‘Everybody Is Welcome Here’
PORTLAND, Ore. — The soccer coach looked out at two dozen or so of his players and felt nervousness course through him like a rip...
The Rays Are Better Than Everyone. At Everything.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays had just won again Tuesday night, but their architect was flustered by a small crack in the...
An Ace’s Return Steadies the Ship, Even in a Loss
In Justin Verlander’s first start of the season, he pitched like an ace. No, he wasn’t particularly dominant. And no, the Mets did not win....
Alabama Fires Baseball Coach After Reports of Suspicious Betting on Team’s Game
Alabama fired its head baseball coach, Brad Bohannon, on Thursday, days after unusual bets were detected on a game involving the team. The university said...
Chess’s Governing Body Delays Report on Cheating Scandal
In September, when the five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen accused a 19-year-old American player named Hans Niemann of cheating at a tournament in St....
Attorneys General to Investigate the N.F.L.’s Treatment of Female Employees
The attorneys general of New York and California opened a joint investigation into allegations of workplace discrimination and pay inequities at the N.F.L. offices in...
Oakland Faces a ‘Devastating’ Future Without Pro Sports
OAKLAND, Calif. — Sitting in the Oakland Athletics’ dugout last week, Tony Kemp could not avoid the sights and sounds of protesters as they marched...
Pat Riley, Once Front and Center, Reigns in the Background
The network camera was drawn to Pat Riley after Jimmy Butler’s 22-foot jumper landed like a kick to the collective groin of the Milwaukee Bucks...
1998 Yankees Book: How El Duque’s Arrival Saved the Season
The mystery man was tall and lean and he was smiling, perpetually smiling. His life had dramatically changed when he left Cuba in a fishing...
Lionel Messi’s Bitter Divorce From P.S.G.
The moment the private jet carrying Lionel Messi to a lucrative sponsorship engagement in Saudi Arabia taxied onto a French runway early this week, his...
Want to Play Messi’s Argentina? Prepare to Pay Up.
All told, there were around a dozen offers for officials at Argentina’s national soccer federation to contemplate. They came, largely, from the game’s commercially lucrative...
In the Laker Big Man Tradition, Anthony Davis Sparkles in Game 1
SAN FRANCISCO — Anthony Davis sat next to LeBron James, watching as James heaped praise upon him. “The Lakers franchise over the years, over the...
How Did the Devils Get So Fast, So Fast?
Jack Hughes thought he had it pretty good as a professional hockey player. The No. 1 draft pick in 2019, Hughes was living his best...
Ralph Boston, Who Leaped 27 Feet and Landed in History, Dies at 83
Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who, in August 1960, broke the track star Jesse Owens’s 25-year-old world record in the event, and a...