Alcaraz vs. Djokovic: The Next Kid Up Faces the Game’s Steeliest Brain
A moment arrives nearly every time a younger player seizes the advantage over Novak Djokovic, with designs of toppling him from his perch at the...
Inter Milan, Facing Painful Reckoning, Tries to Live in the Now
Barely six weeks ago, Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar was lying in a hospital bed in France, recovering from spinal surgery. A lumbar issue had...
Aggressive Skating, Like Other 1990s Trends, Is Re-emerging
He will be a sophomore in high school this fall and regularly goes to the skate park on Monday nights, where he shares the pavement...
Jamal Murray Lets His Play Do the Talking
Some N.B.A. players treat their postgame interview sessions like fashion moments. They wear styled couture outfits, bold graphic shirts or lively prints — anything to...
All About the Deep-Pocketed Saudi Wealth Fund That Rocked Golf
Behind the head-spinning news this week that the PGA Tour wants to merge with the upstart Saudi rival called LIV Golf is an entity with...
‘No Next Steps’ as of Yet for Aaron Judge’s Toe Injury
Officially, at least, the Yankees will be without Aaron Judge for at least a week after formally placing him on the injured list Wednesday with...
Yankees Game Postponed Because of Smoke From Wildfires
With air quality in the Bronx registering at “hazardous” levels because of smoke from wildfires in Canada, Major League Baseball postponed a game between the...
Lionel Messi, Soccer’s Most Coveted Free Agent, Picks Miami
Lionel Messi, who has captivated and to a large extent dominated global soccer for a generation, declared on Wednesday that the next stop in his...
Why Did Forte’s Positive Test Take Eight Months to Become Public?
Three days after a Kentucky Derby in which five horses were scratched, including the morning-line favorite Forte, The New York Times reported that Forte had...
Backing Saudi Deal, McIlroy Reprises His Role as PGA Tour’s Backstop
Rory McIlroy is still seething, still edgy, still eager to bludgeon LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed league that he has spent much of the past year...
Saudi Arabia Relishes a Triumph That Transcends Sports
When a Saudi-backed upstart golf league began recruiting high-profile players from the top U.S. circuit, the American tour’s commissioner lamented a “foreign monarchy that is...
LIV Golf Joins a Club That Will Have It as a Member
They said it was about principles, but it was always about money. Despite vows from the leaders of the PGA Tour that they would not...
Want a Class in Leadership Styles? Look to the N.B.A. Finals.
A few weeks after Caleb Martin joined the Miami Heat, he didn’t yet have much social capital with his teammates. But he had been a backup player for...
Carl Lewis Hopes to Lead ‘Speed City’ to a National Title
When Carl Lewis left the University of Houston over 40 years ago, he was 19, the indoor world-record holder in the long jump and one...