Rickie Fowler Reserves His Flash for the U.S. Open’s First Round
No golf fans followed Rickie Fowler on Thursday dressed the same as he was. That used to be a thing in 2010 when Fowler, then...
Max Homa Takes His Star Turn at the U.S. Open
For a decade now, Max Homa has had regrets. A gettable birdie on the Los Angeles Country Club’s sixth hole had eluded him. On No....
Men’s College World Series: Future Pros and Plenty of Contenders
Will I see some future pros? Yes, a lot of them. The top three players in the latest M.L.B. mock draft will all be at...
The Ashes, England and Australia: Test Cricket’s Last Stand
Not many international sporting contests predate the countries that play them, but few contests are as old as the Ashes. The cricket series between England...
A Series of Mistakes Is (Mostly) Forgotten With a Walk-Off Win
When a struggling team scores a thrilling victory — especially in a packed ballpark against a crosstown rival before a day off — the question...
What’s a Barranca? U.S. Open Golfers Hope They Don’t Find Out.
Not many major golf championships have also served as an opportunity for fans to broaden their vocabulary, but this year’s U.S. Open at the Los...
Our Golf Reporter Didn’t See the PGA Tour-LIV Golf Deal Coming, Either
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Alan Blinder’s plans blew up...
Golf’s Titanic Deal Stokes Anger on Capitol Hill
One of golf’s greatest tests will unfold starting on Thursday, when the U.S. Open begins at the Los Angeles Country Club. It might be an...
Pros Won’t Be Hitting Golf Balls This Far Forever, Whether They Like It or Not
The United States Golf Association acknowledged Wednesday that it had heard ferocious opposition to its proposal for professional players to use balls that travel shorter...
With Crawford-Spence, Boxing Gets a Marquee Matchup It Has Longed For
As the boxers Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford exchanged verbal barbs on Wednesday at the Palladium Times Square ahead of their much-delayed and anticipated...
Jim Turner, Who Kicked the Jets Into Super Bowl History, Dies at 82
Jim Turner, who fulfilled Joe Namath’s prophecy that the New York Jets would win Super Bowl III in 1969 by kicking three field goals and...
NBA Finals 2023: Denver Nuggets Beat Miami Heat for First Championship
It took 56 years and 38 playoff appearances for the basketball team nestled in the high plains just east of the Rocky Mountains to finally...
‘Different Than What You Expect From a Los Angeles Golf Course’
For much of Collin Morikawa’s life, the Los Angeles Country Club was a mystery. The course, designed in 1921 by George C. Thomas Jr. with...
At This U.S. Open, Golfers Will Face a Rare Collection of Par 3s
If there were ever a postcard of the Los Angeles Country Club, it would show the breathtaking view from the tee box on the par-3...