N.F.L.

‘We’re Back to Being the Bronx Bombers’: Yankees Burst Out of a Slump

It felt like the sky was falling on the Yankees just over a week ago. They had dropped their fifth straight game on Sept. 8 to fall to 21-21, the first time since the strike-shortened 1995 season they were .500 or worse in September. They were clinging to the eighth and

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 16

Tiger Woods Would Like to Remind You That He Dominated the U.S. Open 20 Years Ago

MAMARONECK, N.Y. — It has been 20 years since Tiger Woods won his first United States Open by 15 strokes, which remains the largest margin of victory in the event. Two years later, golf’s leaders sought a new populism embodied by Woods, who learned the game on a municipal golf

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 15

Diana Taurasi Is Still Living Up to Her ‘White Mamba’ Nickname

Even as Diana Taurasi arrived at the arena, she was hesitant about the wardrobe change. But when she slipped on a No. 8 Phoenix Mercury jersey with the name “Bryant” on the back, she knew there was only one way to pay tribute to the late Kobe Bryant on his birthday.

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 15

Tom Brady Led the N.F.L.’s Week 1 Flops, but There Were Others

Forget celebrating the return of N.F.L. football by lauding Julio Jones’s hands, Christian McCaffrey’s legs and Lamar Jackson’s arm. Let’s celebrate it in a more ghoulish, and maybe pettier, way by looking at the players and teams who didn’t fare so well. Two Relocated Veteran Quarterbacks Some of the teams that acquired

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 14

This U.S. Open Will Be Judged by the Future of Osaka and Thiem

Naomi Osaka and Dominic Thiem. The surreal, fan-free zone of a United States Open that ended on Sunday night deserves to be judged on many levels. It was, let us not forget, extraordinary that it happened at all considering the headwinds, domestic skepticism and international quarantine issues it faced amid the

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 14

Stars Are One Win Away From Winning the West

EDMONTON — Unlike many of the behemoth goaltenders in the modern N.H.L., the Dallas Stars’ Anton Khudobin checks in at just 5 feet 11 inches and 195 pounds. But the 34-year-old has stood tall between the pipes this summer. Khudobin stopped 32 of the 33 shots he faced on Saturday as

N.F.L.

2020 Sep, 13