That was all true, but none of it seemed especially relevant, or to contain even the slightest real significance, because inside San Siro it was extremely difficult to think at all. The stadium, the one both clubs are so desperate to leave behind, was so noisy, so animated, so vivid and so vibrant that it […]
The bright lights would come soon enough. On that May night in 1970, at the old ballpark at the confluence of the Des Moines and the Raccoon Rivers, they were dimmer than the lights in the big leagues. Tony La Russa knew that much, because he’d been there. La Russa was destined for a storied […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The best thing you can say about the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is that the 18 horses who made it to the starting gate on Saturday survived. That came as a relief after at least seven horses died at Churchill Downs in the past week, two of them on Saturday […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two days before horse racing’s signature event, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky racing officials on Thursday threw a horse out of the race under a cloud of suspicion after two of his trainer’s horses collapsed and died without explanation in the past week. Lord Miles, trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., was scratched by […]
Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who, in August 1960, broke the track star Jesse Owens’s 25-year-old world record in the event, and a year later became the first jumper to break the 27-foot mark, died on Sunday at his home in Peachtree City, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta. He was 83. The cause […]
SACRAMENTO — The Golden State Warriors prepared for the finale of their first-round playoff series with the Sacramento Kings by gathering for an off-day film session on Saturday on an upper floor of Chase Center, their home arena in San Francisco, where there is a panoramic view of the bay. Coach Steve Kerr likes to […]
The crowd at TD Garden in Boston was serenading the star Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young with chants of “overrated!” It was late in Game 2 of Atlanta’s first-round playoff series against the Celtics, and the Hawks were down by double digits and well on their way to another loss in the series. It was […]
The Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta asked fans to be forgiving on Wednesday as he introduced the team’s new head coach, Ime Udoka, who had been suspended and then fired by the Boston Celtics within the past year for violating unspecified team policies. Fertitta said any critic unwilling to give Udoka a second chance was […]
The Houston Rockets plan to hire Ime Udoka, the former Boston Celtics coach who was suspended for workplace misconduct, according to a person who was familiar with the discussions but not authorized to discuss them publicly. The news was first reported by ESPN. The Celtics abruptly suspended Udoka for the season in late September after […]
LAS VEGAS — When Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia stood face to face, posing for the photos that closed out their news conference on Thursday, another argument erupted between the two boxers. Garcia, an undefeated 24-year-old from Los Angeles, accused the 28-year-old Davis of looking drained, suggesting his opponent was struggling to cut down to […]
