The F.B.I. and the New York Police Department charged current and former N.B.A. players and a coach for illegal gambling. One of the indictments accused Mafia members and former professional basketball players of working together to profit from rigged poker games.
October 23, 2025
Roaming the same grass as Ted Williams, he played for Boston for his entire 12-year major league career and came in second in the 1988 M.V.P. voting.
After he was suspended in 1973, 81 players boycotted the tournament in solidarity, highlighting a power struggle for control of the sport.
She led the Ramblers’ players in pregame prayers, pointed out opponents’ strengths and weaknesses and supported the team in N.C.A.A. tournaments.
October 10, 2025
He played for the Ravens when the team won the Super Bowl in 2013.
October 3, 2025
What and when to eat are important when taking into account Formula 1’s complex global calendar.
October 3, 2025
The McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris lead the standings with seven races left in the season.
October 3, 2025
He won the world nine-ball title in 2001 and the 10-ball title in 2009, as well as back-to-back U.S. Opens, earning his nickname for his steely demeanor.
September 29, 2025
Andrzej Bargiel, a Polish adventure skier, became the first to climb Mount Everest and ski back down without supplemental oxygen, his sponsors said.
Andrzej Bargiel, 37, became the first person to complete the feat.
September 26, 2025
Bethpage Black, one of the toughest courses in the United States, along with passionate fans, is the site of the biennial event between America and Europe.
After a strong season on the PGA Tour, the veteran player looks to help Team Europe to another victory this week in New York.
The 1991 United States team, led by Dave Stockton, won the event when Bernhard Langer missed a putt on the final hole for the European team.
“Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent,” a bumper sticker said of his netminding for Philadelphia, which he led to the Stanley Cup in 1974 and ’75.
When he was in college, the Alabama coach Bear Bryant called him the best linebacker in the country. In 13 seasons with the Cowboys, he played in five Super Bowls.
Tutoring Olympians, he created a simple workout formula that was said to produce the best results with the least effort, earning accolades across the running world.
September 19, 2025
The controller is part of the group that keeps the boat above the water.
The league knows it has to keep growing and is adding teams and events.
Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe and Reilly Opelka have been playing since their junior days. But the gloves come off once they’re on the court.
Andre Agassi and Yannick Noah have replaced John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg.
Games and concerts offer more opportunities than ever to reach for free keepsakes. But several recent episodes raise a question: Is fan behavior getting worse as a result?
September 18, 2025
He took over a weak N.H.L. Players Association in 1992 and led it through three work stoppages, including a lockout that forced the cancellation of the 2004-5 season.
September 17, 2025
He set a transcontinental motorcycling speed record, and then helped to revolutionize off-road riding with his own brand of nimble bikes.
September 15, 2025
A Hall of Famer, he led the N.H.L. in shutouts and single-season victories three times and was stunned when the Rangers let him go in his 10th season.
He retired in 2012, after a career in which he compiled a record of 45-3, including 32 knockouts. He had recently announced plans for a comeback.
September 14, 2025
Using a modest slope in Minnesota as a springboard, he tutored a host of rising stars, including Lindsey Vonn. He was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.
He led Montreal to six Stanley Cups before becoming an acclaimed author, a team executive, a sportscaster and a member of Canada’s Parliament.
For a fraction of what ownership costs, sailors can rent a boat along with some of its crew. Or pay to join a boat and become part of the crew.
Maxis are carrying carbon-fiber sails that outperform every other miracle fabric used before.
Attempting to conquer the prestigious regatta, owners of these top-level, big boats keep coming back.
Before his triumph in the 1986 World Series, he had a long playing career and established himself as one of baseball’s brainier and more self-assured characters.
September 6, 2025
His long-running outdoor show on ESPN helped popularize an adventurous saltwater sport bent on hooking some of the biggest fish in the sea.
September 5, 2025
Over a 50-year career as a photographer he built friendships with rising stars and captured many of them in their personal environments.
The automotive giant has committed to Formula 1 next year and will provide new resources, including its own power unit. Now the team is experiencing a bit of a surge.
September 5, 2025
Stefano Domenicali, the chief executive, has run the sport for five years, adding races and teams — even attracting Brad Pitt.
September 5, 2025
He also worked security for the 1963 March on Washington, and ended up with Martin Luther King Jr.’s copy of the “I Have a Dream” speech.
September 3, 2025
A European titleholder as well, he twice went the distance with Ali and once with Joe Frazier, losing those bouts but gaining respect.
September 1, 2025
The journeyman played for eight N.B.A. teams and won one championship. But he is best known for a brief stretch on the Knicks where he electrified fans and the nation.
August 31, 2025
They travel in shipping cubes inside the plane, with equine flight attendants soothing the animals and giving them snacks. They even need passports.
August 30, 2025
He has won it twice in a row. If he takes this year’s event, it would put him one win away from the Grand Slam.
August 30, 2025
Before helping to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to the 1981 Super Bowl, he co-founded the first Ronald McDonald charity to help the families of seriously ill children.
His meticulously crafted, lifelike designs were said to have “shaped the soul of modern fly fishing.”
August 28, 2025
There is evidence that even ancient horses received dental care, and now caregivers can use motorized tools to keep the animals healthy.
August 27, 2025
Riding horses in the languid, American hunter style has long been dismissed by many speed-loving show jumpers. Now it may be catching on abroad.
August 27, 2025
Despite a loss of hearing, she won three Grand Slam championships, including one at Wimbledon, in ascending to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Picking the right one is an art and carries a lot of risk.
August 27, 2025
He caught 100 passes for the Denver Broncos in 1961, setting a record. As a wide receivers coach, he helped the Pittsburgh Steelers win two Super Bowls.
With fire-breathing robots and death-defying school-bus stunts, he brought spectacle to stock-car racing as the sport boomed in the 1970s and beyond.
August 24, 2025
With Turcotte in the saddle, Secretariat powered to victory in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1973 and then demolished the competition in the Belmont Stakes.
August 22, 2025
Amanda Anisimova reached her first Grand Slam final in July at Wimbledon, but was dominated by Iga Swiatek.
It’s become a multimillion-dollar business, with gambling sites sponsoring tournaments. But when some gamblers lose, they have threatened players.
He retired as the N.F.L.’s leading career receiver but was soon surpassed. In retirement, he went to prison for bilking investors in an $8 million fraud.
He briefly mentored Don King and promoted fighters both well-known (like Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson) and obscure.
August 9, 2025
With two governments, and two soccer leagues, Libya is holding its soccer championship in Italy for a second year. Volatile politics and fans follow.
August 9, 2025
Playing for a team from Monterrey, Mexico, he pitched a perfect game in the event’s championship game, the first and only time that has happened.
Both a skilled fielder and a fearsome power hitter, he entered the national sports spotlight with two memorable home runs in a nationally televised 1984 game.
He dealt with the aftereffects of polio to become a prolific winner in the Grand National Series (now the NASCAR Cup) in the 1950s and ’60s.
July 25, 2025
He turned Adams State University in Colorado into a distance-running powerhouse and helped mentor two marathon medalists at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
July 25, 2025
Christian Horner is out as the chief of Red Bull, which has dropped to fourth place behind McLaren.
July 25, 2025
Isack Hadjar hit the wall in his first start for Racing Bulls and crashed again in his last race, but in between, he’s been scoring points.
July 25, 2025
The charismatic wrestler helped build an entertainment on the margins into a cultural behemoth.
July 24, 2025
Two new names, the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians, had replaced names offensive to many Native Americans.
