SAN FRANCISCO — Reputations tend to stick if they ring true and, for a while, Andrew Wiggins’s reputation in the N.B.A. was that he was a bust. For years, the word on Wiggins, a former No. 1 pick, was that he was inconsistent. That he was bad at defense. That he didn’t care. The Cleveland […]

As the women’s soccer stars stared at their laptop screens Monday night and the new labor deal was explained to them, the numbers just kept climbing. A few thousand dollars here. Tens of thousands of dollars there. Pretty soon, the figures had crossed into the millions. What they added up to, the players all knew, […]

So why and how did the P.G.A. of America and Southern Hills have to get ready so quickly? In 2014, the P.G.A. awarded the men’s major to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Its owner, Donald J. Trump, was then a businessman with a portfolio of 17 golf clubs in the United States and […]

Matt Harvey, a veteran pitcher on a minor-league contract with the Baltimore Orioles, was suspended for 60 games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for distributing a prohibited drug of abuse. Harvey, who was once the ace of a Mets starting rotation that led the team to the 2015 World Series, openly discussed his drug […]

Idrissa Gueye traveled south to Montpellier with his Paris St.-Germain teammates for the team’s league game on Saturday but wound up watching it from the stands. Gueye was not injured, his coach said after P.S.G.’s victory: He “had to leave the team for personal reasons.” Those personal reasons, a team source confirmed Monday, were that […]

Entering the Zurich arena, Ali raised an index finger to the crowd, predicting a victory in the first round. But Blin quickly went on the offensive, attacking his opponent with jabs to the face in the first three rounds, much to the crowd’s surprise. Ali rallied, however, and in the seventh round, with a powerful […]

The only unknown was playoff experience and the ability to win on the biggest stage. They certainly have that now to go with a generous dose of confidence. Gallant had faith in Panarin, saying after the game that he had a feeling the Russian forward, despite not standing out earlier in the game, would come […]

Djokovic, like his career-long reference points Nadal and Roger Federer, has underscored his passion with long-running excellence and by persistently ignoring the hints that his peak years might be behind him. For Djokovic, this has been a season and a challenge like no other: His decision to remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus led to a […]

With 20 national championships across six disciplines and nine international gold medals, Joseph Gray is the most decorated American mountain runner, by a wide margin. In the broader discipline of trail running — which includes everything from 100-mile ultramarathons to ultra-steep kilometer races — he’s in the pantheon of the best ever, too, as a […]

“I think the playoffs sometimes can reveal who you are, the kind of character you have,” Kreider said. “For him to stay with his game and continue to work, he’s been a huge, huge leader for us all year. He’s been an absolute horse.” The Rangers trailed, 2-0 after one period, and the Penguins, playing […]