N.F.L.

Brady Puts Up a Fight, but It’s Mahomes and the Chiefs’ Day

Tom Brady floundered for most of Sunday’s game against Kansas City’s incandescent quarterback, Patrick Mahomes. If the game was seen by some as a chance for a passing of the torch from one quarterback to another, from an N.F.L. legend to his heir apparent, that torch — if passed by

N.F.L.

2020 Nov, 30

NFL Week 12 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread

A pair of blowouts on Thanksgiving served as a fairly entertaining start to a week that includes must-watch matchups like the Kansas City Chiefs facing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Tennessee Titans playing the Indianapolis Colts. Meanwhile, the game between Baltimore and Pittsburgh has been delayed until at least

N.F.L.

2020 Nov, 27

Diego Maradona and All That We Have Lost

There was a commotion over in the corner of the Krestovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg. A whole section of fans seemed to have turned its eyes away from the field and trained them instead on a glass-fronted suite. They stood on their seats and craned their necks and peered over

N.F.L.

2020 Nov, 27

Diego Maradona, Argentina's Icon

The Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano once called Diego Maradona “the most human of the gods.” Argentines were happy to edit that down, to the singular version of the last word. When Maradona died on Wednesday at age 60, many of his compatriots had known him their entire lives. He was the

N.F.L.

2020 Nov, 26

N.B.A. Free Agency Frenzy: 5 Takeaways

The veteran forward Trevor Ariza was traded three times last week — from Portland to Houston to Detroit and ultimately to Oklahoma City. It was perhaps the best illustration that an expected transactional frenzy, after nine mostly dormant months for N.B.A. roster moves, had lived up to billing. One player agent

N.F.L.

2020 Nov, 25

Dear Jets: There’s Hope to Be Found in a Winless Season. Take It From Someone Who Knows.

Only two N.F.L. teams in history have gone 0-16 since the regular season expanded to 16 games in 1978: the Detroit Lions in 2008 and the Cleveland Browns in 2017. It appears the 2020 Jets (0-9) are making a run at joining them. Yet here are some reassurances that fans should keep

N.F.L.

2020 Nov, 22