The number of developments led by professional sports teams has accelerated in recent years, as the price of teams has skyrocketed.
After running the 5,000 meters in three Olympics, he coached the likes of Steve Prefontaine and Joaquim Cruz at his alma mater, the University of Oregon.
July 18, 2025
Sailing in the strait between England and the Isle of Wight is no picnic.
And how the series fixes them when things do go wrong, as they did after the San Francisco event in March when a wing sail collapsed.
The town of Portrush in Northern Ireland will host the event for the first time since 2019.
He talks about landing his first major at the event 50 years ago.
There is Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler, of course, but here are five other players to keep an eye on.
Audun Groenvold, 49, won a bronze medal at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
July 16, 2025
Competing in London in 2011, he claimed to be 100, though his exact age remained a mystery. “I run while talking to God,” he said in explaining his endurance.
July 14, 2025
An authority on cycling, he wrote about the elite race for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune, bringing wider attention to it.
He is the son of the former F1 racer Rubens Barrichello, who bought his son a go-kart at 9. Eduardo will now be driving an Aston Martin at São Paulo.
July 11, 2025
He races in the World Endurance Championship, Formula E and is a development driver for Red Bull’s Formula 1 team.
July 11, 2025
After many manufacturers had bolted from the series, the W.E.C. made changes, and they came pouring back.
July 11, 2025
Craig Kessler starts in a few days and knows what he must do to help the tour grow.
Here are a handful of exciting tournaments from 2004 to 2022.
She won the Evian Championship in 2000 and 2002 and reflects on a career in which she was super competitive.
The event’s most coveted seats are available only through invitation, reserved for celebrities and dignitaries. Here’s a look at who’s sitting in them.
The cars he has designed have won more than a dozen constructors’ and drivers’ titles each. He was vital to Red Bull’s success.
July 4, 2025
The once-dominant team has languished at the bottom of the standings in recent years, but a new owner and leader have helped turn its fortunes around.
July 4, 2025
Spanish emergency crews found the Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his brother dead in a car crash along a highway near Cernadilla, Spain.
A center who skated alongside Gordie Howe on the team’s famed “Production Line,” he helped win three Stanley Cups and stood out for his clean play over 24 years in Detroit.
Egyptians start playing young and top the world rankings in a game that was brought to the country by the British. It is about to become an Olympic sport.
July 1, 2025
Amateur football players from Ancona and Florence drew a crowd in Ohio on Saturday.
He won Wimbledon over the favored Jimmy Connors, who was not only suing the ATP, but also Ashe himself.
Parker, a towering outfielder who helped propel the Pirates to the World Series in 1979, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame last year.
June 28, 2025
Analysts said it was a strategy that few employ, but that it could improve players’ games if they mastered the shot.
A sack specialist, he led the American Football League in taking down quarterbacks in the 1968 regular season, which was capped by the Jets’ upset win in Super Bowl III.
Men and women compete equally, so being transgender has not stirred the debate about equity raging in other sports.
June 26, 2025
A saddle fitter explains what makes the perfect match for horse, rider and saddle.
June 26, 2025
The sport is called vaulting, and a major competition will be held at the World Equestrian Festival this weekend in Aachen, Germany.
June 26, 2025
Overcoming male resistance as a voice for equality, she was the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon and the first official female winner of the Boston race.
June 16, 2025
The last time the team won the race overall, in 1959, Carroll Shelby was driving. Now it’s bringing a new car, the futuristic-looking Valkyrie.
June 13, 2025
Teams start getting ready for the next Le Mans as soon as the race is over
June 13, 2025
The son of the Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher, joined Alpine’s team after he left F1. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is his next test.
June 13, 2025
Playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which inspired the film “A League of Their Own,” she won a batting title and stole 127 bases in 1944.
A former club president, known as Old Chainsaw, started the process in 1994 under cover of darkness. It transformed play.
Devin Gee, who look over from the longtime club pro, Bob Ford, a few years ago, is working his first Open as pro.
He won the U.S. Open on the course where this year’s tournament is being held.
Boston, who finished his career with a British record of 571 tries, was honored Tuesday in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
June 10, 2025
They are used to steer a horse, but some think placing a hunk of metal in their mouths and tugging on it is cruel. A few riders have found another way.
June 4, 2025
The Black equestrian tradition, often set to Zydeco music with hundreds of people line dancing in the woods, has grown into a collective show of Black horsemanship.
June 4, 2025
Part of Minnesota’s famed unit the Purple People Eaters, he started a record 270 consecutive games. Also famously, he once scooped up a fumble and ran to the wrong end zone.
His “Sport Science” program was whimsical and fun, showing how golfers can drive balls so far and how snowboarders’ quad flips generated G-forces.
June 2, 2025
Celebrated as much for his charisma as his boxing skill, he was a 1960 gold medalist in Rome, where he overshadowed a young Muhammad Ali.
May 25, 2025
Sabalenka has had success on clay, but Swiatek can be dominant.
Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Bjorn Borg and Boris Becker grabbed the sport young. Today, it’s Joāo Fonseca and Mirra Andreeva.
The team and its drivers, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, have struggled.
May 22, 2025
Because overtaking is rare, the race can be dull. So the sport has ruled that two pit stops are now mandatory in a bid to spice things up.
May 22, 2025
He took over the business from his father in 1997 and turned the team into one of the best in the league, with a Super Bowl win during the 2006 season.
Beatrice de Lavalette lost her legs, among other injuries, in 2016. She explains how she got back on horses and ended up competing in the Olympics.
May 21, 2025
Blacksmithing is having a moment, with viral videos and easy-on-the-eyes farriers, who often like working with their shirts off.
May 21, 2025
The Piazza di Siena horse show will be held in an arena inside the Roman park.
May 21, 2025
He could have advanced toward a title when his opponent, Boris Spassky, took ill. Instead, he displayed one of the game’s greatest acts of sportsmanship.
May 20, 2025
The romance between Mr. Belichick, the 73-year-old former coach of the New England Patriots, and his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, 24, has roiled the worlds of professional and collegiate athletics.
May 20, 2025
He was a star at the University of Tennessee when he began using LSD, mescaline and other drugs. He said he got clean while playing in the N.F.L.
The first game of the annual regular season event coincides with a crucial Friday night Knicks playoff game against the Celtics.
May 16, 2025
The team rarely scores points. He vows to change that.
May 16, 2025
Tons of equipment must be shipped, so logistics teams start packing up right after a Grand Prix ends. Then it’s on to the next race, sometimes on a different continent.
May 16, 2025
He survived the deadliest race in modern yachting history, won the first Paralympic sailing contest and founded a nonprofit for sailors with disabilities.
The pro Webb Simpson lives near the seventh hole and knows the ins and outs of the course where the P.G.A. Championship will be played.
Here are five that stand out over the long history of the tournament.
The leading players have had mixed success at this tournament and at this year’s course, Quail Hollow.
The causes are varied, but many well-known wrestlers have died young.
May 12, 2025
He knew he could never match the success of the great Sam Snead, but he won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour and four more on the senior circuit.
Honing his skills on segregated courses, he became one of the few Black golfers in the pro ranks, following the lead of Charlie Sifford, Pete Brown and Lee Elder.
He was almost killed in a crash in 2011, which all but ended his Formula 1 career. Now he’s on top of endurance racing.
May 7, 2025
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was created in 1921 and curves through the beauty of the Ardennes in Belgium.
