South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley was certainly dressed for a big game on Sunday. Staley, who is from North Philadelphia and is trying to lead South Carolina to a second straight women’s basketball championship this season, dipped into her collection of Eagles gear and wore a throwback white-and-green Randall Cunningham No. 12 jersey as she […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The wind was whipping like a blender working overtime on a margarita Thursday morning, and the more than 17,000 people bellied up to the 16th hole at the Phoenix Open acted as if it were last call. If you want cemetery-like quiet, kneel politely before the golf gods at the Masters’ “Amen […]

Ten former N.F.L. players sued Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league’s disability plan and its board members on Thursday, accusing them of systematically denying benefits to the players by lying about and misinterpreting the results of their medical examinations and the plan’s guidelines. The class action lawsuit, filed in federal court in Maryland, where the […]

The N.B.A.’s board of governors on Monday approved the sale of the Phoenix Suns and the W.N.B.A.’s Mercury to Mat Ishbia, the chief executive of United Wholesale Mortgage, in a deal that valued the teams at $4 billion. In a statement, the N.B.A. said the transaction was expected to close this week. Ishbia, 43, announced […]

An employee at the arena named Anita, who would not give her last name but said she had been working there for 10 years, was nervous that the record might be broken on the Pelicans’ home floor. “We can’t let him do it here,” she said. “It ain’t about the King tonight.” No one, really, […]

Serrano, like many women in boxing, started out with three- and low-four-digit paydays. Even then, expenses add up. Before paying herself, Serrano must pay her team, taxes and training-camp expenses. But the fight against Taylor guaranteed them both at least $1 million, among the highest purses in women’s boxing, and a way for Serrano to […]

Tom Brady, one of the world’s most decorated professional athletes and widely viewed as the greatest player in N.F.L. history, announced on Wednesday that he would retire. For good this time. “I’ll get to the point right away,” Brady, who just completed his 23rd season, said in a short video posted on social media. “I’m […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — It felt like a full-circle occasion as Novak Djokovic celebrated on Sunday in the same city where he had been deported on a Sunday little more than a year ago. It felt like a cycle was ending. With the Australian Open title and the No. 1 ranking back in his possession, he […]

“I’ve been asked about who is next a lot, a lot,” Mirza said. “And I’ve always come up empty with that answer unfortunately.” She agrees that it comes down to structures and said that all the Indian players, men or women, who have risen high in the game agree that they have done it “despite […]

The group moved to the other side of the plaza, directly across from the 23rd Police Precinct. Facing a row of mini-cruisers, Ari, who was in sixth grade and lives in Brooklyn, stood at the end of one long block of marble. In front of him was another block; between the two, a gap. Ari […]