MELBOURNE, Australia — Upset again in the third round by a young unseeded talent on the rise, Naomi Osaka was in a different mood and better place at this Grand Slam tournament. In September, after her three-set loss to Leylah Fernandez at the U.S. Open, Osaka was downcast, confused and in need of an extended […]
“The men’s team didn’t sell out as well as the women’s team,” Harris said in “The Queen of Basketball” (2021), a short documentary film about her, directed by Ben Proudfoot, that premiered at the Tribeca Festival in New York. “We began to travel on airplanes. As a matter of fact, the men didn’t fly. I […]
BOSTON — The carnival ride known as LaMelo Ball was slowing to a merciful crawl with 7.3 seconds left on Wednesday when a teammate informed him that he was painfully close to his fourth career triple-double. Ball is the hyperactive force who powers the Charlotte Hornets, and as soon as he learned that he needed […]
On paper, the Rams have the better, and healthier, team. Odell Beckham Jr. has caught six touchdown passes in nine games with Los Angeles, Cooper Kupp leads the league in every receiving category that matters and Von Miller has become a nightmarish sidekick for Aaron Donald. But the Buccaneers have Tom Brady, whose vast playoff […]
Schembechler’s son said that the coach had ignored his account of abuse in 1969. Anderson retired in 2003. In recent years, though, his former patients have described decades of lingering trauma, from a reluctance to seek intrusive medical examinations to persistent feelings of shame. The accusations against Anderson — and Michigan’s knowledge of, and responsibility […]
TEMECULA, Calif. — Legal sports betting in the United States accelerated in 2021 as a flurry of states either overcame legislative logjams, as Ohio did just before Christmas, or signed off on online wagering, as New York did just after Election Day. But those efforts are likely to pale in comparison to the all-out lobbying, […]
Mr. Miller kept apologizing, she said, and at times tears welled in his eyes. At the end of the meeting, Mrs. Mack said in an interview on Sunday, Mr. Miller asked if he could hug her and she said yes. But she said she also told him, “If I was 30 years younger, I would […]
Though Goff led Los Angeles to a Super Bowl in 2018, he regressed, throwing 29 interceptions in the next two seasons. Enter Stafford, who had played in and lost the only three postseason games he played in with the Detroit Lions despite throwing for 45,109 career yards, fifth among active passers entering this season. McVay […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — Sebastian Korda spent his first week of a long-awaited trip to Australia far from the summer sunshine he imagined: After testing positive for coronavirus upon landing in the country, Korda was quarantined in a hotel room in Adelaide, hitting a ball against the headboard of his bed. Though one unfortunate carom off […]
Being a professional runner can be an individual pursuit. But rarely do professional runners reach their highest potential alone. Many of the world’s best runners have a team of experts who help them get their minds and bodies primed for performance. These runners have physical therapists and psychologists, coaches and nutritionists, doctors and teammates. This […]
