Baseball

LeBron James and the Burden of Being Great(est)

Poor LeBron James. There he is again, battling into the deep muck of the N.B.A. playoffs, leading his team oh-so-close to a world title. And there he is: An omnipresent force in purple-striped high-tops, so consistently great on the biggest stage that we have come to expect nothing less. His Los

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2020 Sep, 21

This Year’s U.S. Open Spotlights Ben Hogan’s Claim to a Fifth

For almost 100 years, the hallmark of the United States Open has been the qualifying procedure. It’s integral to the very nature of the Open, as the tournament is open to all comers — provided they have an official handicap index of 1.4 or better. Usually the Open field is composed

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2020 Sep, 20

Larry Wilson, Who Made Safety an N.F.L. Threat, Dies at 82

Larry Wilson, the Hall of Fame St. Louis Cardinals defensive back who helped transform the position of safety into that of a more aggressive, blitzing defender, died on Thursday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 82. Wilson had been treated for cancer, the team said in announcing his death. Wilson

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2020 Sep, 18

Dallas Has Rallied and Tampa Bay Has Cruised. Now They’ll Collide.

The gleam of the 127-year-old Stanley Cup was nearly dimmed by the coronavirus pandemic. But after the suspension of play in March, an elaborate plan to return to the ice, a new labor agreement, the creation of two so-called bubbles in Edmonton and Toronto and an expanded postseason, the Tampa

Baseball

2020 Sep, 18

The Eerie Silence of an N.F.L. Stadium Makes the Game Even More for TV

NEW ORLEANS — The ritual of Saints football went on almost as normal. The Rev. R. Tony Ricard, the pastor at St. Gabriel the Archangel Roman Catholic Church and a New Orleans Saints chaplain, ended Mass at 10:30 a.m., a neat hour after it began, dispensing with one Sunday rite before

Baseball

2020 Sep, 14

2020 U.S. Open: Men’s Final Preview

How to watch: Starting at 4 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN in the United States; and streaming on the ESPN app. On Sunday, Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev will meet in the final of the United States Open. They last met at the Australian Open in the semifinals, with Thiem emerging

Baseball

2020 Sep, 13