The Fall Guy
Rory Smith Andrea Pirlo was given a difficult task and failed at it. But if Juventus misses out on next season’s Champions League, it won’t be entirely his fault. Source link: Click here for more...
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What to Know About the 146th Preakness Stakes
Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert BALTIMORE — Last year, Swiss Skydiver became the sixth filly to win the Preakness Stakes, which was held in October because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the 146th running of the race on Saturday will be blanketed with even more intrigue. Medina Spirit, who won......
Sabrina Ionescu’s 3-Pointer Gives the Liberty a Season-Opening Win
The Associated Press Sabrina Ionescu made a 3-pointer from the wing with four tenths of a second left to give the Liberty a 90-87 victory over the Indiana Fever on Friday night in the W.N.B.A. season opener. Ionescu finished with 25 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds in her Barclays......
M.L.B. and Players’ Union File Grievances Against Each Other
James Wagner The Major League Baseball Players’ Association recently filed a grievance over the shortened 2020 season, as they had threatened to do since negotiations with the league soured last summer. In turn, M.L.B. filed a countergrievance, and it has asked a three-person arbitration panel to expedite the process, according......
Northwestern Athletic Director Resigns Amid Backlash Over Harassment Case
Gillian R. Brassil Hayden Richardson, a member of the team from 2018 to 2020, filed a lawsuit in January 2021 against the university, its deputy Title IX coordinator, its associate athletic director for marketing, Polisky and Bonnevier, claiming that she had been groped, harassed and lifted without her permission by......
M.L.B. and Players’ Union File Grievances Against Each Other
James Wagner The Major League Baseball Players’ Association recently filed a grievance over the shortened 2020 season, as they had threatened to do since negotiations with the league soured last summer. In turn, M.L.B. filed a countergrievance, and it has asked a three-person arbitration panel to expedite the process, according......
Alex Rodriguez and Partner Reach Deal on Timberwolves and Lynx
Marc Stein The baseball star Alex Rodriguez and his business partner Marc Lore have reached terms on a deal to purchase the N.B.A.’s Minnesota Timberwolves and the W.N.B.A.’s Minnesota Lynx for $1.5 billion. Glen Taylor, the lifelong Minnesotan who moved from a career in politics to become the owner of......
Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Preakness?
Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert Medina Spirit, who won the Kentucky Derby on May 1 to give the trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh victory in the race, was installed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, despite nearly not running at all after it was disclosed that......
Avalanche Are Cup Favorites, but Even the Islanders Can Dream
Andrew Knoll The N.H.L. playoffs begin on Saturday the same way the 56-game regular season played out: the schedule featured entirely intradivisional play and the postseason will be no different through the first two rounds. The four semifinalists will be seeded for the conference finals based on their records, and......
Avalanche Are Cup Favorites, but Even the Islanders Can Dream
Andrew Knoll The N.H.L. playoffs begin on Saturday the same way the 56-game regular season played out: the schedule featured entirely intradivisional play and the postseason will be no different through the first two rounds. The four semifinalists will be seeded for the conference finals based on their records, and......
The 2021 N.H.L. Playoffs Are Set to Begin
Victor Mather You hear a lot of superlatives about the N.H.L. playoffs. Does hockey have the most exciting playoffs? Is the Stanley Cup the hardest trophy to win in sports? Are its customs and traditions the most mythic and profound? Let’s answer some questions about the N.H.L. playoffs as they......
Eight people from the New York Yankees organization tested positive, despite having been vaccinated. Here’s what to know.
James Wagner Gleyber Torres, the Yankees’ two-time All-Star shortstop, became the eighth person involved with the Yankees organization to test positive for the coronavirus this week, the team announced on Thursday. But what has caught the attention of many outside of the baseball world is that Torres, three coaches and......
Tom Wilson Is Hockey’s Chief Villain. Or Is He?
Ben Shpigel “We’re all sitting on the bench looking at each other like, ‘Who is this kid?’ We were just so excited that he was on our side and not the other.” Matt Mahalak, goalie The O.H.L. is a top major junior league, but few of its players, if any,......
The Lost Days of Raúl Jiménez
Rory Smith Basso, on the other hand, was struck by the speed of it. “It was hard that first week, but the week after, it was impressive,” she said. “I would have taken five months to recuperate, but he seemed to get better quicker.” She wonders if the fact that......
‘No Smile, No Trash Talk’: Behind Tim Duncan’s Quiet Excellence
Jonathan Abrams Tim Duncan stoically spent 19 fundamentally sound seasons allowing his play to speak for him. Nineteen playoff appearances. Fifteen All-Star selections. Five championships. Five total Most Valuable Player Awards, three in the finals, two in the regular season. And this week, he’ll be inducted into the Basketball Hall......
Forget Back Stage Passes or V.I.P. Bracelets. Vaccination Cards Are the New Ticket.
Jennifer Steinhauer At Fort Bragg, soldiers who have gotten their coronavirus vaccines can go to a gym where no masks are required, with no limits on who can work out together. Treadmills are on and zipping, unlike those in 13 other gyms where unvaccinated troops can’t use the machines, everyone......
A Barcelona Star on Style, Substance and Another Champions League Final
Tariq Panja In many ways, the trajectory of Lieke Martens’s career has mirrored the growth of professional women’s soccer in Europe. In the past four years alone, she has scored as the Netherlands won a European title, played in a Champions League final, been crowned the world’s best player and......
Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Preakness?
Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert Medina Spirit, who won the Kentucky Derby on May 1 to give the trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh victory in the race, was installed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, despite nearly not running at all after it was disclosed that......
Shohei Ohtani Unleashed
Scott Miller “I could never get it out of my own mind what I saw,” Minasian said. “He was as talented as any player, from an age standpoint, as I’ve seen. There are things that he can do on a baseball field that other people can’t.” Ohtani, whose father played......
‘We’re Hungry’: The Liberty Aim High in a Bounce-Back Season
Matt Ellentuck Liberty Coach Walt Hopkins and his staff reviewed last season’s film looking for answers beyond the box scores and advanced analytics. Why was their defensive rating so low? Who was getting burned on screens? It was a trying year for a first-year head coach and his team, which......