The Numbers Tell Only Part of the Story
The temptation is, of course, to connect that tendency to the sport’s growing interest in and reliance on analytics — this is soccer, as the nerds wanted it — or...
Seeking Another Reset, the N.C.A.A. Returns to the ‘Help Wanted’ Route
The N.C.A.A. is looking for a new president. Private jet notwithstanding, it’s not all that great of a gig.
Endgame Nears in Bidding for Chelsea F.C.
English soccer’s biggest soap opera — the bidding war to own Chelsea F.C. — appears to be entering its endgame.The Raine Group, the New York merchant bank appointed to sell...
The Mets Lead MLB in Hit by Pitches. Here’s One Reason Why.
With Mets batters being hit by pitches at a high rate this season, the team is running out of patience and looking for answers. At least one Mets player thinks...
Bob Baffert Could Be Barred From New York Horse Tracks for 2 Years
The horse trainer Bob Baffert should be barred from New York State racetracks for two years for conduct detrimental to thoroughbred racing, according to a recommendation issued Wednesday by a...
Chris Bassitt of Mets Blames Baseballs for Plunkings
With Mets batters being hit by pitches at a high rate this season, the team is running out of patience and looking for answers. At least one Mets player thinks...
What It’s Like to Type 200 Words Per Minute
In the hands of Hunter Shaffer, the sentence you are reading right now would take seven or eight seconds to type. This entire article would be done in just over...
Linemen Who Can Flatten, Like Ickey Ekwonu, Are in NFL Demand
Offensive linemen have always loved “pancakes” — no-doubt-about-it blocks that end with them flexing over flattened defenders.But Ikem Ekwonu, a likely top-10 pick in this year’s N.F.L. draft, which begins...
MLB Letter Confirms Yankees Penalized for Sign Stealing in 2015
Sign stealing has long been a part of baseball strategy. When a batter is hitting, his teammates carefully watch a catcher’s fingers or body language to figure out what pitch...
One Final Look at a Nets Season That Fell Short
Exhaustion had replaced exhilaration by the time the Nets took the court for Monday’s fait accompli playoff game against the surging Boston Celtics.The early-season excitement surrounding the Nets and their...