Baseball

Going From His Childhood Bedroom to the N.B.A. Draft

Marc Stein is on vacation this week. Tyrese Haliburton didn’t imagine he would ever find himself living with his parents again inside his Wisconsin childhood home. Certainly, he did not throughout a sophomore season at Iowa State in which his stock skyrocketed in N.B.A. mock drafts everywhere. But once he realized the pandemic,

Baseball

2020 Oct, 21

Clippers Are Hiring Tyronn Lue as Their New Coach

The Los Angeles Clippers are hiring Tyronn Lue as their new head coach, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The Clippers on Wednesday were finalizing a five-year contract with Lue to install him as the successor to Doc Rivers, according to the people, who were not authorized to

Baseball

2020 Oct, 15

A Mound Visit, a Quick Read and a Lifeline for the Astros

The Houston Astros hired Dusty Baker to manage a crisis. The baseball managing would come later, but first, Baker had to guide the Astros out of the worst team scandal of his long lifetime. He knows that was why he got a fifth try to win a World Series as

Baseball

2020 Oct, 15

French Soccer Roiled by Claims of Toxic Workplace Culture

From the outside, France’s soccer federation has for two years represented its sport’s gold standard: champions at the men’s World Cup in Russia in 2018 and host of the most successful women’s championship in history a year later. But inside the federation, current and former officials said, that golden aura has

Baseball

2020 Oct, 14

After the Grand Slams, Tennis Plots Its Growth Plan

For nearly two decades, a small network based in Southern California called the Tennis Channel has attempted to become the hub of the sport in the United States. This month, it got one step closer, wrapping up a deal that will make it the television home of nearly every major

Baseball

2020 Oct, 13

The Lakers’ Winding Path Ends With a Championship

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It was not a season. For the Los Angeles Lakers, it was an obstacle course. It was 12 months packed with tragedies and togetherness. It was disjointed and odd, unprecedented and often unpleasant, an odyssey that began for them in a Chinese hotel amid a geopolitical

Baseball

2020 Oct, 12