A Brief History of Yankees Perfect Games
David Wells May 17, 1998 Wells, who went to the same high school as Larsen in San Diego, beat the Minnesota Twins for M.L.B.’s 15th...
Mets Owner Preaches Patience While Resetting Expectations
Steven A. Cohen did not expect to be in this position when the season began. Cohen, the billionaire owner of the Mets, had committed nearly...
Eyeing Expanding Revenue, N.F.L. Players Tap a Business Executive to Lead Their Union
After a 16-month search, the N.F.L. Players Association chose Lloyd Howell Jr. as its new executive director. He’ll be the fourth since the league’s 1970...
Simone Biles Signals a Return to Elite Gymnastics
The star gymnast Simone Biles, whose expected dominance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics was disrupted by mental health issues and who has not competed since,...
Corbin Carroll Emerges as Superstar for Arizona Diamondbacks
The slugger could not bunt. This was no surprise — when you slug .600, why play small ball? — but it bothered Corbin Carroll. In...
PGA Tour Board Meets as Scrutiny of Saudi Deal Swells
The PGA Tour’s board, with its members gathered in the same room for the first time since a fraction of them negotiated a deal with...
How the PGA Tour’s Deal With Saudi Arabia’s Wealth Fund Could Collapse
Golf’s big deal — a planned partnership between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — is not how big deals are ordinarily...
After Midnight at the NBA Draft, Dreams Still Come True
Mark Tatum, the deputy commissioner of the N.B.A., had an important job — though not a glamorous one — on Thursday night. He had the...
The Alliance of LIV Golf and the PGA Tour: Here’s What to Know
The PGA Tour, the world’s pre-eminent professional golf league, and LIV Golf, a Saudi-funded upstart whose emergence over the past year and a half has...
Pay Equity Is Officially Coming to Tennis. Eventually.
The women’s professional tennis tour took another step on Tuesday toward closing the gender pay gap, as players and tournament officials committed to bringing their...
A Big Leaguer Lost His Fastball but Not His Will to Compete
Julio Teheran is a big leaguer. This is a statement of fact, because he pitches for the Milwaukee Brewers now, and not the Staten Island...
Luis Arraez Is Chasing One of Baseball’s Sacred Feats and Sports Divinity
All season, Luis Arraez had been in hot pursuit of baseball immortals. His batting average hovered around the vaunted .400 average, a standard not maintained...
L.S.U. Crushes Florida, 18-4, to Win Baseball National Title
After Florida forced a winner-take-all Game 3 in the baseball College World Series championship series by scoring the most runs in tournament history on Sunday,...
PGA Tour’s Pact With Saudi Wealth Fund Shows Many Details Left to Settle
The PGA Tour’s tentative deal with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to form an alliance with the rival LIV Golf series includes only a handful...