And with nine more strikeouts on Wednesday, deGrom tied Nolan Ryan’s record of 59 strikeouts in the first five appearances of a season. DeGrom’s starts have long attracted attention, but this year they have been elevated to appointment viewing, just as it was when Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Pedro Martinez and even Matt Harvey pitched […]

Just over a month ago, when the N.C.A.A. was embroiled in another crisis of its own making, 21 board members joined a hastily called videoconference with Mark Emmert, the persistently embattled president of the governing body of college sports. During the 69-minute session, they heard about disparities between their men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and […]

Real Madrid could be without one of its best defenders for a semifinal match in the Champions League next week because he was randomly selected to work a shift at the polls during local elections in Madrid. Marcelo, a fullback who started the first leg of Real Madrid’s semifinal against Chelsea on Tuesday in Spain, […]

The N.H.L. solidified its future on television and multimedia platforms in the United States on Tuesday with the announcement of a second broadcast rights deal that will take effect after its agreement with NBC expires after this season. Turner Sports made a seven-year commitment, matching the length of the contract the Walt Disney Company, which […]

Louisiana State scored a major women’s basketball coup on Sunday when it hired Kim Mulkey, who won three national championships in 21 years at Baylor, as its new coach. Mulkey’s move is perhaps the most significant coaching change in women’s college basketball in recent years, sending one of the country’s top coaches to one of […]

On Aug. 7, 1959, Arlene Pieper completed the Pikes Peak Marathon, a grueling mountain course in Manitou Springs, Col., that no other woman had finished in its brief history. She ascended 8,000 feet to the 14,000-foot summit and descended the same way in 9 hours and 16 minutes. “At the finish line, I felt pretty […]

Taijuan Walker pitched three-hit ball over seven innings in his first win of the season, J.D. Davis hit a two-run homer in the first off a faltering Patrick Corbin and the Mets beat Washington, 4-0, Sunday to take two of three in the matchup of N.L. East rivals. Corbin lost his 10th straight decision dating […]

There is no drama as to who will be the No. 1 pick in this year’s N.F.L. draft. The only question had been which team would get the chance to draft Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. The Jacksonville Jaguars secured that honor by way of the Jets’ seemingly not understanding that they were supposed to keep […]

English soccer officials said Saturday that they would conduct a social media blackout next weekend to protest “the ongoing and sustained discriminatory abuse received online by players and many others connected to football.” The boycott has the support of a coalition of groups, including the Premier League, the richest and most high profile soccer league […]

The prime difference between sports in the United States and soccer in Europe is dynasty. Dominant teams will, occasionally, surface in the major leagues of North America: The Golden State Warriors will win three championships in four seasons; the New England Patriots will sustain their success over nearly two decades. But as a rule, there […]