Thompson Twins Are Ready for the NBA, but Not to Split Up
Amen Thompson and his twin brother, Ausar, sat side by side amid a swirl of tourists at Carmine’s restaurant in Times Square on Monday around...
The Most Expensive Team in Baseball Is Not Getting Any Better
Nearly halfway through the 2023 season, the most expensive team in Major League Baseball history is closer to last place than first. After a dispiriting...
Belgium Was Out of Hurdlers. So a Shot-Putter Agreed to Run.
The runner to watch was in Lane 2, and she was hard to miss: Jolien Boumkwo of Belgium was a head taller than every other...
A Rodeo Festival in the Philippines Celebrates Cowboy Culture
A honky-tonk twang echoes across a fairground as cowhands wrangle cattle inside a dirt-floored stadium. The scene would be typical in Texas, but this rodeo...
Noah Lyles’s Campaign to Bring Fashion to Track and Field
A few hours before some of the world’s fastest runners would run a few hundred meters very quickly, they were invited to walk some 30...
‘Everybody in the N.F.L. Understands That It’s a Violent Game’
When Luke Kuechly retired from the N.F.L. in 2020 at 28, he had played eight stellar years as a linebacker for the Carolina Panthers and...
Victor Wembanyama Has San Antonio Businesses Eager to Cash In
Mark Burnett can’t get Victor Wembanyama out of his head. Well, he could, but it would be like taking a knife to the “Mona Lisa.”...
Cuban Boxer Andy Cruz Is Training as a Pro in the US
When the timer chimed to begin Round 3, Andy Cruz stalked Rostyslav Sabadash behind a stiff jab. Sabadash, taller and bulkier, edged backward. Cruz, a...
Is That ‘Hava Nagila’ I’m Hearing at the Club?
“It became an instant informal hit,” he said. (A banger, if you will.) Jewish youth groups, inside and outside the United States, adopted it. By...
The Boot Camp for NBA Analysis and Hot Takes
Alan Williams was the first person to brave the anchor desk, tucked away on a chilly set at the University of Southern California that was...
U.S. Will Host Club World Cup in 2025
A year before 48 of the best men’s national soccer teams come to North America for the World Cup, 32 of the best club teams...
Wavelight Technology Sets Runners on a World-Record Pace
Jakob Ingebrigtsen was ready to become a Pac-Man when he stepped on the track in early June. Like the video game character that gobbles dots...
Embracing Their Strength (or Lack Thereof)
When Mike Trout or Shohei Ohtani hit home runs, they get a Samurai helmet placed on their head as they return to the Angels’ dugout....
In the Dolomites, a 7-Day Trail-Running Adventure
Rain hammers the windshield as the shuttle van stops at the edge of the village of Sesto, Italy. We pile out without enthusiasm. It’s early...