Vida Blue Was a Baseball Comet
The bright lights would come soon enough. On that May night in 1970, at the old ballpark at the confluence of the Des Moines and...
The Land Beneath This Stadium Once Was Theirs. They Want It Back.
LOS ANGELES — Standing less than a mile from Dodger Stadium on a recent Saturday afternoon, Vincent Montalvo could hear the roar of the crowd...
He Saw ‘Greatness’ in the Lakers When They Were at Their Worst
You’d have to look closely or you’d miss the homemade sign nailed to a telephone pole outside the Lakers’ practice facility in El Segundo, Calif....
Mage Wins the Derby After an Agonizing Week at Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The best thing you can say about the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is that the 18 horses who made it...
Forte, the morning-line favorite, was scratched hours before the race.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — State veterinarians on Saturday morning scratched Forte, the favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, after examining him and finding him unfit to...
Darren Waller Pursues Music Career in Addition to NFL Success
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — About 30 minutes into Darren Waller’s recording session, a music producer asked him to make a small tweak. Waller, the Pro...
Suns Owner Sells a Flop as Phoenix Evens Series With Denver
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic on Monday was fined $25,000, but not suspended, for making contact with the Suns owner Mat Ishbia while trying to...
Yogi Berra on the Field: The Case for Baseball Greatness
In the latest edition of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, there’s a sports figure who towers over the competition. Among the nine sayings attributed to one Lawrence...
Expert Picks: Who Will Win the 2023 Kentucky Derby
The horses in the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert...
James Harden Finds His Old Groove and Gets the Sixers Back on Track
PHILADELPHIA — James Harden of the 76ers was on his way to Wells Fargo Center on Sunday morning when he received a text message from...
At Churchill Downs, Humans Failed the Horses Again
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The morning after the 2022 Kentucky Derby, horse racing took an exuberant and hopeful victory lap. Rich Strike had reintroduced the sport...
Bronny James Commits to U.S.C. as Father Dreams of N.B.A. Meet-Up
LeBron James’s immediate goal is to win another N.B.A. championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. But longer term, he wants to play in the league...
Canelo Álvarez Made a Mandatory Fight a Spectacle. Is a Bigger Bout Next?
After Saúl Álvarez won a lopsided decision over John Ryder on Saturday night, he made some small wardrobe adjustments before being interviewed about remaining the...
What It Takes to Be Top Dog Judge
On a cold February day more than two decades ago, Ted Eubank, a dog breeder from Texas, stepped into the ring at the Westminster Kennel...