SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Like so many children on this baseball-mad island, Fraidel Liriano wanted to sign with a Major League Baseball team and eventually play at the highest level. It could earn him and his family life-changing money. So at 12, he said he left school and his home in Sabana Grande de […]
At the track and field world championships, distance runners compete on behalf of their countries. What’s less visible to the average fan is that most are also competing for their shoe company sponsors, which largely provide the funding that makes track and field a viable career. Even less visible to the average fan — especially […]
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — A humble little baseball sits at the bottom of a display case for David Ortiz on the third floor of the Hall of Fame. No hologram, no elaborate markings. In thick black ink, just below the red-seam horseshoe, someone scrawled “First HR.” Under that, in lighter pen: “Big Show.” The Big Papi […]
The fraternity brothers of Sigma Chi had company this spring. A construction crew would arrive for work each day with a small armada of drills and electric saws. It should be noted that the brothers of Sigma Chi are not known around the University of Oregon as morning people. “It started a little rough; I’m […]
MANCHESTER, England — In the 14 years since an investment vehicle linked to the state of Abu Dhabi bought Manchester City, the emirate’s wealth has transformed the soccer club from a Premier League also-ran into a serial domestic champion and one of the sport’s global powers. The breadth of that investment, though, stretches far beyond […]
Pele, the Brazilian soccer great, included Seeler in his list of the world’s greatest living players in 2004. “His handling of the ball was perfect, his shot precise, and what really amazed me was his ability to head the ball,” Pele said. In a special supplement to celebrate Seeler’s 80th birthday in 2016, the Hamburg […]
LOS ANGELES — The All-Star break came later than usual this summer, deep enough in the schedule to see October off in the distance. As the game’s top players scattered back to their home cities late Tuesday night, after the American League’s 3-2 victory over the National League, the majors’ best team could guess where […]
LOS ANGELES — Beíore Juan Soto met with reporters on Monday ahead of the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium the following day, he pulled out his cellphone and made a call. A few moments later, his agent, Scott Boras, appeared, also on the phone. With a few assistants in tow, Boras […]
The premier female golfers in the world will tee off this Thursday at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France for the Amundi Evian Championship, the fourth of the LPGA Tour’s five majors in 2022. The year’s major winners include: Jennifer Kupcho (Chevron Championship), Minjee Lee (U.S. Women’s Open), and In Gee Chun (KMPG Women’s […]
Hobie Billingsley, who taught himself to dive from charts on the wall of a Y.M.C.A. before becoming a national champion in the sport and then a celebrated coach, forging a national diving dynasty at Indiana University and gold medal winners in the Olympics, died on Saturday. He was 95. His death was announced by Indiana […]
