Ranking M.L.B. Teams From First to Worst Before the Season Begins By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. NesbittEvery week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the […]

Ranking N.H.L. Team Owners From Best to Worst Editor’s note: This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, franchises and […]

This Wasn’t the Ferrari Debut That Lewis Hamilton Envisioned Lewis Hamilton says his Ferrari race debut felt like a “crash course” in learning about his new car after finishing a chaotic Australian Grand Prix in 10t […]

Inside Newcastle United’s Long-Awaited Trophy Win It is not news that Eddie Howe is meticulous. One step further is probably fair. Eddie Howe is the chief obsessive in a city filled with them.Holding onto a […]

N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament Bracket Has Been Revealed Entering Sunday’s women’s NCAA Tournament bracket reveal, there was a looming question about who would be the field’s top seed. In a season full of parit […]

The N.C.A.A. Men’s Tournament Bracket Is Set Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida received No. 1 seeds to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Selection Sunday as the SEC secured multiple top seeds f […]

The Madness of March Won’t Be the Same Without the Legendary Greg Gumbel Ever the gentleman, Greg Gumbel reached out to offer a welcoming handshake. Ernie Johnson responded with … a fist bump?The awkward exchange — one Joh […]

In the Aaron Rodgers Waiting Game, One N.F.L. Coach Holds the Keys By Michael Silver, Dianna Russini and Alec LewisThree days after becoming a free agent, Aaron Rodgers remains a quarterback without a team. As the four-time […]

Rick Pitino and St. John’s Are the New Kings of New York NEW YORK — The night before the Big East championship game, Walter Berry, forever known around here as “The Truth,” shouldered through a crowded St. John’ […]

All Eyes Are on Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo. He’s Meeting the Moment. TOKYO – Shohei Ohtani met the moment in his return to the Tokyo Dome, because of course he did. In Saturday’s exhibition against the Yomiuri Giants, Oht […]

Dick Vitale Reflects on His Return After Battling Cancer: ‘It’s Been Unbelievable’ ESPN college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale had an emotional moment at the end of the ACC men’s basketball championship game Saturday, expressing how g […]

The N.H.L.’s Next Scoring Breakthrough Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight Jack Johnson was in good shape. On Dec. 27, 2024, once David Pastrnak stickhandled out of the left corner at Nationwide Arena, the Columbus Blue Jackets […]

In Manchester United’s Seismic Week, Its U.S. Owners’ Silence is Deafening There are certain figures who hover into view at key moments of history, defining eras despite having little control over events.You might remember Mohammed […]

U.N.C. Basketball Needed to Change. Will Its Plan to Return to the Top Pan Out? CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Midway through North Carolina’s regular-season finale against rival Duke last week, video boards inside the Dean Smith Center lit up wit […]

Former Jets Star Sues N.F.L. and ESPN for Airing Exchange With Brett Favre A viral moment featured in ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary “The New York Sack Exchange” has resulted in a $25 million lawsuit.Former New York Jets defen […]

Golf’s War of Words Is Becoming Apparent at the Players Championship PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Collin Morikawa walked into the TPC Sawgrass media center Tuesday morning, less than 48 hours after his deflating missed o […]

March Madness Is Sure to Be Chaotic. Your Bracket Name Can Be, Too. There’s not too much shame in a botched March Madness bracket. The NCAA Tournament is compressed chaos in single elimination, upsets are part of the game, a […]

The 17-Year-Old Tennis Phenomenon Growing Up on the Biggest Stages INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Conchita Martinez, one of the queen bees of tennis, had done just about everything there was to do in the sport.She had won W […]

No One Expected Stephen Curry to Change the Game. Look at Him Now. SAN FRANCISCO — The Sacramento Kings aren’t alone in their Steph Curry misery.Back in 2009, when the Golden State legend was a sinewy, sharpshooting pro […]

One Man Troubles Liverpool’s Captain Like No Other You could make a strong case that this year’s Carabao Cup final will see Europe’s most threatening striker come up against its strongest cen […]