As the players idled by the chain-link fence at the side of the field, taking great gulps of air and water and conducting an immediate autopsy of the game that had just finished, they focused their attention on three outstanding bones of contention. Instinctively, they separated into dedicated working groups to tackle each one. The […]
There are more Formula 1 races than ever, and next season there will be even more, with 24 races, the most in the sport’s history. This year’s Formula 1 schedule, at 23 events, should have set the record, but the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was canceled because of the extreme rainfall that devastated the region. […]
Two superteams, the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty, dominated the W.N.B.A. season, as expected. They were so good that only two others teams in the 12-team league even managed a winning record. A final between them has the potential to be a classic. But first, they will have to make it through […]
The Giants got the kickoff at home on Sunday night and advanced to the Dallas Cowboys’ 8-yard line in nine plays. What a start to the season! What a start indeed. Graham Gano’s field goal try was blocked and returned for a touchdown by the Cowboys’ Noah Igbinoghene. The reversal seemed somehow to bless Dallas […]
Sept. 9, 2023, 2:48 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2023, 2:48 p.m. ET Gauff is the first American teenager to reach the U.S. Open final since Serena Williams in 2001.Credit…Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times The U.S. Open women’s singles tournament is down to its last two players: Coco Gauff, a 19-year-old American, and Aryna Sabalenka, 25, […]
On a cloudy, gusty morning last month, three dozen students, teachers, construction workers, electricians and bartenders wore helmets and shoulder pads and boomed torpedoes, banana kicks and drop punts. Down the hill from a strip mall outside Melbourne, on a borrowed soccer field, they trained to become the next generation of Australian punters who greatly […]
Coco Gauff blazed into a semifinal of the U.S. Open for the first time behind one of the easiest wins of her career. Gauff, the No. 6 seed, required only 68 minutes on Tuesday afternoon to dismiss No. 20 Jelena Ostapenko from the tournament, 6-0, 6-2, and become the first American teenager since Serena Williams […]
Brad Gilbert — tennis junkie, junkballer, commentator, coach of legends — had roughly seven minutes to trade his coaching hat for a microphone, to shift from helping Coco Gauff manage her third-round match Friday night to interviewing Novak Djokovic in the tunnel before his. That match, by the way, ended just after 1:30 a.m. on […]
Early in the second set of her second-round match on Thursday night, a ball bounced just past Ons Jabeur’s reach, and she lost the point, throwing her arms up in exasperation. On any normal day, Jabeur, the No. 5 seed, would probably have reached the ball in time to return it down the line, but […]
As Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva faced off at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, fans in the stands remarked about how old — really how young — they were while competing at the top of their sport. Gauff, who at 19 is not much older than the 16-year-old Andreeva, has for several years been a […]
