The New York Times

Advertisment

The 10 Players I Voted For on My 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot, and Why

Ichiro! How many votes will he get — and how many flights are there from Tokyo to Cooperstown?Billy Wagner! The last time he threw a pitch was in 2010 … when he...

The Piece of Soccer Equipment That Some Players Don’t Like to Wear

Michael Olise does not like shin pads.So much so that when the France winger was being brought on for Leroy Sane during Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions...

After Facing Similar Tragedies, 2 French N.B.A. Players Formed a Brotherly Bond

PORTLAND, Ore. — Rayan Rupert reaches into his Trail Blazers locker to fetch his “French” cellphone, the one he uses when he’s back in his homeland, and the one with pictures from...

How Financial Shock Therapy Has Changed the Premier League

An air of desperation hung over a handful of Premier League clubs last summer. Accounting years were drawing to a close across the top division of English football and the pressure was...

Ichiro Suzuki Is Making the Baseball Hall of Fame. Who Will Join Him?

Could Ichiro Suzuki become the second-ever player unanimously voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum? Will Billy Wagner pick up the five votes he missed last year to gain...

Ranking the 18 Non-Playoff Teams for the Next N.F.L. Season

The NFL playoffs are in full swing. The wild-card round came and went this past weekend, and on tap is the divisional round, which features four games between eight teams.Having lost in...

Ohio State Is in the Title Game. Its Fans Are Still Thinking About Michigan.

Let me tell you about my sister-in-law the proud Ohio State Buckeye. She grew up less than an hour away from campus. She graduated in 1998. Her three siblings attended Ohio State....

The NASCAR Father Fighting L.A. Fires in a 400,000-Pound Airplane

Capt. R.K. Smithley pauses as he searches for the appropriate word. He’s been asked to describe what it’s like flying a DC-10 just a few hundred feet above the ground, at 170...

The New York Times

Advertisment