Tennis

Diego Maradona, One of Soccer’s Greatest Players, Is Dead at 60

Diego Maradona, the Argentine who became one of soccer’s greatest players with a roguish cunning and extravagant control while pursuing a personal life rife with drug and alcohol abuse and health problems, died on Wednesday in Tigre, Argentina, in Buenos Aires Province. He was 60. His spokesman, Sebastián Sanchi, said the

Tennis

2020 Nov, 25

David Dinkins Kept Loving Tennis, No Matter Who Mocked Him

David N. Dinkins, who died Monday night at 93, was the mayor of New York. But he was also the unofficial mayor of the tennis world. Dinkins was an avid, even obsessive player, a friend of tennis stars — in 1990, Jennifer Capriati said, “The mayor is one cool dude” —

Tennis

2020 Nov, 25

Black Goalkeepers and Europe's Uneven Playing Field

On the surface, Chelsea’s victory against Rennes in the Champions League a few weeks ago was just another of those disposable, check-box exercises that litter the group stages of the competition. Chelsea, the heavy favorite — the team with superior financial firepower, a deeper squad and broader ambitions — cruised

Tennis

2020 Nov, 24

Florida Lawyer Charged With Extorting N.F.L. Player in Robbery Case

The lawyer representing three men who accused two N.F.L. players of robbery and assault in Florida was arrested on Monday morning and charged with attempting to extort roughly $800,000 from one of the athletes in exchange for having his clients alter their testimony. Four men accused the players of robbing them

Tennis

2020 Nov, 16

With Marlins Job, Kim Ng Is ‘Bearing a Torch for So Many’

Since the Miami Marlins named Kim Ng as their new general manager on Friday, making her the first woman to hold that title in any of the major men’s sports leagues in North America, she said she had been flooded with well over a thousand emails and text messages of

Tennis

2020 Nov, 16

Masters Mentorship Puts Tournament Rookies on Top

AUGUSTA, Ga. — By the time he reached Augusta National Golf Club’s 17th tee during Monday’s practice round, Cameron Champ had talked with his stand-in coach and tour guide about his upcoming wedding and how to navigate the course’s greens. Now Phil Mickelson, 50 years old and a three-time Masters winner,

Tennis

2020 Nov, 15