N.B.A

Austin Barnes Give the Dodgers an Unlikely Lift at the Plate

Pity the backup catcher, so often the forgotten man in late October. He owes his roster spot to his competence at a peculiar position, often summoned only in case of an injury to the starter. That tends to keep him tied to the bench, rarely used as a pinch-hitter. In rare

N.B.A

2020 Oct, 24

LeBron James on Black Voter Participation, Misinformation and Trump

More Than a Vote, the collective of athletes headlined by the basketball star LeBron James, on Wednesday will introduce its final political push before Election Day, a rapid response and advertisement operation meant to combat the spread of misinformation among younger Black voters. The initiative, which is a collaboration with the

N.B.A

2020 Oct, 21

The Bills Won the Stefon Diggs Trade. Right?

People do not like ties. They want to win, and they want others to lose. It’s a maxim that has been kicked around for years, but may have been best said by the English novelist W. Somerset Maugham. “Now that I’ve grown old, I realize that for most of us it is

N.B.A

2020 Oct, 19

Liverpool’s Van Dijk Needs Surgery, a Cruel Twist in a Tough Year

LIVERPOOL, England — Virgil van Dijk walked gingerly around the side of the field, ruefully shaking his head, muttering under his breath. He stopped to offer Jürgen Klopp a grimace and then trudged on, out of Goodison Park. That will be the last Liverpool, and the Premier League, sees of

N.B.A

2020 Oct, 18

The Rays Stick to Their Game Plan and Reach a Second World Series

The Tampa Bay Rays told Charlie Morton it would happen. When they chased him as a free agent before last season, their front office did not present to him this precise scenario — an unprecedented path to the World Series, with him leading the way — but they shared their

N.B.A

2020 Oct, 18

What the N.B.A.’s West Teams Need: Shooters and Shady Texts

Finally — finally — the N.B.A. off-season is here. Sure, it’s October, months removed from when the off-season would typically begin if there wasn’t a pandemic. And of course, the Los Angeles Lakers are still trying to figure out if they can throw a Zoom championship parade after conquering the

N.B.A

2020 Oct, 17