May 7, 2025
Kamui Kobayashi is the team principal of Toyota Gazoo Racing and has learned to strike a balance between being the boss and a driver.
May 7, 2025
Using social media, podcasts and other innovations, Jon Green has turned DJ Stable into a $30-million-a-year entity. His colt, Sandman, is among the favorites to win the 151st Kentucky Derby.
May 3, 2025
The American automaker’s quest to become the sport’s 11th team began two years ago. It joins the grid in 2026.
May 2, 2025
After an accident during a practice session, mechanics swarm the car and grab spare parts, with the goal of making the next race. Sometimes it gets dicey.
May 2, 2025
Spectators gasped as the 38-foot Catamaran flipped through the air during a Desert Storm boat race event on Lake Havasu in Arizona.
April 29, 2025
A high-scoring guard, he played on New York’s two title-winning teams in the 1970s. He was remembered for his “fall back, baby” shooting style.
April 27, 2025
Many considered him to be the greatest American amateur since Bobby Jones. So why didn’t he try for the PGA Tour? An old hand injury had something to do with it.
He was a ferocious part of a dominant defense that swept the 1985 Chicago team to victory in the Super Bowl. After 15 N.F.L. seasons, he became a pro wrestler.
He did the cable network’s play-by-play for college basketball, football and baseball games, but his most important assignment was “Sunday Night Football.”
A study suggested that Faith Kipyegon, the female record-holder, could do it under the right conditions. She is set to try in June.
April 23, 2025
The baseball Hall of Famer has traded his bat for a camera. He shared the stories behind some of his favorite images.
Among many other accomplishments, he led tiny Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup and Poland to its first appearance in the European championships.
Will Joseph has worked with the McLaren driver since he was a rookie and is the radio voice nudging him during races.
April 11, 2025
A bad one can ruin a race, but pit teams that can move like Rudolf Nureyev can shave time in a sport where split seconds count.
April 11, 2025
They would often form special bonds with the golfers that lasted decades. Carl Jackson caddied for Ben Crenshaw dozens of times, including for his two wins at Augusta.
A pickleball injury sidelined him last year, but he is returning to a course he loves.
He invented the Big Bertha driver, which changed the game of golf. Bobby Jones, a creator of the tournament, was a Callaway cousin.
After working at NASA, he became an expert on putting and shots close to the green through his coaching, books, television appearances and training aids.
The message “Canada is not for sale” drew attention because of a rule against political slogans at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The team later apologized.
He was also a key figure in raising American soccer’s profile on the world stage. Earlier, as a marketer, he saw opportunities in the football ritual of dousing coaches with Gatorade.
Women’s Elite Rugby, the first professional rugby 15s women’s league in the United States, kicked off this month, offering a new opportunity for athletes hoping to compete in the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
The change affects women with atypical genetics who have been able to compete if they suppressed their testosterone levels.
March 25, 2025
He claimed a world title in his 20s and, improbably, again in his 40s. He then made millions selling the George Foreman Grill.
March 22, 2025
With a video recorder affixed to his board or clamped to his teeth, he took viewers along for the ride, often inside the curling “barrel” of a wave.
March 20, 2025
The efforts to bring professional woman’s soccer to Boston is pitting Mayor Michelle Wu against the Krafts of New England Patriots fame.
March 20, 2025
He became an entrepreneur during a solid career with the Milwaukee Bucks. He later bought hundreds of fast-food outlets, a Coca-Cola bottling business and Ebony and Jet magazines.
March 15, 2025
The skiers tried to find an extra edge to fly farther by adjusting the crotch of their suits. “We regret it like dogs,” the team’s coach said.
None have ever won F1’s Australian Grand Prix. The Aussies Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Jack Doohan of Alpine hope to change that.
March 13, 2025
The Australian city hosted the first race of the year for most of the last three decades before the Covid-19 pandemic. Now it’s back.
March 13, 2025
Because Formula 1 teams try to hide their capabilities during preseason testing, the first race often shows who is fast and who is not.
March 13, 2025
The flight controller on the American entry started on small, tricky boats, but now works the big F50 catamarans.
Martine and Marco Grael, siblings from Brazil, grew up sailing together in a racing family and now are on the same boat again, with bigger stakes.
It takes experience to compete with established sailors in the league and to lift 50-foot-long catamarans up onto their hydrofoils smoothly.
At equestrian events, precision, grace and speed are all considerations.
March 12, 2025
Scott Brash, a Scottish equestrian and Olympian, is the only person so far to win the sport’s grand slam. Next up: the Dutch Masters.
March 12, 2025
In the equestrian world, those sizes make a big difference in competition and in the animal’s value.
March 12, 2025
He became the first driver to win the grand slam of 24-hour racing when he took Daytona this year.
March 11, 2025
The team crashed at Daytona, but has long had success at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, winning three times since 2015.
March 11, 2025
The 12-hour race is held on a track crafted from a World War II field where bomber pilots trained.
March 11, 2025
He had just recently joined the St. Louis Browns when he was replaced in the lineup by Eddie Gaedel, a 3-foot-7 circus performer, in a game in 1951.
With big rule changes coming for 2026, it will be hard to accomplish both. For many teams, it will be wait and see.
March 5, 2025
The year could turn into a free-for-all, with many teams and drivers expected to challenge for the titles.
March 5, 2025
Lewis Hamilton now drives for Ferrari, rookies are filling seats and Australia returns as the opening race.
March 5, 2025
Andrea Antonelli is replacing the seven-time F1 champion at Mercedes, but said, “I really want to make my own story.”
March 5, 2025
A Pacific Palisades youth baseball league has found a temporary home and, with lots of help, is reviving a sense of togetherness that was lost in January.
March 3, 2025
President Trump also repeated his call for Rose, who was banned from the sport for gambling, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The league has received a complaint about the Eagles’ special play, in which the quarterback is pushed from behind. It may go the way of head slaps and forward fumbles.
Researchers say it’s possible, at least for Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, who holds the world record for the distance.
February 26, 2025
Adrian Wojnarowski, the former king of the N.B.A. scoop at ESPN, is auctioning off personal items to raise money for his employer, St. Bonaventure University.
February 25, 2025
He was a familiar face covering the Knicks and the Rangers and also appeared in broadcasts of 16 Olympics.
February 25, 2025
The team is ending its longstanding policy on facial hair and will allow “well-groomed beards moving forward,” Hal Steinbrenner said.
At hockey and basketball games, fans jeered during “The Star-Spangled Banner” after President Trump’s past taunts and economic threats toward Canada.
February 21, 2025
India has refused to play its Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan, which is hosting its first major global tournament in almost 30 years.
February 19, 2025
Jalen Hurts and Philadelphia stunned Kansas City, winning in a rout and ending the Chiefs’ dreams of three straight championships. Photographers followed the action.
February 10, 2025
As sports catchphrases start to stick, savvy coaches and athletes are moving to protect them with federal trademarks. “Three-Peat” is just one of many.
February 8, 2025
Despite its brevity, the rush to spear giant sturgeon in Cheboygan, Mich., is important to the local economy.
February 8, 2025
At Passyunk Avenue, a London bar founded by a Philadelphia transplant, the authentic touches go beyond cheesesteaks (but there are cheesesteaks).
February 8, 2025
After a stellar college football career, he spent 11 years with the Dolphins. He caught a touchdown pass in 1973 that concluded the team’s 17-0 season.
An assistant coach for 33 years, he never fulfilled his dream of becoming a head coach, a rarity for a Black man. But he pressed the league to open the door for future minority coaches.
