Baseball

Top 5 N.B.A. Trades at the Deadline

Fears of an underwhelming N.B.A. trade deadline were washed away on Thursday, when 11 separate deals came to fruition before the league’s 3 p.m. Eastern time buzzer. Further fears that the most significant action of the week would belong to Major League Baseball — after the Los Angeles Dodgers’ deal with

This Is Not Your Crazy Uncle’s XFL

It was a professional football league that lasted for one season 19 years ago, but memories of the XFL are surprisingly vivid for fans over 30: He Hate Me, Jesse Ventura, no fair catches, the Memphis Maniax. So when the XFL returns this weekend with a new eight-team league, again owned

Patrick Mahomes Takes Charge Again

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It was midway through the third quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl when Patrick Mahomes seemed to realize he needed to take over the game if his flagging Kansas City Chiefs were going to rally to defeat the San Francisco 49ers, whose confidence had noticeably swelled after