An Unlikely Hero Emerges to End an All-Star Losing Streak
If he could have scaled Mount Rainier to spread the message from on high, Rob Manfred surely would have. Manfred, the commissioner of Major League...
The Five Players to Watch at the Scottish Open
A major title won’t be up for grabs — that will come a week later at the British Open — but the Genesis Scottish Open,...
The Genesis Scottish Open Rises in Stature
The Renaissance Club, the site of the Genesis Scottish Open that begins on Thursday, looks like it’s been there for hundreds of years, like so...
The Calm Xander Schauffele Tries for a Repeat
This time last year, Xander Schauffele was on a tear. He won the Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour. The next week, he won the...
The Hottest Thing in Baseball Is a Grid of Nine Blank Squares
They are indelible All-Star snapshots, midsummer memories for a sport steeped in tradition: a boyish Ted Williams clapping in delight after his walk-off homer in...
The Force Is With Elina Svitolina Once More
It is time to consider whether having a child, and spending a year away from the sport to raise money to help her compatriots back...
Inside the N.B.A.’s Version of Comic-Con
Somewhere under the lights of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center over the weekend, the Jabbawockeez danced during a television special that could have been an...
Jessica Pegula Draws Inspiration From Her Mother’s Healing. It’s Mutual.
It was already Tuesday in Sydney, Australia, but Jessica Pegula was watching “Monday Night Football” on her phone on Jan. 3 as she waited to...
Bob Huggins Claims He Never Resigned From West Virginia
Bob Huggins asserted on Monday that he had never resigned as the West Virginia men’s basketball coach after being arrested and charged with driving under...
Northwestern Fires Pat Fitzgerald, Football Coach, Amid Hazing Allegations
Northwestern University on Monday fired Pat Fitzgerald, its longtime head football coach, after an investigation found that his players had participated in widespread hazing, including...
The French Open’s Clay Courts Tell the Story
“When you step out on a newly made clay court that is clean, all the lines are perfect. It makes for a very pleasing visual...
F1 Teams Are Already Working on the Power Units Coming in 2026
Formula 1’s 2023 season isn’t even half over, but manufacturers are already working on 2026. That is when revised power-unit regulations, running through 2030, will...
The Sports to Watch This Weekend
The big weekend stage of Le Tour de France comes Sunday, when the riders head up the Puy de Dôme, which is not only a...
Meet the Kids Who Race Go-Karts
On the second day of the Texas Grand Prix, motors were roaring. As mechanics tinkered with vehicles, drivers talked strategy with their coaches and tried...