The daughter of the Bears founder and football pioneer, George Halas, she witnessed much of N.F.L. history from a young age, then took the team’s reins in 1983.
Anonymity, mob mentality, testosterone and alcohol can contribute to trouble on what would seem to be a joyous occasion.
February 6, 2025
Shergar, a brilliant winner of Britain’s most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby, was taken from his stable in 1983. He was never seen again.
February 5, 2025
A frequent presence in her son’s public life, she stood by his side during a period of scandal that took him away from golf.
February 4, 2025
Reporting, and opining, for The New York Times and The Daily News, he was known for his combative style and relished tweaking the powerful people in the sport.
February 2, 2025
He presided in a period of union strife, the emergence of steroid use, the banning of Pete Rose and an earthquake that rattled a World Series.
He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
January 30, 2025
The Utah Hockey Club is searching for a new name, but it’s skated into a marketplace crowded with trademarks.
January 30, 2025
The last survivor of the American team that competed in Hitler’s 1936 Games in Berlin, she went on to become a wartime pilot and an aeronautics instructor.
January 29, 2025
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, which hosted the event, said the implement had “cleared certified barriers.”
January 27, 2025
A charitable drive for diabetes research in the name of the Ravens receiver Mark Andrews, who missed a pivotal play in a game against the Buffalo Bills, has raised more than $120,000.
The team had success with the brand before moving to Acura for 2021. Now it’s back.
January 22, 2025
No other car manufacturer has as many victories there. Not even close.
January 22, 2025
Kevin Magnussen, a longtime driver for Haas, was grabbed by BMW and will be competing at Daytona.
January 22, 2025
He called every pitch of Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965. After 10 seasons playing in the majors, he skippered the White Sox and the Mets.
Snowboarding is the latest sport to embrace technology as a judge, at least partly, at this week’s X Games.
His work for Sports Illustrated included the renowned cover photo of the United States men’s hockey team celebrating their upset win at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
January 19, 2025
With camera in hand, he parlayed a chance encounter with Muhammad Ali into a photography career documenting the Knicks, the Rangers and Garden headliners like Elvis Presley.
January 18, 2025
Undersized but speedy and known as the Wizard for his acrobatics, he was a high scorer who in 1979 starred in a series that brought the SuperSonics their only crown.
January 18, 2025
A new 3-on-3 league offers a condensed format, some of the best W.N.B.A. players and a made-for-TV approach that aims to bring viewers close to the action.
January 17, 2025
He was 16 when he made his debut as a shortstop in an Ebbets Field doubleheader, becoming the youngest position player in modern major-league history.
Uecker turned his meager baseball career into humorous fodder covering games on TV and as a commercial pitchman.
January 16, 2025
After transforming the University of Colorado’s football team, he founded the Promise Keepers, a masculine revivalist group that drew millions of supporters.
January 15, 2025
What made the N.F.L. star open “Inner Excellence” by Jim Murphy as the action continued? “I like to read.”
It was Newcombe’s home tournament, and for him, the No. 1-ranked Connors was the draw. Then the Australian won.
He played a memorable match there as a 17-year-old, when he came from behind and won.
The top players still dominate, but many young players are expected to challenge them for the big trophies.
A 6-foot-6 strikeout king, he was a star of the Pittsburgh rotation who left batters wary of both his fastball and his wildness.
A master fly-fisherman, author and conservationist, he guided the famous, including a former president, and the not-so-famous in the hunt for rainbow trout.
January 8, 2025
The game is one of more than 40 bowl games. But the corporate sponsor has made it an internet sensation. Warning: sickening content.
January 3, 2025
His career was defined by bizarre episodes — blowing a rolling ball foul, knocking down a pitcher and standing at the plate when the lights went out in New York City.
An All-Star outfielder for the Tigers, he tied a major league record with that feat on a Sunday (what else?) in 1959 playing against the Yankees in Detroit.
Sophie Hediger, who competed in the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, died in an avalanche in Arosa, Switzerland, according to the police and the Swiss ski federation.
December 24, 2024
Ron Epstein was a casual sailor until he decided he wanted to race. Now his boat is the only U.S. entry at the event.
These are the crew members who handle the sails as their boat pitches like a bronco.
It can be hundreds of miles of nail-biting sailing in an event that began in 1945.
Widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history, he was not just one of the game’s most exciting players but also one of its most eccentric.
December 21, 2024
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Chargers pulled off a rare “free-kick field goal.” There are other oddball rules in the book if you dig deep enough.
Max Verstappen won the title again, but it was a fight, as was the team championship, taken by McLaren at the last race.
December 17, 2024
Its season began with so much promise, but the team was unable to keep up with the leaders.
December 17, 2024
From street circuits like Monaco to challenging courses like Suzuka International, some tracks stand out.
December 17, 2024
A three-time All-Star, he played for the Knicks and the Phoenix Suns. For one season, he and Tom Van Arsdale were hard-to-tell-apart teammates.
December 16, 2024
He had a feel for how horses behaved and thought, and won more than 70 Grand Prix events.
December 13, 2024
There were a lot of exciting tournaments, but LIV still looms over the sport.
2024 was the year a star rapper fell in love with horses, a U.S. team won at the Paralympics and the sport reckoned with its demons over animal abuse.
December 13, 2024
There were striking matches, coaching changes, and Novak Djokovic finally won his Olympic gold.
It was also a year highlighted by the pageantry and competition of the Paris Olympics.
December 13, 2024
It had been an unexpectedly close contest in Singapore with Ding Liren. When he won, the normally stoic Gukesh clasped his hands at the board and burst into tears.
December 12, 2024
The homes of a handful of N.B.A. and N.F.L. players in the Midwest have been burglarized since September. The F.B.I. believes “South American Theft Groups” could be responsible, according to one memo.
December 12, 2024
After he was traded in one of the most infamous deals in Cleveland’s history, the team floundered and “the curse of Rocky Colavito” was born.
Not everyone loved the 2004 film “White Chicks.” But 20 years later, some N.F.L. players are paying homage to it in the end zone.
December 9, 2024
He may have been the most successful diving coach in American history, gathering more than 300 medals in competitions and nurturing stars like Greg Louganis.
December 6, 2024
The Ferrari driver is confident about 2025 as he teams with Lewis Hamilton.
December 6, 2024
He had a remarkable run with the team, winning six titles, but after this weekend he will be racing for Ferrari.
December 6, 2024
The team finished last in 2023, but it has risen in the standings and has plans for next season, including new drivers.
December 6, 2024
Her most remarkable achievement came in 1975, when she became the first person, man or woman, to complete the Baja 500 race solo.
December 4, 2024
They are the caretakers of the horses, who can’t speak for themselves. So these professionals “have to speak for them and feel what they need and what they want,” one groom said.
December 4, 2024
The flagship event of the Hong Kong Jockey Club honors the horses and the athletes who ride them.
December 4, 2024
The horse dominated the sport for years and is the highest-earning racehorse of all time.
December 4, 2024
Known for his quick wit and garish sweaters, he took the New York City university to national basketball prominence over 24 seasons.
December 1, 2024
The short answer: tradition.
B.Y.U.’s cross-country runners went old school and coated their bodies for a cold race day.
November 26, 2024
A Dominican baseball star, he had a dazzling rookie year and became a pioneering designated hitter, but injuries and tuberculosis held him back.
The New York Times first reported on a winless basketball team of troubled teens in Tennessee in 2012. Explore our years of coverage here.
