Tennis

Nuggets Surprise Everyone but Themselves

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The game, the series and one team’s season were essentially over by the time Jamal Murray stared in the vicinity of the opposing bench as he bounced a no-look, behind-the-back pass to Nikola Jokic, the other half of the Denver Nuggets’ fearsome duo. Jokic collected the

Tennis

2020 Sep, 16

Gil Hanse Restores Courses to Their Glory

Gil Hanse is an acclaimed golf-course architect, who teamed with the L.P.G.A. Hall of Famer Amy Alcott to build the Olympic course for the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016. This week his restoration of Winged Foot Golf Club’s West Course will get its international debut as host of the 2020

Tennis

2020 Sep, 16

Seats? Empty. Crowd Noise? Artificial. Giants? Still Bad.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Under normal circumstances, MetLife Stadium in New Jersey would have been awash in the blues and reds worn by the home fans. But against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, the Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers opened their seasons within the drab gray interior of the stadium. There

Tennis

2020 Sep, 15

Djokovic, After U.S. Open, Says He Is Working on the Mental Side of Tennis

Eight days after his abrupt disqualification from the United States Open for accidentally hitting a line judge with a ball, Novak Djokovic said that he saw the incident as an opportunity to improve the mental side of his game and that he hoped he could be a “wiser” player as

Tennis

2020 Sep, 14

A’ja Wilson for M.V.P., and More W.N.B.A. Awards Picks

Talent in the W.N.B.A. runs so deep that many teams have bench players who would start on other teams. With some of the league’s most familiar faces sitting out or having received medical exemptions for this season because of the coronavirus pandemic, under-the-radar players have seized their increased minutes as

Tennis

2020 Sep, 14

Siegemund and Zvonareva Win U.S. Open Doubles Title

As the disbelief of winning her first Grand Slam women’s doubles title began to set in Friday afternoon, Laura Siegemund had an important question for the chair umpire, Eva Asderaki-Moore: “Are we allowed to give a hug?” With Asderaki-Moore’s blessing, Siegemund embraced her partner, Vera Zvonareva, to cap off their 6-4, 6-4

Tennis

2020 Sep, 12