Category: Sports

Accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women, Watson said he was “truly sorry.” His lack of remorse had been cited as part of the rationale for his six-game regular-season suspension. After a 19-month absence from football, Deshaun Watson started an N.F.L. preseason game on Friday night. Before the game began, the Cleveland […]

Tatis, a 23-year-old superstar, was on the verge of returning from off-season wrist surgery. He tested positive for Clostebol, a performance-enhancing drug. On the verge of returning to action after wrist surgery that had kept him out all season, Fernando Tatis Jr., the 23-year-old star shortstop and outfielder of the San Diego Padres, has been […]

Tests for dementia were rescored under the N.F.L.’s concussion settlement to avoid race-based criteria. Dozens of Black retired N.F.L. players will now be eligible for payouts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the league’s billion-dollar concussion settlement, reversing previous decisions made because of cognitive tests that used race-based measures to determine whether the players […]

Just three sports icons have had their jersey numbers retired leaguewide. Russell, the N.B.A.’s Boston Celtics legend, is the latest. Bill Russell, who died last month at 88, is getting a rare honor: His No. 6 will be retired, not just for his team, the Boston Celtics, but for the entire N.B.A. Among major sports, […]

In several of Europe’s top leagues, it already feels like the title race is over. But is dominance what fans really want? Just like that, it was over. For two months or so, there had been just the slightest flicker of hope for the clubs of the Bundesliga. They had not felt it in some […]

The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds, 4-2, on Thursday, but that was hardly the point. Major League Baseball had once again found its way to Dyersville, Iowa, for its Field of Dreams game, and a sport that sometimes struggles with its technological future got a reminder of how great the game can be when […]

Sue Bird peeked upcourt as she caught the outlet pass. Her Seattle Storm teammate Natasha Howard had streaked ahead of her like a wide receiver, as she usually did whenever Bird was running the offense in transition. Howard realized that she was open beneath the basket and braced herself. Bird, she knew, would find her […]

The Green Bay Packers are the only N.F.L. team whose fans can buy an ownership stake. Their annual shareholders meeting is part pep rally, part window into the league’s finances. GREEN BAY, Wis. — It takes a certain type of Packers fan to tailgate outside Lambeau Field at sunrise months before the team’s season kicks […]

A last-minute request to change the tournament’s start date is only the latest bit of uncertainty surrounding soccer’s showcase event. At a flashy ceremony on Nov. 21 last year, some of Qatar’s most senior officials, including the Gulf nation’s prime minister, joined the FIFA president Gianni Infantino, top soccer executives and invited guests for a […]

As pickleball rides a wave of popularity, couples are marrying on courts, hosting games at their receptions and finding other ways to incorporate the sport into their nuptials. Julene and Charles Wood had played pickleball as a couple several times at the Evergreen Racquet Club in Bloomington, Ill., after first meeting on a court there […]