November 22, 2024
Chess’s biggest event starts next week. The reigning champion, Ding Liren, is seen as an underdog compared to an 18-year-old competitor.
November 22, 2024
In an era when America dominated the event, he was one of the best. He retired after winning gold at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and became a doctor.
November 21, 2024
A modern-day Icarus, he set a world record for the longest unassisted flight, was arrested after soaring into the Grand Canyon and nearly killed himself several times.
November 20, 2024
Love was a cornerstone of the franchise’s success in the early 1970s. He struggled with a stutter that he overcame only after his playing days were over.
November 19, 2024
The A’s and Tampa Bay Rays will play in minor league ballparks next season, one because of hurricane damage and the other because of an interstate move.
November 15, 2024
His Trojans won four Rose Bowls during his two stints at Southern California and shared one national championship. He took the Rams to two conference championships.
November 13, 2024
For the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, it took planning and water. “The desert golf courses are actually the most efficient users of water out of necessity,” a U.S.G.A. official said.
The tournament will also determine the winner of the Race to Dubai.
Here are five tournaments that stood out in 2024.
Jumping from the high school ranks to lead one of the most storied programs in college football, he lost games but rarely lost hope.
November 13, 2024
A three-time winner of the Daytona 500, he was ranked as one of NASCAR’s greatest drivers, with 85 victories. But his career was darkened by tragedy and injuries.
November 10, 2024
For the first time in decades, the ATP Finals will be played without either Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are poised to take over.
Experts say hitting what’s called an inside-out forehand to an opponent’s backhand gives a player an edge.
He has not won a Grand Slam, but has taken an Olympic gold. He’s ranked No. 2, but has been fined over his temper on the court. He also has settled domestic abuse charges.
A 6-foot-4 halfback and flanker, he was a tall, reliable target for Browns quarterback Otto Graham as Cleveland rolled to titles in the late 1940s and ’50s.
In a country that is often criticized over its treatment of women, the tennis world debates the pros and cons of holding the elite women’s tournament there.
The player from Italy reached the finals this year at the French Open and Wimbledon. Now she has qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time.
Experts say that players need to take their time to succeed. “The athlete who rushes during a tiebreak gets into trouble,” Pam Shriver says.
Running a marathon can take the mind on its own strange and sometimes unpredictable journey.
October 31, 2024
He overcame a dip in velocity to find pitching success with four teams, including the Yankees and Orioles, and had a dominant season in 1980.
The tennis player turned pro in 2008 and is now back in the top 10 as he prepares for the Rolex Paris Masters.
Players must adjust to the differences, and that has led to complaints about consistency. The ATP is trying to solve the problem.
Former players often run big events, and they have to deal with such requests as better food and accommodations. “As tournament director you know that not everyone is going to be happy,” one said.
She was on the cover of Life magazine and performed for Johnny Carson. She was, her daughter said, “a badass and a goody two-shoes at the same time.”
October 24, 2024
The thinner air affects the cars in many ways, including the performance of the turbo engines, brakes and tires. “It’s like driving in the wet,” the driver Lance Stroll of Aston Martin said.
October 24, 2024
He started the season strong, but his results have been mostly poor since. His team, Red Bull, has fallen to second place.
October 24, 2024
He replaced Logan Sargeant after he was dropped by Williams, but Carlos Sainz will move to the team for next year.
October 24, 2024
She took up running after her 100th birthday at the encouragement of her children, and went on to set two world records in the 100-meter dash.
October 23, 2024
The Los Angeles Dodgers star won the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards in 1981, when “Fernandomania” made him a household name and filled ballparks.
October 23, 2024
For decades, beginning in 1959, he was a regular presence at Madison Square Garden (in two locations), befriending players and heckling opposing players and refs.
October 22, 2024
Even as the sport and the country have changed, the rivalry has produced some of baseball’s most memorable moments.
One athlete was from Mexico, and the other was from Britain. The circumstances around their deaths at an event were not immediately clear.
October 17, 2024
He has transformed the team, which snatched the lead in the constructors’ championship from Red Bull a month ago.
October 17, 2024
The team first announced a new driver for 2025. Then its parent, Renault, said it would no longer be an F1 engine supplier. Oakes, the new team principal, called them “nice hot potato topics.”
October 17, 2024
Formula 1 is mostly a European sport, and contenders must climb the racing ladder through events there. That is difficult for Americans.
October 17, 2024
Kirill Shevchenko, a grandmaster who represents Romania, has been accused of getting assistance from a computer in the middle of games.
October 16, 2024
As their favorite team in the W.N.B.A. experiences a surge in popularity, fans are expressing their love creatively.
October 16, 2024
A defensive tackle, he teamed with Joe Klecko, Mark Gastineau and Marty Lyons in the 1980s on a line that terrorized quarterbacks.
There are new teams, new events and higher team valuations. And last season had a different champion when Spain dethroned Australia.
Information is vital, as is simulator training and time on the water. It is up to each team to sort out what is useful.
Her Brazilian family has been racing for years. She is now set to become the first woman to drive in the series.
He was the only inductee to play his entire career in the American Football League, where he helped the Buffalo Bills win two championships in the 1960s.
Known for his legs as well as for his arm, he was the last Detroit Lions quarterback to make the Pro Bowl for more than 40 years.
Cuban-born and charismatic, with a personal tale caught up in politics, he was a dominant hurler with a quirky windup who helped lead the Red Sox to a pennant in 1975.
She often took time away from the tour for her family. But she tallied 11 championships, including three in the U.S. Women’s Open.
An outstanding fielder though never an All-Star, he broke that barrier with the Giants in 1956 and later became the Tigers’ first Black player.
Coming late to basketball, he nevertheless found stardom, retiring with the second-most blocked shots in league history. He devoted much of his life to humanitarian causes.
September 30, 2024
A labor lawyer, he was crucial to toppling a decades-old system that bound players to teams year after year, setting the stage for their rich contracts of today.
September 24, 2024
Olympians who tried the movies, especially in the 1980s, often fared poorly.
September 23, 2024
Part of a talented backfield triumvirate that also included Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick, he helped lead Miami to two Super Bowls and an undefeated season.
September 22, 2024
His students, including Tracy Austin, Maria Sharapova, Pete Sampras and Lindsay Davenport, developed their ground strokes through his regimen of intense repetition.
Upheaval within the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conferences has threatened some cherished rivalries, while rekindling others. In Oregon, the Civil War may soon be over.
At the 1960 Summer Games in Rome, he set a world record in the 400-meter race and another in the 4 x 400 relay, where he anchored the United States team’s victory.
September 20, 2024
Initially there were doubts about holding events in the evening, and on the streets of a city, but they faded quickly.
September 20, 2024
After losing his 2025 seat with Ferrari, the Spanish driver lands with a team with long-term plans.
September 20, 2024
After the first few races, it looked like Red Bull would run away with the titles once again. Not this year.
September 20, 2024
At ESPN, Adrian Wojnarowski leveraged social media to get the news out quicker. That skill made him rich and famous. He will manage the basketball team at St. Bonaventure University.
September 19, 2024
Roger Federer, who helped create the team event in 2017, said “the first year was definitely a highlight.” The cup is now in its seventh year.
“It’s amazing I’m going to get to go play just a really fun event that I enjoy with all of my friends,” he said.
The Laver Cup pits Europe against the rest of the world, and players love being picked for one of its teams.
The tournament, long a staple for European players, has become an international event for the world’s top golfers.
