SECAUCUS, N.J. — “They think they know refereeing,” Steve Javie muttered to no one in particular, wearing a wry smile. “It’s even hard in slow motion.” The “they” could be anyone, from enraged fans to confused television broadcasters — and, sometimes, even Javie, who was an N.B.A. official for 25Continue Reading
TULSA, Okla. — Tiger Woods has a good sense of humor, though it is rare for him to use it in a public setting. But at 46, he is evolving. What was once unthinkable for him — playfully mocking his poor play on the golf course — is one ofContinue Reading
The Mets packed up their duffel bags late Thursday afternoon, winners again, and slipped into their uniform for the flight to Denver: a black T-shirt with Eduardo Escobar’s face on the front and “Diez Años” across the back, above the number 10. Escobar is new to the Mets this season,Continue Reading
The new collective bargaining agreements approved this week by the United States Soccer Federation and its men’s and women’s national teams will, at last, bring an end to a decades-long, emotionally exhausting and wildly expensive fight over equal pay. For the first time, the women’s team, which has won theContinue Reading
The official estimates had seemed inflated, deliberately aggrandized, exaggerated for dramatic effect, right up until the planes started landing and the streets started filling. Some 50,000 fans were making their way to Seville, Spain, in the midst of a blistering spring heat wave, from Germany. Twice that number were travelingContinue Reading
After a shootaround in Memphis during the Western Conference semifinals, Klay Thompson kept talking about having something to prove. He, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green had been through so many different types of playoff battles together with Golden State, and won three championships through it all, but still he feltContinue Reading
Matt Harvey, a veteran pitcher on a minor-league contract with the Baltimore Orioles, was suspended for 60 games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for distributing a prohibited drug of abuse. Harvey, who was once the ace of a Mets starting rotation that led the team to the 2015 WorldContinue Reading
Idrissa Gueye traveled south to Montpellier with his Paris St. Germain teammates for the team’s league game on Saturday but wound up watching it from the stands. Gueye was not injured, his coach said after P.S.G.’s victory: He “had to leave the team for personal reasons.” Those personal reasons, aContinue Reading
Sodashi won the Victoria Mile on Sunday with a closing rally and received an especially loud roar from the fans at Tokyo Racecourse. The cheers did not come exclusively from those who had bet her to win at 5-1. The filly has become a sensation in Japanese horse racing circlesContinue Reading
A Game 7 in the N.B.A. playoffs is supposed to be the most thrilling, intense type of game, where the high stakes bring out the best in both teams. It doesn’t always work out that way, but rarely does a team crumble as thoroughly as the Phoenix Suns did SundayContinue Reading
