Suzanne Lenglen Court | 1 p.m. Coco Gauff vs. Jennifer Brady Jennifer Brady, the 13th seed, needed steely determination to push through her second round match against Fiona Ferro. Brady was down a break on two occasions in the final set, but she managed to fight back, using her powerful forehand strokes to force Ferro […]
The Los Angeles Lakers’ brief reign is over. The Phoenix Suns eliminated the Lakers from the N.B.A. playoffs on Thursday night with a 113-100 victory in Game 6 of their first-round series, ending LeBron James’s hopes of hauling the Lakers to back-to-back championships. It is the first time that James, 36, has exited the playoffs […]
“We’ve got this incorrect theory that permeates the sport,” McCoy, also a strength and conditioning coach for the Australian national baseball team, said in a phone interview. “I call it the ‘bullets in the gun’ approach. They’ll turn around and say, ‘We’ll cap his pitch count, and then he’ll have more bullets available for the […]
Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster Bob Brenly apologized on Wednesday for a making comment on Tuesday’s broadcast about the headwear of Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman. “During last night’s game, I made a poor attempt at humor that was insensitive and wrong,” Brenly, a former Diamondbacks manager, said in a statement released through the team. “I apologize to […]
VOUZELA, Portugal — Inside a factory set among eucalyptus trees in the Portuguese countryside, workers carefully cut thin strips of sticky carbon fiber and press them into molds. It is slow and painstaking labor. But after each mold is cooked in an oven heated to 200 degrees Celsius (about 390 degrees Fahrenheit), out comes an […]
The pandemic has only accelerated the cycle. A spokesman for the French Open said the tournament had received just 500 requests for writers’ press credentials this year, compared with roughly 800 in 2019. The New York Times was the only major U.S. news outlet to send journalists to the Australian Open this winter. Widmaier said […]
No list of Olympic athletes could encompass all the stories of human achievement on display at the Summer Games. But if you’re looking for some names to root for (or against) in Tokyo, here are a few to start with. (Note that some still need to qualify to compete this year.) Gymnastics Simone Biles, United […]
Osaka, they said, refused to engage with them, leaving them with no choice but to pursue significant penalties to help ensure that Osaka did not gain an advantage over her competitors. “We want to underline that rules are in place to ensure all players are treated exactly the same, no matter their stature, beliefs or […]
Organizers of the Copa América, South America’s largest soccer tournament, said on Sunday that it would no longer take place in Argentina, which is mired in its worst coronavirus surge to date. It is unclear where the 10-nation tournament, which is set to start June 13, will now take place. The South American soccer federation, […]
PARIS — Naomi Osaka’s return to the French Open was triumphant as she won her first-round match over Patricia Maria Tig on Sunday in straight sets. But Osaka did not emerge unscathed from the tournament’s opening day. She was fined $15,000 by Rémy Azémar, the French Open tournament referee, for declining to appear at a […]