Heading into the BMW PGA Championship in his home country, the English golfer talked about the Olympics and playing in the United States.
The BMW PGA Championship will be played at the club, where a bunker was built by the British military to be a site more secure from bombing than central London.
The N.H.L. Alumni Association said that Peat had died of injuries from a “tragic accident” that occurred more than two weeks ago.
September 13, 2024
This year a 100-foot class will earn a Maxi World Championship title for the first time, but gale winds forced the big boats to stay in the harbor as racing began.
A Hall of Famer who played for powerful Detroit Lions teams and later coached them, he embodied a tidal shift in N.F. L. strategy with the rise of the passing game.
It took Lael Wilcox 108 days to circumnavigate the globe. Improbably, she said it was “the most fun ride of my life.”
The Australian breaker who was mocked at the Olympics for her kangaroo-hopping routine is now atop the official world rankings. Here’s how it happened.
September 11, 2024
“Steady Eddie” joined the team at 17, played in more games than any Met and in 1969 helped a once-woeful franchise pull off a “miracle” — a World Series title.
A visually impaired runner briefly let go of the tether to her guide after he cramped near the finish line, costing her a bronze medal.
September 9, 2024
The wide receiver was released from custody before starring in a win against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. A police officer for Miami-Dade County has been placed on administrative duty.
September 8, 2024
Victor Adeboyejo, a forward for the Bolton Wanderers, is out with a back injury after a violent sneeze — surprisingly, something doctors see from time to time. He joins a long list of athletes with unusual injuries.
September 6, 2024
San Marino scored its first competitive win. “To beat Liechtenstein has been an incredible joy,” one player said.
The athlete, who officials said was set on fire in Kenya by a man with whom she was in a relationship, competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics.
September 5, 2024
A para swimmer who sued the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee in 2022 now says it knew that the teammate he accused of rape was a threat.
August 31, 2024
Juan Izquierdo, 27, suffered cardiac arrest on Aug. 22 while he was playing for Nacional against São Paulo in Brazil.
Listed at 6-foot-9 and 317 pounds, he faced off against some of the industry’s biggest names, including Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan.
August 26, 2024
They have won three years in a row and are on an 18-match winning streak.
Navarro, 23, has been steadily climbing up the tennis world rankings and will be seeded at the U.S. Open for the first time.
The greatest day in tennis? Sept. 8, 1984, with its 165 games played over 12 hours, stands out.
Styling himself as a rebel, he won more than 600 races and nine championships in a 40-year career.
August 23, 2024
Winning at the Games sometimes brings unexpected rewards.
August 23, 2024
The tournament runs Aug. 26 to Sept. 8 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.
August 22, 2024
He was known as the Destroyer for his gritty intensity as a player. He later coached Golden State to an N.B.A. championship and served as its general manager.
August 21, 2024
The United Arab Emirates will host the tournament after many governments advised against traveling to Bangladesh.
August 21, 2024
In his posts atop the governing bodies for African and global soccer, he fought to establish the continent as an equal to Europe and South America.
The feat, a collegiate record, came in 1954 in South Carolina. As a pro, he missed a shot that would have given the Los Angeles Lakers a championship.
August 13, 2024
Playing the sport is expensive, but several organizations are reaching out to help smooth the way in golf — and life.
She was a force at the WTA and is now the commissioner of Unrivaled, a new women’s basketball league.
Kendall Coyne Schofield reached out to King years ago. In January the league had its first game.
He won eight PGA Tour tournaments and two senior majors — but it was his flair on the greens that made him one of the sport’s most popular players.
He led Dallas to its first Super Bowl victory after engaging in a well-publicized contract dispute in which he called Coach Tom Landry “plastic” and refused to talk to reporters.
As an outfielder, he hid his sexual identity from his teammates for nearly a decade before retiring and becoming a force for inclusion in the organization.
A sheep farmer, he set records in so-called fell running — rugged off-trail competitions that can last days and present painful hazards, including an irate cow.
August 6, 2024
The athlete, Claire Michel, who swam in the Seine River during the women’s triathlon last week, was taken to a clinic in the Olympic Village on Sunday for treatment.
August 5, 2024
After Scruggs, 21, became the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic fencing medal, she clinched gold for the U.S. team.
August 2, 2024
Track and field’s antidoping arm, the Athletics Integrity Unit, has announced a string of cases in recent months. Is that the sign of a problem, or proof that its approach is working?
August 1, 2024
He helped City College win two national championships in 1950 before pleading guilty in a point-shaving scheme. He later became City’s basketball coach and a mentor.
July 31, 2024
An N.B.A. star’s trash talk was good-natured but typical, elite players said. They say they play along with it … to a point.
July 31, 2024
Some church leaders and politicians have condemned the performance from the opening ceremony for mocking Christianity. Art historians are divided.
July 28, 2024
Carey, 24, was recruited to elite gymnastics for her vaulting abilities. Now she is a two-time Olympian.
July 28, 2024
Biles has won every all-around competition she has entered for more than a decade, a streak unmatched in the sport.
July 28, 2024
Lee earned the chance to defend her title despite a kidney disease that made it unclear whether she would ever compete again.
July 28, 2024
Rivera turned in a solid performance at the Olympic trials to qualify after multiple top gymnasts were injured.
July 28, 2024
Her performance has flourished since she moved to Texas to train with Simone Biles.
July 28, 2024
Max Verstappen is still firmly on top of the drivers’ championship, but McLaren is mounting a challenge for the team title.
July 25, 2024
He was a threat as a halfback, receiver and returner for the Dallas Texans, the team that became the Kansas City Chiefs. But he still had to deal with racism.
“There is no excuse,” Charlotte Dujardin, a three-time gold medalist, said of her actions captured on video. “I am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment.”
July 23, 2024
Shoko Miyata, the team’s captain, withdrew from the Games after an investigation by the country’s gymnastics board found she had violated its code of conduct.
July 23, 2024
Pogacar won his third Tour, beating his rival Jonas Vingegaard by 6:17 after a final time trial victory in Nice on Sunday.
Less than two years after her release from a Russian penal colony, the W.N.B.A. center and two-time Olympic gold medal winner said that her son was born on July 8.
July 20, 2024
Early in the civil rights movement, a Georgia governor tried to ban Black players from the game, but after a protest by Georgia Tech students, Grier was allowed to play.
July 19, 2024
A decision by FIFA to delay the resolution of a bitter dispute until August will allow Israel to take part in the men’s tournament at the Paris Olympics.
July 18, 2024
Known for his unorthodox marketing practices, Mr. Williams, a founder of the Orlando Magic, was sometimes called the P.T. Barnum of professional basketball.
July 18, 2024
He distinguished himself as the defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who rode his game calling to an easy victory in Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003.
July 17, 2024
Stage after stage he has taken time from his rival Jonas Vingegaard. Two tough Alpine stages remain before the race ends on Sunday.
July 17, 2024
At the British Open at Royal Troon, a short hole called the Postage Stamp has ended many title runs.
He won by six strokes last year, an accomplishment that showed him that he was capable of really big things.
This is the last major of the year, and it seems that every top golfer will be there. These five may surprise.
A 6-foot-9 forward known as Jellybean, he was drafted out of La Salle and had pro stints in Philadelphia, San Diego and Houston before playing in Italy.
July 16, 2024
Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, who have split the past four Tour de France wins, are set for a duel in the mountains.
Last year she became the third Frenchwoman to win a major and the first since 2003.
In a game full of players who turned pro in their teens, burnout is common.
