What becomes of Times Square when you take away hundreds of thousands of cheering, shivering New Year’s Eve revelers? It may no longer be the…
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Julius Randle Is Causing Something Rare: Excitement for the Knicks
You can count the games each N.B.A. team has played so far on a single hand. But since when has a small sample size ever…
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Stein: I know Bucks fans are upset, but I don’t think the league’s decision to strip their team of a second-round pick in 2022 in…
View More From Kobe to LeBron: Tragedy and Triumph in the N.B.A.Was the College Football Season Worth It?
A torrent of public criticism was directed at Kevin Warren in the aftermath of the decision to suspend the season. Whether this represented a majority…
View More Was the College Football Season Worth It?The 2020 Moments When Sports Made Sense
In a year in which Covid-19 caused more than 1.7 million deaths worldwide, sports competitions took place amid much debate over their necessity and the…
View More The 2020 Moments When Sports Made SenseQuarterback Keeper? Jets, Browns and Bears Face Contract Decisions
The most pivotal decision an N.F.L. team must make is often not drafting the right quarterback but determining the right thing to do with the…
View More Quarterback Keeper? Jets, Browns and Bears Face Contract DecisionsData, Diet and Better Set Pieces: Seeking Soccer’s Future
Now, of course, all those ideas have been adopted at clubs of far greater scale, of far richer history. Where Midtjylland has gone, Europe has…
View More Data, Diet and Better Set Pieces: Seeking Soccer’s FutureChicago Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews Is Out Indefinitely Because of Illness
Jonathan Toews, the Chicago Blackhawks’ center and team captain, announced on Tuesday that he would not join the team when it begins training camp on…
View More Chicago Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews Is Out Indefinitely Because of IllnessHoward J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88
Howard J. Rubenstein, who softened life’s blows and polished the tarnished images of the rich, the famous and the flawed for more than 65 years…
View More Howard J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament Is Postponed due to Coronavirus
One of the most important American tennis tournaments will not take place in the United States this spring because the country has not been able…
View More BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament Is Postponed due to CoronavirusHow to Train for Team Sports Alone
“You have to find intrinsic motivation,” says Kyra Christmas, 23, who plays on Canada’s national water polo team. Last spring, Christmas and her teammates were…
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