AUGUSTA, Ga. — Georgia and its new elections law are caught up in a political riptide. But there’s scant evidence of that on and around the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club, where the state’s most cherished sporting event, the Masters Tournament, is underway. There are no protests along WashingtonContinue Reading
The irony has always troubled Raafi Rivero. “People love Black athletes,” he said. “But they don’t love Black people.” In July 2013, it resonated anew for Rivero, a lifelong sports fan, when George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Black teenager Trayvon Martin, the same weekend Rivero saw theContinue Reading
Ashley Solis became a massage therapist to heal people’s minds and bodies, but after what she said happened to her in March 2020, she can no longer do what she loves without shaking. Her hands tremble when she places them on clients, forcing her to cut sessions short. She suffersContinue Reading
MANCHESTER, England — There were Borussia Dortmund players sprawled on the turf, their bodies suddenly exhausted and their spirits sunk at the last moment. Manchester City’s substitutes and coaching staff had greeted the goal that inflicted the damage with great, guttural roars, leaping from their seats, pumping their fists inContinue Reading
There was so much new that was on display for the Mets on Monday night — a new owner with a new superstar shortstop, a new catcher, two new relief pitchers and a new optimism for a brand-new season. But a familiar old problem emerged late in the game thatContinue Reading
After pulling the 2021 All-Star Game from suburban Atlanta because of a new Georgia voting law that is viewed as restrictive, Major League Baseball has found a new home for its marquee event: Coors Field in Denver. The switch was confirmed by a person directly familiar with the situation whoContinue Reading
SAN ANTONIO — Stanford snapped a 29-year title drought on the tails of a season that at points seemed uncertain to be completed during the coronavirus pandemic, claiming the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball championship with a tight win Sunday over Arizona, 54-53. Stanford led for much of the game and startedContinue Reading
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Generation Next was in full flower over the weekend. Not at the former nursery in Georgia where youngsters and the top female amateurs convened for separate events at the invitation of the Augusta National Golf Club members who run the Masters Tournament, but across the countryContinue Reading
INDIANAPOLIS — When Jared Butler left Alabama in the summer of 2018, enrolling at Baylor just before his freshman year started, he walked into what was a middling program, one that had not reached the N.C.A.A. tournament the prior season and had been known for its early flameouts. His eyesContinue Reading
INDIANAPOLIS — As Gonzaga made its way through this pandemic season, with its stops and starts and tenor of uncertainty, it eyed an opportunity to stamp the season with a different sort of historical marker — an unbeaten season. Since the start, when they began the season as the top-rankedContinue Reading
