The National Hockey League announced on Monday that it had suspended the San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane for 21 games, without pay, for “an established violation” of the league’s Covid-19 protocol, officials said. The announcement did not explain how Mr. Kane had violated the protocols, but several news organizations, including The Associated Press, reported […]

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves had played more than half of their schedule, they still had a losing record, and then things really got bad. On July 10 in Miami, their best player, Ronald Acuña Jr., raced across the outfield grass for a deep fly ball. It was over his head but he leapt for […]

ATLANTA — The Los Angeles Dodgers are not for everyone. Sometimes, young players need to leave when they become eligible for free agency if they want regular playing time. And sometimes, accomplished players are brushed aside because the Dodgers have the ability and the will to acquire other, more accomplished players. The Hall of Fame […]

Point guard Courtney Vandersloot, who led the league in assists for the fifth straight year, averaged 9.7 assists per game in this year’s playoffs entering Game 4. She logged a triple double in a double-overtime win over Connecticut — the league’s best defense in the regular season — in the first game of the semifinals, […]

ATLANTA — The Los Angeles Dodgers reached the National League Championship Series with a final, bitterly contested pitch on Thursday night in San Francisco. Its last-pitch luck — or sorcery or absurdity or whatever your baseball loyalties lead you to call it — did not last. Instead, with Game 1 of the N.L.C.S. tied in […]

CHICAGO — It has been more than 23 years since Michael Jordan stole the ball from Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone, drove the length of the court and nailed a jumper to give his Chicago Bulls a 1-point win in Game 6 of the N.B.A. finals. The unforgettable sequence secured the Bulls’ sixth championship and […]

HOUSTON — There are bat flips and home runs celebrations. And then there is what Houston Astros star shortstop Carlos Correa did on Friday night. Even those who despise the Astros can perhaps appreciate the blend of swagger, showmanship and uninhibited emotion that Correa displayed after he provided the pivotal swing in a 5-4 win […]

SAN FRANCISCO — When the chase was finished and the Los Angeles Dodgers had finally caught the San Francisco Giants, when their blue uniforms were drenched with champagne and their frayed nerves were slowly coming back together, Max Scherzer could only shake his head and marvel. “It’s crazy,” said Scherzer, who collected the first save […]

Jon Gruden resigned as the coach of the N.F.L.’s Las Vegas Raiders this week after The New York Times reported that he had made racist, homophobic and misogynistic remarks in numerous emails over the past 12 years. The emails were disclosed as part of an investigation into workplace misconduct on the Washington Football Team, an […]

Kyrie Irving, the N.B.A. star who has been indefinitely barred from practicing or playing with the Brooklyn Nets because of his refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccine, spoke out publicly on Wednesday night for the first time since the team decided to keep him off the court, saying his refusal was a matter of personal […]