Soccer

Rudy Riska, the Heisman Trophy’s Guiding Light, Dies at 85

For over 40 years he oversaw the awarding of the prestigious trophy to the nation’s top college football player and helped winners on their “magic carpet ride” in New York. Rudy Riska, who first glimpsed the Heisman Trophy on its pedestal at the Downtown Athletic Club in Lower Manhattan when he

Soccer

2021 Sep, 28

NBA Vaccine Skeptics Speak Out

More than 90 percent of players have received at least one dose of the vaccine, but some, like Nets guard Kyrie Irving, won’t say if they have been or plan to be vaccinated. More than 90 percent of N.B.A. players have been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the league, and all

Soccer

2021 Sep, 27

Roger Federer’s Deep Passion for the Laver Cup

He helped create it in 2017 and plans to stay involved after he retires. Roger Federer has always been a student of tennis. While still a teenager more than 20 years ago, Federer was interested in who the sport’s great historical figures were, what they won and how they styled their

Soccer

2021 Sep, 27

The Challenges of Whistling Straits

Pete Dye designed the course, home to this year’s Ryder Cup, for all golfers, but threw in a few surprises for the professionals. Players come and go, but golf courses remain. The United States will try to wrest the Ryder Cup back from the Europeans this week, and standing between them

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2021 Sep, 22

Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott Did What Novak Djokovic Could Not

The wheelchair tennis stars Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott each added a fourth major championship to the Paralympic titles they won this year. The tennis Grand Slam is so rare that only five players can claim one, and no player at all has achieved the feat since 1988. The Golden

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2021 Sep, 13

Medvedev Takes the First Set, 6-4 in the Men's Singles Final

Novak Djokovic finds himself in familiar territory 36 minutes into the final: down a set at the U.S. Open. Medvedev took the first set, 6-4, without facing a break point, holding onto a break he earned in the opening game of the match. Djokovic has plenty of room to come back in

Soccer

2021 Sep, 12