The Williams Sisters Boycotted a Tournament for 14 Years. Now, They’re Back. INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — A decade on, it’s not the tension they remember most. It’s not the fear that after 14 years of anger and hurt, after all the attem […]

After a Paris Olympics Controversy, Jordan Chiles Rediscovered Herself COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Time zones don’t affect Jordan Chiles.She declares this while sitting in a hotel conference room near the University of Maryland, mor […]

Ranking the N.B.A.’s Most Miserable Teams, Led by the Dallas Mavericks The Misery Index: It’s not just for people reading my work. (Ha! You thought you were going to hit me with that in the comments, but I just “8 Mil […]

Universities Have a New Tactic to Keep Athletes From Transferring: Charge Them For four years, college coaches and administrators have lamented the “wild, wild West” nature of the transfer portal, with athletes hopping from school to […]

A New League Is Changing the Landscape of Women’s Basketball Near the end of 2022, New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart took a meeting at a New York City steakhouse to hear an idea to change the landscape of […]

How Best-Selling Sportswriter John Feinstein Became Larger Than Life NEW YORK — The concentric circles of John Feinstein’s life spread the news of his death Thursday.First, John’s brother, Bob, passed along the sad news t […]

Will Formula 1 Finally Have a New Champion in 2025? It’s hard to believe it’s only been 95 days since the last Formula One grand prix, but here we are again, with the 2025 F1 season upon us, the Aus […]

Scottie Scheffler Is on a Streak Golf Hasn’t Seen Since Tiger Woods’s Prime Standing on the tee at Riviera Country Club more than a year ago as the best player in the world, Scottie Scheffler was quickly brought down to Earth. He […]

The Yankees Were the Evil Empire. These Days, Are They Just Another Team? CLEARWATER, Fla. — We’re about a month into 2025 spring training. And it’s still a little weird to think we now live in a world where the Yankees are no lo […]

An N.B.A. Veteran Lost a Friend. How He Responded Is Saving Lives. PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Portland Trail Blazers were in Utah on Feb. 24, there was a special meeting after the game. Danny Berger, a 34-year-old former b […]

How Closely Did You Follow Sports This Week? Take Our Quiz. The NFL never sleeps, especially when it comes to the swirling tornado of activity otherwise known as free agency.Whom would the Las Vegas Raiders target as […]

The New York Giants Picked an Awful Time to Need a New Quarterback As the hours tick by with the New York Giants awaiting word from a 41-year-old who quarterbacked a 5-12 team last season, there’s an inescapable feeling t […]

A ‘Miracle on Ice’ Legend Is Leading a Women’s Hockey Powerhouse MADISON, Wis. — Three hours before the Wisconsin Badgers were set to practice on a Tuesday afternoon in late January, the best coach in the history of w […]

Inside the Sudden Rise to Fame of a Tennis Bee Catcher PALM DESERT, Calif. — It’s a drizzly gray morning in the desert and Lance Davis, the country’s most famous bee catcher, is slightly cranky. He is sitti […]

Why a 2nd Round Pick Should Be the N.B.A. Rookie of the Year We’re doing our NBA Awards Watch every Thursday until the end of the regular season, and each week we’ll emphasize a new award. This week, we’ve got Rooki […]

The World Doesn’t Properly Appreciate the N.B.A.’s Most Dominant Player Draymond Green is as certain as they come. The man is barely scraping 6 foot 6 without shoes on and has bullied his way into a surefire Hall of Fame […]

The Tennis Court’s Greatest Illusion INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — It’s an annual ritual. Players descend on the California desert and almost universally declare it an ideal location for a major tenn […]

Is College Basketball’s Ultimate Insider In On the Bit? NEW YORK — Jon Rothstein makes an abrupt U-turn, reversing course from the restroom back toward his laptop.“We got something,” Rothstein says, eyes dancin […]

6 M.L.B. Players Poised for Breakout Seasons As I do every year, I’ve written up a handful of big leaguers who’ve lost their rookie/prospect status and who I think are candidates to make a sig […]

While Victor Wembanyama Is Sidelined, His Teammate Is on the Rise It’s time for the three-quarter-mark edition of the NBA Rookie Rankings.The good news is that a few rookies are at least improving as the season rolls a […]