She won the Evian Championship in 2018, her only major title. At 46, she is about to reduce her playing time.
A century ago, Alice Milliat fought for the inclusion of female athletes in the Olympics. Her contribution, long overlooked, is now being recognized.
Two performance psychologists explain the mental strategies that help push past blowing a lead at a major.
Once again, keep your eye on Rory McIlroy, who won last year.
He won the Scottish Open in 2022 and his first major in May. And he’s headed back to the Olympics, where he took gold in 2021.
Andy Macdonald has succeeded in a sport dominated by the very young.
A coach at San Jose State for seven decades, he helped establish the sport in America and trained generations of athletes, many of whom went to the Olympics.
July 6, 2024
Once declared “the face of American tennis,” he was ranked among the leading players in the United States from the 1940s to the ’60s.
Although more than 100 professionals are poised to respond to crashes, most of their work is treating spectators. “It’s probably the best place to be unwell on a Sunday in the U.K.,” said the team’s chief medical officer.
July 4, 2024
The track’s owners are making moves to bring the circuit into the modern era and make it an attraction beyond racing.
July 4, 2024
The site, which became a R.A.F. base during the war, held its first race in 1948, if you don’t count the unofficial Mutton Grand Prix in 1947.
July 4, 2024
He is the last British man to have won this very English tournament. He did it twice, along with grabbing two Olympic golds.
Fewer and fewer events are held on that surface. It can be tricky, and injuries are common.
Last year, she became the first unseeded player in the Open era to win the event’s women’s singles title. A celebration ensued.
Only the second Puerto Rican native elected to the Hall of Fame, he hit 379 home runs but later served time in prison on a drug-smuggling charge.
The Los Angeles Lakers are poised to have the first father-son N.B.A. duo in league history. But other dads and sons have played pro sports together as well.
June 28, 2024
Two previous winners are the leading contenders to win cycling’s most famous race, which, in a rarity, does not end in Paris.
He began handling dogs in his native Japan and then became a poodle specialist, leading Spice and Sage to Best in Show victories.
June 26, 2024
He was part of the superstar tag team the Wild Samoans and a member of the dynasty of Samoan wrestlers that includes today’s biggest star, his son.
June 26, 2024
Lawmakers expressed openness to withholding funding from the agency after reports that Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete in the 2021 Games after testing positive for a banned drug.
Organizers of the Los Angeles Olympic Games hope that a huge venue for swimming, a marquee event, will draw crowds and generate much-needed revenue.
Mays, the Say Hey Kid, was the game’s exuberant embodiment of the complete player. Some say he was the greatest of them all.
June 19, 2024
The Celtics won their record-breaking 18th championship this week, breaking a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers. But what if they’re still tied?
June 18, 2024
His remarkable sprint in the final yards on a muddy track in the 1964 Games in Tokyo made him the only American ever to win the gold medal in that event.
With the addition of Alpine, BMW, Isotta Fraschini and Lamborghini, nine manufacturers are racing this year.
June 13, 2024
The team won so often in the early years that its drivers were called the Bentley Boys.
June 13, 2024
He lost his job in Formula 1, but was grabbed by Toyota to drive in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
June 13, 2024
His roster of students also included Linda Fratianne, but he did not coach an Olympic gold medalist until Evan Lysacek won in 2010.
The No. 2 course at the country club is a gem by the architect Donald Ross. This is its fourth Open.
With their knowledge of the course, they can save players “several strokes a round.”
Those who knew him talked about the man and the putt he sank on the final hole. “I did it, lovey,” he whispered to his wife. A few months later, he died in a plane crash.
He was a sharpshooting, high-scoring Hall of Fame guard for the Lakers and later an executive with the team. His image became the N.B.A.’s logo.
June 12, 2024
More diamonds isn’t enough. One jeweler is wowing sports teams with reversible faces and detachable compartments.
June 12, 2024
A vital member of the 1966-67 champion Philadelphia 76ers, he later produced a TV series based on the life on the point guard Isiah Thomas’s mother.
June 9, 2024
Here’s what to look for, and what to avoid, when betting on a pony at the track.
June 6, 2024
Even on the star-studded Dallas Cowboys roster of the 1990s, he stood out with his head-turning strength and bone-rattling pancake blocks.
He was one of the greatest drivers of the 1960s and ’70s, winning six Indy races and four major NASCAR events while setting speed marks.
June 5, 2024
The “Mighty Atom” enjoyed a glittering professional career in Britain before gaining more acclaim for his charity efforts after a diagnosis of motor neuron disease.
June 4, 2024
The boxing champion lived in the one-story house in Louisville, Ky., which in recent years became a museum. It’s listed for sale, along with two neighboring properties, for $1.5 million.
June 4, 2024
Women are increasingly reporting sexual harassment and abuse in the sport, including accusations against the renowned climber Nirmal Purja.
May 31, 2024
He won championships in high school, college (U.C.L.A.) and the pros (Trail Blazers and Celtics) before turning to TV as a talkative game analyst in the college ranks.
May 27, 2024
Murray, who was outspoken about his depression and alcohol abuse, had begun a comeback after several volatile years, winning this year’s Sony Open in Hawaii.
May 25, 2024
As teenagers, they brought the two-handed backhand to the sport — and to their first major championships, both at the French Open.
They consider their bodies and the results on the court to determine when to hang it up.
She has won seven majors, including the French Open twice.
One of the winningest drivers in dirt racing history, he was a folk hero who cursed wildly, drove aggressively and crashed a lot.
May 23, 2024
The narrow track and large cars hinder overtaking, but, oh boy, do those tight roads make qualifying hair-raising.
May 23, 2024
The team has spent months trying to determine what is wrong with its underperforming car. The search continues.
May 23, 2024
He has won Ferrari’s only race this year, but will be out in 2025 when Lewis Hamilton moves over from Mercedes.
May 23, 2024
The trading card maker Topps said it made 110 custom cards for Liz McGuire, who was hit by a ball at a game in Toronto on Friday between the Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays.
May 21, 2024
Minnesota Timberwolves fans have picked up on a phrase uttered by their star, and are hardly put off by its mild vulgarity.
May 21, 2024
Despite his accomplishments on the field, he was remembered mostly for the many beatings his body absorbed, which left him in constant pain.
He coached the University of Michigan to 13 Big Ten Conference titles and a national championship. Overall, his swimmers won 21 medals at the Summer Olympics.
After being cut from McLaren in 2022, he is now racing for RB, but the points have been slow to come.
May 16, 2024
As a Frenchman running a beloved Italian team, fans weren’t happy at first, but the team is now second for the constructors’ title.
May 16, 2024
The race was called off after flooding devastated the region. The area is still digging out.
May 16, 2024
Surprisingly often, animals show up uninvited at sporting events. Sometimes, it gets a little weird.
May 16, 2024
They have the opportunity to play their way into the field. Michael Block did it last year and impressed the sport by finishing 15th.
A group of Kentucky businessmen are trying to give the P.G.A. Championship a Louisville feel, complete with nods to Churchill Downs.
He won the P.G.A. Championship twice and his 150-yard shot in 1972 is still talked about. But Player said he was proudest of one he hit at the 1968 British Open.
The winner of the Orange County Marathon in California improperly took a bottle from a man on a bicycle, race officials said.
May 9, 2024
She won 10 singles titles at the prestigious all-England championships.
May 8, 2024
For a time he was one of Europe’s best golfers, winning 20 tournaments, before moving into TV, offering commentary for the Golf Channel and CBS Sports.
