N.F.L.

Baseball’s New Game Plan: Wait a Few Days and Hope for Good Health

Health is paramount, of course, and not the usual kind of health we talk about with the Mets. Two members of their traveling party tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday — one player and one staff member — and Major League Baseball has paused their season in an effort

N.F.L.

2020 Aug, 21

Dale Hawerchuk, Phenom in Hockey Hall of Fame, Dies at 57

Dale Hawerchuk, a hockey phenomenon who became the face of the Winnipeg Jets en route to the Hockey Hall of Fame, died on Tuesday. He was 57. The death, from stomach cancer, was confirmed on Twitter by the Barrie Colts, the Ontario Hockey League team that Hawerchuk coached. The team did

N.F.L.

2020 Aug, 21

The Top-Seeded Lakers Set Things Right With a Game 2 Win

Earlier this week, after the Los Angeles Lakers lost their opening game of the N.B.A. playoffs to the Portland Trail Blazers, Anthony Davis found himself the object of LeBron James’s attention. Davis had struggled for the Lakers on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their first-round series, so James gave

N.F.L.

2020 Aug, 21

Islanders Advance in N.H.L. Playoffs Past Washington Capitals

TORONTO — A suffocating defense has become the Islanders’ hallmark under Coach Barry Trotz. But the Washington Capitals were well positioned to crack his system in the first round of the N.H.L. playoffs. They knew his methods. The core of the Capitals lineup had played under Trotz when he led the perennially

N.F.L.

2020 Aug, 21

Reds Announcer Is Suspended After Using Homophobic Slur on Air

A Fox Sports announcer who has been calling Major League Baseball games for more than 30 years was suspended on Wednesday night, the Cincinnati Reds said, after he used a homophobic slur during a live broadcast of a Reds doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals. “The Cincinnati Reds organization is devastated

N.F.L.

2020 Aug, 20

Video Appears to Show Deputy Initiated Altercation With Masai Ujiri

OAKLAND, Calif. — A new video released by the lawyers for Masai Ujiri, the Toronto Raptors’ president, appears to show that an Alameda County sheriff’s deputy initially shoved him twice leading to an altercation moments after the Raptors had defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 N.B.A. finals. The Raptors

N.F.L.

2020 Aug, 20