N.F.L.

She’s the W.N.B.A. Threat No One Warned You About

The Minnesota Lynx never planned to give Crystal Dangerfield many minutes earlier this season. Yet somehow the former Connecticut guard was on the floor in the closing seconds of a tight game on Thursday. She had been announced as the W.N.B.A.’s rookie of the year that afternoon. She started her first-ever

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 22

Fearing Players Wouldn’t Listen, La Liga Appealed to Their Kids

As coronavirus infection rates in Spain started to rise again recently, so did the anxiety among the leaders of Spain’s top soccer league. Earlier this summer, La Liga had successfully navigated the conclusion of its pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 season, a campaign that had been mothballed for several months after the country imposed

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 21

As Bale Returns to Spurs, Only Perceptions Have Changed

After a while, Gareth Bale almost seemed to relish it: the confrontation, the controversy, the opprobrium. It was as if he had stopped trying to fight it, wasting his energy correcting misunderstandings or railing at willful misinterpretations, and instead invited them to come crashing down on him. The flag, Bale felt,

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 19

Who Is Davis Thompson? A Young Amateur on a Hot Streak at Golf’s U.S. Open

Davis Thompson is filling the role of the fast-starting amateur at this year’s United States Open at Winged Foot Golf Club in Westchester County, N.Y. While he’s still near the top, here’s the lowdown. What Has He Accomplished? Thompson is a senior at the University of Georgia, where he was a finalist

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 18

Naomi Osaka Will Skip French Open, Citing Injury and Timing

In a challenging tennis season full of disruptions, winning this year’s United States Open and French Open back to back looks like the ultimate challenge. Naomi Osaka will not be attempting it. Fresh off her stirring run to the U.S. Open title last week, Osaka has announced that because of a lingering

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 18

20,000 Sign On to Campaign to Oust Barcelona’s Board

A group of F.C. Barcelona members has succeeded in its race to collect the thousands of signatures required to force a vote that could lead to the ouster of the club’s unpopular president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and the board that has led the team into the biggest crisis in its

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 17