Tennis

With Marlins Job, Kim Ng Is ‘Bearing a Torch for So Many’

Since the Miami Marlins named Kim Ng as their new general manager on Friday, making her the first woman to hold that title in any of the major men’s sports leagues in North America, she said she had been flooded with well over a thousand emails and text messages of

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2020 Nov, 16

Masters Mentorship Puts Tournament Rookies on Top

AUGUSTA, Ga. — By the time he reached Augusta National Golf Club’s 17th tee during Monday’s practice round, Cameron Champ had talked with his stand-in coach and tour guide about his upcoming wedding and how to navigate the course’s greens. Now Phil Mickelson, 50 years old and a three-time Masters winner,

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2020 Nov, 15

The ATP Finals Say Goodbye to London

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Stan Smith had never met before they were brought together by the ATP Tour for a virtual interview two weeks ago. All Tsitsipas, 22, knew was that Smith, 73, a former Wimbledon and United States Open champion and a world No. 1, was a legend. And that

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2020 Nov, 14

For U.S. Stars in England, There Is Now Only Red and Blue

MANCHESTER, England — Rose Lavelle and Sam Mewis are waiting to see where, precisely, Tobin Heath is going with this. The first sentence was not, from their point of view, an especially promising start. “We were taught that there is only one club in Manchester,” Heath began. That was probably

Tennis

2020 Nov, 13

The Loud, Biased, Lovable Celtic

The Boston Celtics have produced some of the biggest names in basketball history: Bill Russell, Red Auerbach, Larry Bird. But among all those icons, Tommy Heinsohn was Mr. Celtic. A 6-foot-7 forward who smoked cigarettes and sank hook shots, he was a Hall of Fame player and coach who worked with

Tennis

2020 Nov, 13

The Pandemic Is Already Affecting Next Year’s Sports Schedule

From restricted environments to daily testing to empty stadiums, it has been a year of drastic disruption of sports. But while leagues are eager to return to normalcy, it appears as if the virus will continue to alter their seasons for some time to come. With coronavirus cases surging across the

Tennis

2020 Nov, 11