The sports world is entering another period of uncertainty, with a surge in coronavirus cases, more game postponements and questions about the Beijing Olympics. But 2021 was also a great year in sports. There were challenges and disruptions, but there were also plenty of memorable moments. Take a minute or two and scroll through this […]
Our N.F.L. playoffs calculator has an up-to-date look at the latest playoff picture. Time is a flat circle, but we want to help you break it. To that end, we’ve enlisted two experts — one familiar with the ins and outs of New York’s professional football teams, the other a nationally focused football analyst — […]
The music on this Titanic was deafening two months ago. When the Miami Dolphins fell to a hopeless, directionless 1-7 record after a Week 8 road loss to the A.F.C. East division-rival Buffalo Bills, staff firings appeared imminent. Miami had spent much of the past two seasons losing games and amassing draft picks to end […]
The implications are global. There are currently more than 2.4 billion gamers — about one-third of the world’s population, according to Statista, an international marketing and consumer data firm based in Germany. There are professional teams around the world that compete in tournaments for prize pools up to $34 million as well as tens of […]
The Buck Showalter Experience pulled into Queens on Saturday, when the Mets became the fifth team to hire Showalter as manager. He has guided the Yankees, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles for more than 3,000 games, but the dugout cannot always contain him. Once, before a game in Texas, Showalter […]
“This is a snapshot of what happens to youth sports in the inner city,” she said. “There’s a lot of money and greed. Some of these coaches are chasing the same dreams as the kids. That being said, kids in the inner city don’t have access to that training. When someone comes along and says […]
Mr. Foster had been arrested after the police in Reform, a small town in western Alabama, clocked him on radar driving 92 miles per hour in a 45-m.p.h. zone at about 11:10 p.m. on Dec. 3, the police said. After the police pursued Mr. Foster in his Jeep and placed spike strips on the road, […]
“No disrespect, but that’s just their game plan,” said Hitchens, who also caught an interception. “They don’t want to kick field goals, they want to go for it, then we have to make them pay.” The Kansas City offense, compared to the standards it set by winning the A.F.C. in back-to-back seasons, had also underwhelmed. […]
In the midst of a new wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the globe, sports officials are scrambling to figure out how to keep their seasons going with schedules intact, to maintain the normal churn of competition and revenue. They shouldn’t dither with such foolishness. It’s time to press pause on games, matches and meets. If […]
Urban Meyer was fired as coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, ending his turbulent tenure in the N.F.L. — which was marked by tensions with coaches and players, and questions about his off-the-field conduct — after less than a season. One of the most successful coaches in collegiate football history, Meyer was initially heralded as a […]
