Protest Stops U.S. Open Semifinal Match
The U.S. Open semifinal match on Thursday night between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was delayed by more than 40 minutes early in the second...
Gauff to Play Muchova for Spot in U.S. Open Women’s Final
Two American women will play on Thursday for spots in the U.S. Open final. One, Coco Gauff, the No. 6 seed, will play in the...
Spain’s Female Soccer Players Strike Over Wage Dispute
Female soccer players in Spain are going on strike as the club season begins, a union representative said on Thursday, as a dispute over conduct...
Australian Punters Are Putting a New Spin on Football
On a cloudy, gusty morning last month, three dozen students, teachers, construction workers, electricians and bartenders wore helmets and shoulder pads and boomed torpedoes, banana...
Why NFL Running Backs Have Been Devalued
N.F.L. running backs, once the face of many teams, have fallen so far in relative value over the last few decades that it has amounted...
How the N.F.L. Used Supercomputers to Set Its TV (and Streaming) Schedule
The announcement of the N.F.L.’s opening matchup is meant to be a curtain raiser for the regular season. But when this year’s season opener was...
N.F.L. Week 1 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p.m., NBC Line: Chiefs -4.5 | Total: 52.5 Kansas City seems to love to play a game within...
At the U.S. Open, Stifling Heat Causes Some Players to Lose Their Cool
In most years, there is a very specific climate pattern at the U.S. Open. The tournament starts at the end of the dog days of...
Naomi Osaka Makes U.S. Open Return. But Not for Tennis.
Naomi Osaka didn’t bring any rackets with her when she arrived at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon. Osaka had no...
Ben Shelton Is Dialed In
Shelton has also done the gesture after a mixed doubles win with Taylor Townsend. To keep going with it in singles, though, he’ll need to...
Mexico City Marathon Opens Investigation After Cheating Claims
The organizers of the Mexico City Marathon said they were investigating runners of the race last month for “unsportsmanlike” attitudes, after reports of people cheating...
Ecuavoley, Anyone? Sport of Ecuador Thrives in Shadow of US Open.
Each summer, Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens hosts one of the most distinct, continually functioning sporting events in New York City. It features hundreds...
Bedtime Check-Ins and Verbal Abuse: Women’s Life in Spanish Soccer
Last summer, when Beatriz Álvarez landed the job as president of the Spanish women’s soccer league, she asked to meet the chief of the country’s...
Is That an Asterisk Next to Breanna Stewart’s Points Record?
Breanna Stewart of the Liberty has now scored more points than any other player in a single season in W.N.B.A. history. But is she really...