weight of His Star
Just before 9 p.m. on Sunday, the greatest soccer player of his era, and maybe the greatest of all time, walked across a makeshift stage...
Why Every Women’s World Cup City Has Two Names
When soccer fans land in New Zealand this month ahead of the Women’s World Cup, they may find themselves welcomed not to Auckland or Wellington,...
C.R. Roberts, Scoring Sensation in Milestone Game, Dies at 87
C.R. Roberts, a Black running back for the University of Southern California, was afraid of what might happen when his integrated Trojans football team traveled...