Serena Williams Exits Wimbledon in the First Round, Again
WIMBLEDON, England — It was the 21st time that Serena Williams has played Wimbledon. It was Harmony Tan’s first time, but Tan will be the player heading to the second…
Scott Vermillion, Former American Soccer Pro, Had C.T.E.
Scott Vermillion’s family members still struggle to articulate the jumble of emotions they felt last November when they received the phone call from the doctors. Vermillion, a former M.L.S. player,…
Dansby Swanson Has Atlanta Braves Surging in NL East
Against the Dodgers over the weekend, the Braves honored Freeman, who signed a six-year, $162 million deal with Los Angeles in the off-season after 12 years in Atlanta, and presented…
Matteo Berrettini Withdraws From Wimbledon With Coronavirus
WIMBLEDON, England — Matteo Berrettini, a finalist at Wimbledon last year, withdrew from this year’s tournament on Tuesday after testing positive for the coronavirus. Berrettini’s announcement of his withdrawal came…
The Eliud Kipchoge Ripple Effect: Sub-7 and Sub-8-Hour Triathlons
A couple of months after Eliud Kipchoge, a Kenyan, became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, Chris McCormack and a few other elite athletes sat…
Tennis’ Most Popular Podcast Is The Tennis Podcast
WIMBLEDON, England — The moment Amélie Mauresmo, the French Open tournament director, said women’s tennis did not have as much appeal as men’s tennis right now, there was little doubt…
Is That Steph Curry … or a Work of Art?
In the flat red frame of a photograph, a woman smiles upward. With the camera, we gaze down upon the whirl of her body. Near her face, a basketball sinks…
Angels and Mariners Brawl Results in 47 Games of Suspensions
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Fallout from baseball’s nastiest brawl of the season hit the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners swift and hard Monday with 12 uniformed personnel between the…
Kyrie Irving Decides to Opt Into a Fourth Season With the Nets
The latest episode of Kyrie Irving’s tenure with the Nets has reached a conclusion for the moment. Irving has decided to opt into the final year of his four-year contract…
Marlin Briscoe, Pioneering Black Quarterback, Dies at 76
Marlin Briscoe, a pioneering quarterback who had to overcome prejudice against Black athletes playing the position during the 1960s, and who later won two Super Bowl rings as a wide…