Burner phones and loaner laptops. Quarantine training centers and a bubble the size of a small city. Departure tests and arrival tests and daily tests. So. Many. Tests. Every Olympics presents hurdles, from distance to language to politics. But rarely have those entrusted with transporting the teams, coaches, athletes and gear faced an obstacle course […]
The 2021-22 sports year is hellbent on healing wounded fan bases. The state of Georgia saw its Major League Baseball franchise and flagship college football program win titles, Milwaukee won its first N.B.A. championship since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was tossing up sky hooks, and the Cincinnati Bengals are now Super Bowl-bound for the first time in […]
Jan. 30, 2022, 12:00 p.m. ET Jan. 30, 2022, 12:00 p.m. ET Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce, left, caught a game-winning touchdown in the divisional round against the Buffalo Bills.Credit…Jay Biggerstaff/USA Today Sports, via Reuters All Travis Kelce did last week against Buffalo was grab eight passes for 96 yards, plot the play that […]
In these chaotic times, there is great comfort in the familiar, and the most familiar scene in the last four N.F.L. postseasons has been an A.F.C. championship game staged at Arrowhead Stadium, home of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. His presence in this round feels inevitable. The absence of some others feels […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — The 44-year drought was over in Ashleigh Barty’s sunburned country. Barty, often inscrutable on a tennis court, had just finished letting her guard down with a full-flex howl of delight that could almost be heard above the roars in Rod Laver Arena. Now, Barty, Australia’s first Australian Open singles champion since 1978, […]
On a warm morning in early August, Heather MacLean laced up her sneakers and did what she usually does: She went for a run. Her time at the Tokyo Olympics was winding down after she had fallen short of qualifying for the final of the women’s 1,500 meters, and as she began to jog, she […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — Once again, the last defense against No. 21 will be Daniil Medvedev. He has quite the temper, as he showed in an extraordinary rant at a chair umpire on Friday, and he has become quite the spoiler with his long, elastic limbs and unconventional, often outside-the-lines approach to constructing points and demolishing […]
When Odell Beckham Jr. returned in September for his first game with the Cleveland Browns since tearing his anterior cruciate ligament nearly a year ago, he had options for his warm-up gear. The flamboyant receiver has for years been one of the league’s more stylish players. He wore a $190,000 Richard Mille watch during a […]
Ben Roethlisberger, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who returned one of the N.F.L.’s legacy franchises to Super Bowl success but whose career was clouded by injuries and sexual assault allegations, announced his retirement from the sport on Thursday after 18 seasons. Roethlisberger, 39, a two-time Super Bowl winner, had foreshadowed the announcement for much of the […]
The drama of the N.F.L.’s divisional-round playoff games — punctuated by three walk-off field goals and an overtime touchdown — will be impossible to live up to this weekend, if only because there are fewer games to be played. But fans needn’t worry: Rich story lines in both of the conference championship matchups should divide […]
