N.F.L.

Secret Contracts Held a Surprise for Fiorentina’s New Owners

When Rocco B. Commisso completed his purchase of the Italian soccer club A.C.F. Fiorentina last summer, he described the deal as the “quickest closing in soccer history.” Flushed with excitement about owning a top-division team in the country of his birth, Commisso, the billionaire chairman of the cable provider Mediacom, spoke

N.F.L.

2020 Jul, 03

N.F.L. Owners, Players in Talks on How to Offset Loss of Fans

N.F.L. team owners and the players’ union, chastened by the spread of the coronavirus and mindful of other professional leagues’ struggles to return to play, are considering playing the 2020 regular season with few or no fans in attendance and are actively discussing how to absorb lost revenue potentially worth

N.F.L.

2020 Jul, 02

The Yankees’ 2 Goals: Avoid the Coronavirus, and Win the World Series

Nearly 60 Yankees players and their coaches will gather on Saturday at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx for full-squad workouts. It will be the first time everyone is together again in one place since March 12, the day Major League Baseball shut down spring training because of the coronavirus outbreak. After

N.F.L.

2020 Jul, 01

Reality Seeps In: Basketball Is Starting, and the Virus Is Still Here

July is supposed to be a magical month in the N.B.A. The mere mention of it evokes images of the feast known as free agency that, as we all understand by now, means as much (or more) to some fans as the games themselves. The calendar flipped Wednesday, but this is

N.F.L.

2020 Jul, 01

A Baseball Legend Wrestles With Removing His Former Boss’s Statue

The tumult of recent weeks has made my thoughts turn to Rod Carew, whose past life as a Minnesota Twin speaks to present days in Minneapolis, and the country. In a tweet the other day, the New York Times sportswriter John Branch (my former colleague, since I’ve been retired from the

N.F.L.

2020 Jun, 30

In a Season of Challenges, the Mets See a Unique Opportunity, Too

In the final 60 games of last season, the Mets went 39-21 for a mighty .650 winning percentage. “So if we can pick up where we left off and go through a 60-game sprint,” Brodie Van Wagenen, their general manager, said on Monday, “I think we’re going to be in a

N.F.L.

2020 Jun, 29