N.F.L.

Diana Taurasi Is Still Living Up to Her ‘White Mamba’ Nickname

Even as Diana Taurasi arrived at the arena, she was hesitant about the wardrobe change. But when she slipped on a No. 8 Phoenix Mercury jersey with the name “Bryant” on the back, she knew there was only one way to pay tribute to the late Kobe Bryant on his birthday.

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 15

Tom Brady Led the N.F.L.’s Week 1 Flops, but There Were Others

Forget celebrating the return of N.F.L. football by lauding Julio Jones’s hands, Christian McCaffrey’s legs and Lamar Jackson’s arm. Let’s celebrate it in a more ghoulish, and maybe pettier, way by looking at the players and teams who didn’t fare so well. Two Relocated Veteran Quarterbacks Some of the teams that acquired

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 14

This U.S. Open Will Be Judged by the Future of Osaka and Thiem

Naomi Osaka and Dominic Thiem. The surreal, fan-free zone of a United States Open that ended on Sunday night deserves to be judged on many levels. It was, let us not forget, extraordinary that it happened at all considering the headwinds, domestic skepticism and international quarantine issues it faced amid the

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 14

Stars Are One Win Away From Winning the West

EDMONTON — Unlike many of the behemoth goaltenders in the modern N.H.L., the Dallas Stars’ Anton Khudobin checks in at just 5 feet 11 inches and 195 pounds. But the 34-year-old has stood tall between the pipes this summer. Khudobin stopped 32 of the 33 shots he faced on Saturday as

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 13

Gene Budig, Last President of the American League, Dies at 81

Gene Budig, the soft-spoken former chancellor of the University of Kansas who in 1994 became the final president of baseball’s American League, died on Tuesday at his home in Charleston, S.C. He was 81. His wife, Gretchen Budig, said the cause was complications of fatty liver disease. Dr. Budig (pronounced BYOO-dig) did

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 12

Serena’s Rivals Are Emboldened. But She Still Has the Fire and the Game.

If age, as Serena Williams keeps saying, is just a number, then so is 24. That has been her clearly stated target since she returned to the game in 2018, after giving birth to her daughter, Olympia. She was one tournament victory short of it then, and she remains one short of

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 11