N.F.L.

The U.S. Open Could Go On, With a 2-Tournament Bubble in New York

In an unusual attempt to save two of the top events in American tennis during the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Tennis Association has proposed staging a doubleheader in New York by moving a tournament that leads into the United States Open at the U.S.T.A. Billie Jean King National Tennis

N.F.L.

2020 Jun, 02

Stung by Discord Over Officiating, the N.F.L. Puts a Coach in Charge

Perry Fewell improved those around him in many of the stops he has made during his 35-year coaching career. Repeating the feat in his new job may be far more difficult. On Thursday, the N.F.L. announced that Fewell had become its senior vice president of officiating administration, a newly created

N.F.L.

2020 May, 28

Who Should Bear the Financial Brunt of the Coronavirus in Baseball?

Kevin Cash wore a mask for eight years as a major league catcher. He never needed one as a manager until this week, when his Tampa Bay Rays began voluntary workouts at Tropicana Field. “We walk in with them on and basically leave them on,” Cash said by phone after Wednesday’s

N.F.L.

2020 May, 28

The N.H.L. Is Coming Back, Pending a Few (Dozen) Questions

Now that the National Hockey League has announced this week its detailed road map for returning to action with a playoff tentatively set for mid-July, it can start focusing on all the steps needed to make its plan actually happen. There are many issues, some complicated, that need to be settled

N.F.L.

2020 May, 28

The N.B.A. May Return Too Soon

Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. This is a critical week for the N.B.A. Building up to Friday’s virtual meeting between ownership representatives from the league’s 30 teams and Commissioner Adam Silver, league officials are lasering in on a scheduling format to present

N.F.L.

2020 May, 27

How Kobe Bryant Created His Own Olympic Dream Team

Kobe Bryant was 17 when he worked out for the Phoenix Suns before the 1996 N.B.A. draft. Jerry Colangelo, who owned the team at the time, already knew a great deal about Bryant, who had emerged from Lower Merion High School in suburban Philadelphia as the flashiest phenom of his

N.F.L.

2020 May, 26