The team keeps making changes, to its cars and to its team, but continues to struggle.
May 2, 2024
The sport just rejected their offer to create the 11th team, but Michael Andretti said they were not going away.
May 2, 2024
The Miami race had a rocky first year, but organizers learned from their rookie mistakes.
May 2, 2024
She was from Czechoslovakia. He was from the U.S. And after meeting at the 1956 Games and winning gold medals, they married. Love had breached the iron curtain.
At Mississippi Valley State University, he unleashed a high-powered, pass-heavy offense that featured the future Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice.
He stepped out of his behind-the-scenes role in 2004 when he was cast as the ultimate sports know-it-all on the game show “Stump the Schwab.”
April 23, 2024
In 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles, he played in four Pro Bowl games and was voted Most Valuable Player in 1969.
A strange finish at the Beijing Half Marathon on Sunday led to an investigation and penalties.
April 19, 2024
He was part of the Oakland A’s dynasty in the ’70s. He was also the winningest Jewish pitcher in Major League Baseball, surpassing Sandy Koufax.
He won three pennants and a World Series as the St. Louis skipper, promoting what was called “Whiteyball,” combining speed, defense and pitching.
April 16, 2024
Organizers are investigating the results of the Beijing Half Marathon, after three runners from Kenya and Ethiopia appeared to wave a Chinese competitor past them before the finish.
April 16, 2024
A man deflected a puck heading straight for a boy’s head at a game in Ohio. With the help of TikTok, his mother was reunited with her son’s protector.
April 15, 2024
At Madison Square Garden, New Yorkers got a rare look at an ancient Japanese sport, cheering and booing as though they were watching a Yankees game.
April 14, 2024
Golf enthusiasts regard a trip to the Masters Tournament as the stuff of dreams. Here are photos from this year’s tournament.
He was a leading light on an undistinguished team. But he became known less for his achievement on the field than for exchanging wives with a teammate.
He ran to football fame and made fortunes in movies. His trial for the murder of his former wife and her friend became an inflection point on race in America.
April 11, 2024
There’s a long list of possible ways, like being a past winner, but the creation of LIV Golf has complicated the process.
He first played in the tournament in 1982 and has won it twice, but a pickleball injury, of all things, has him sidelined.
Among them are golfers who have won the event before and have a good chance to do it again.
Winners in Paris will get $50,000 each from track and field’s governing body, as Olympic amateurism continues to fade away.
The baseball legend hit his record-breaking home run on April 8, 1974. His statue will be unveiled at the Baseball Hall of Fame in May.
April 9, 2024
Russ Cook of Britain overcame danger in a year of running from South Africa to Tunisia.
April 8, 2024
Known for his field savvy and his powerful arm, he helped propel the New York Mets through their storied 1969 World Series run.
The sport is played with a racket on a court with a net, but watch out for those bouncing shots from the back wall. Reporters take a look at the padel scene in New York City.
April 6, 2024
He oversaw design of new ballparks for the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres, as well as renovations for Fenway Park with the Boston Red Sox.
Expanding the men’s tournament could push small schools like Oakland, which upset Kentucky this week, out of the action.
March 22, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board is considering this question as it tries to determine whether some athletes at U.S.C. and Dartmouth should be deemed employees.
March 18, 2024
He fine-tuned the mechanics of punters and kickers, including Adam Vinatieri, the N.F.L.’s career scoring leader, even as he lived with cerebral palsy.
Seavey won the sled dog race after a harrowing close encounter with a moose, and a punishment for how he handled it.
March 13, 2024
While mushing across Alaska in the Iditarod sled dog race, Dallas Seavey shot a moose, and then got a penalty for not gutting it well enough.
March 7, 2024
MLB The Show 24 will feature a career mode that allows gamers to create a female player and steer her journey to the big leagues. The game draws on the experiences of female baseball players.
For the veteran women’s coach at the college and Olympic levels, honesty and discipline are central to leadership.
March 6, 2024
Dallas Seavey, a five-time Iditarod winner, had to gut the moose during the sled dog race to comply with the competition’s rules.
March 5, 2024
For over 30 years he covered the league for programs like “SportsCenter” and “Sunday N.F.L. Countdown.” As a sportswriter, he won a prestigious George Polk Award.
It ran away with last season, so this first race of 2024 may show how dominant its new car is and if other teams have caught up.
February 28, 2024
The team dropped its popular team principal, made an engineer the new boss and is hoping for better results. But they may not come this year.
February 28, 2024
The additional words focus on the gambling, streaming and financial services brands that the Formula 1 teams represent.
February 28, 2024
Twice denied Olympic glory by his nation’s boycotts of the Games, he wrote himself into track history in 1978 by breaking four records in just 81 days.
February 24, 2024
Archer, 27, was the first to successfully execute a triple backflip in a freestyle motocross competition.
February 22, 2024
He built Maryland into a national powerhouse and became the first coach to win more than 100 games at each of four major college programs.
February 20, 2024
With a fastball that recalled his idol, Sandy Koufax, he helped lead the Cincinnati Reds and then the New York Yankees to World Series titles in the 1970s.
Kiptum, who came tantalizingly close last year to breaching the mythical two-hour barrier in the marathon, was killed in a car accident in Kenya.
February 13, 2024
He had the fastest time in the 100-meter freestyle final. But after a corps of judges couldn’t choose a winner, the chief judge declared one. It wasn’t Larson.
February 9, 2024
Don’t be ashamed. Here’s all you need to know about the big game on Sunday.
A top professional in the postwar years, he won the Masters and the P.G.A. championships in 1956. At his death he was the oldest living champion of both.
Here are five golfers to keep an eye on at this first Rolex Series tournament of the year.
Last year’s event had a classic battle between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed, players on opposite sides of the LIV Golf debate.
In 2004, he edged out Paul McGinley for the win, with his putt on the final hole in Dubai.
The Dolphins will face “dangerously cold temperatures” in Kansas City, and the game between the Bills and Steelers in snowy Buffalo was moved to Monday.
January 12, 2024
He made a splash at last year’s event, reaching the quarterfinals, and went on to have a breakout season.
Tennis is trying to reposition itself by altering tournaments and spreading more money around.
An outstanding fielder, he helped the team win the World Series that year and reach another in 1973. He stayed with the Mets as a coach and, briefly, manager.
He ran a highly successful booking agency, but his secret contacts with college athletes led to convictions (later reversed) for racketeering and fraud.
January 7, 2024
The first person to win the World Cup as a player and a coach, he was a link to decades of Brazil’s success and failure on the sport’s biggest stage.
When Luke Littler isn’t playing Xbox, he’s winning thousands of pounds against the world’s best players. On Wednesday, he played in the world championship final.
January 3, 2024
Off the field, he earned a Ph.D. in mathematics and taught the subject at Rice and Yale. And he brought computers to the House of Representatives.
She proved that women could gain fame as speed demons on land by setting records on the Bonneville Salt Flats and on the nation’s racetracks.
December 26, 2023
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race forces the sailors who compete to make many sacrifices, which can include forgoing a hot meal.
Wild Oats XI, a crowd favorite that is one of the most successful yachts in the event’s history, will not compete this year pending repairs and rethinking.
The event is attracting more female skippers than in previous years, and many own the boats.
The European Court of Justice said the sport’s governing bodies had abused their dominant position by blocking a new competition, opening the way for revamped proposals.
December 21, 2023
A left-handed reliever, he was the only pitcher with a winning record on a team that set a modern record for losses.