One of the fiercest debates among fans and observers each N.B.A. season is over who should win the Most Valuable Player Award. This season — already strange because of the coronavirus pandemic — has created the most wide-open race for the coveted award in several years. Being named M.V.P. isContinue Reading
The money came in wire transfers, each one a boon for a beleaguered N.C.A.A. In March, the coronavirus pandemic had eviscerated the Division I men’s basketball tournament, which had been poised to bring in more than $800 million. But by the end of June, N.C.A.A. executives knew that a crucialContinue Reading
The former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert died by suicide on Thursday, according to a spokeswoman for the Michigan attorney general’s office, shortly after he was charged with human trafficking, criminal sexual conduct and other crimes. Mr. Geddert, who owned a gym where athletes said they were sexually assaultedContinue Reading
BRADENTON, Fla. — Tiger Woods was never expected to play in the first round of the PGA Tour event held Thursday in Central Florida. It did not matter. His presence, his influence, the impact of his life and career was evident throughout the grounds. If this is at least theContinue Reading
Domingo German sat down in front of a microphone and camera on Wednesday afternoon to address for the first time, albeit it virtually, the domestic abuse of his partner and his subsequent 81-game suspension that kept him out of the entire 2020 Major League Baseball season. German, a 28-year-old pitcher,Continue Reading
BRADENTON, Fla. — As a golf prodigy growing up in Northern Ireland, Rory McIlroy not only yearned to compete against his idol Tiger Woods but also hoped to become his good friend. Both dreams came true. That might explain why McIlroy was miffed when asked on Wednesday if he thoughtContinue Reading
As far as Elin Rubensson knew, the call was about plans for the coming year, nothing more. Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, she and her colleagues at Kopparbergs/Gothenburg F.C. were summoned for a remote team meeting. They dialed in expecting to hear details of the club’s ambitions for theContinue Reading
For Tiger Woods, it was a resounding comeback. After a back injury that had seemed destined to end his career, he won the Masters Tournament in 2019, a thrilling return to form that captivated the nation. But after a year of fits and starts that yielded no major victories, heContinue Reading
Until Monday, Kevin Mather was the president and chief executive of a Major League Baseball team with two dubious distinctions. His franchise, the Seattle Mariners, is woeful, both currently and historically. It is the only team to never reach the World Series and owns the longest active postseason drought inContinue Reading
Luis Suárez had already been made a scapegoat, blamed for all that had gone wrong at Barcelona. He had already been rejected, told bluntly by the club’s new coach, Ronald Koeman, that his services were no longer required. He had been forced to sit alongside the president who had precipitatedContinue Reading
