Kylian Mbappé Tells P.S.G. He Won’t Extend Contract in 2024
First it lost Lionel Messi. Now Paris St.-Germain, the Qatar-backed French soccer champion, could be facing the loss of another of the game’s biggest stars:...
Two Complicated Princes of the Sport of Kings
Bob Baffert held the shank reverently, as if attending to the cape of a king, as he walked American Pharoah to his barn at Keeneland,...
LIV Golf’s al-Rumayyan and the PGA Tour’s Monahan Make Strange Bedfellows
After more than a year of high-stakes jockeying and long-distance accusations, Jay Monahan and Yasir al-Rumayyan finally met in May, an arranged blind date in...
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt
In the movie “Moneyball,” Peter Brand, a baseball analyst played by Jonah Hill, has a mantra for the type of player his team covets. “He...
A Subway Series Rich on Pitching but Missing Its Sluggers
The latest edition of the Subway Series was already looking a little lackluster: The Mets (31-35) are not having nearly as good a season as...
Senate Opens Inquiry Into PGA Tour Deal with Saudi-Funded LIV Golf
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf have not yet closed a stunning partnership agreement announced only last week, but vows from Washington to slow or...
Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Belmont Stakes?
National Treasure, coming off a victory in the Preakness Stakes on May 20, will try to add another leg of the Triple Crown to his...
Arcangelo’s Belmont Victory Makes Trainer First Woman to Win a Triple Crown Race
As the field for the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes edged into the starting gate on Saturday, anyone who has been enthralled with this...
Secretariat’s Legend Rolls on Like, Well, a Tremendous Machine
It was a performance for the ages, growing more mythic as time goes on. Having won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in record...
Two N.C.A.A. Titles in 25 Minutes? A Sprinter Is Up for the Task.
UPDATE: Britton Wilson came up short in her attempt at a bold double — victories in the 400 meters and the 400 hurdles only 25...
Novak Djokovic Captures the French Open and a 23rd Grand Slam Title
Novak Djokovic began his day picturing how it would end, holding his children in his arms, raising another Grand Slam tournament trophy above his head...
Thousands of Bylines to His Name, and One That’s Not
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Messi and Benzema, Saudis and Soccer, Bread and Circuses
Two things stood out about Karim Benzema’s arrival in Jeddah on Wednesday evening. The first was the look on his face. From the second his...
How the PGA Tour-LIV Golf Merger Came Together
Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner, had gone unnoticed in Venice last month. With luck, he thought over breakfast near the Palazzo Ducale, his confidential...