During a changeover 26 minutes into his second-round match against Sebastian Ofner, Frances Tiafoe reached into his bag, pulled out a fresh top and changed his shirt. Twenty-four minutes later, up by...
Read moreWhen Iga Swiatek, the No. 1 seed at the U.S. Open, took the first set against Jelena Ostapenko on Sunday night, it seemed like business as usual.Swiatek, a four-time Grand Slam champion...
Read moreYou might think of Saratoga Race Course as a theater.There is the backstage area, known in racing as the backstretch. In the morning, well-to-do horse owners mix with trainers, exercise riders and...
Read moreA decade or so ago, back when Tommy Paul, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe were rowdy teenagers raising hell at the United States Tennis Association dormitories in Florida, they dreamed that days...
Read moreAs the volleyball game neared its end, thousands of fans watching on giant screens in an Istanbul park rose to their feet and fell silent. The ball soared, a Turkish player set...
Read moreLess than six months after a federal jury convicted a former Fox employee and an Argentine sports marketing company of participating in a scheme to pay bribes in exchange for lucrative soccer...
Read moreBrad Gilbert — tennis junkie, junkballer, commentator, coach of legends — had roughly seven minutes to trade his coaching hat for a microphone, to shift from helping Coco Gauff manage her third-round...
Read moreThirty minutes before the gates to Arthur Ashe Stadium opened at 4 p.m. on June 22, a cluster of people began gently rolling tennis balls across a parking lot.One after the other,...
Read moreHe was the first Black person to sail alone by way of the arduous southern route, rounding the perilous Cape Horn and withstanding storms and loneliness.
Read moreThe 2023 Rugby World Cup in France opens this week with four big favorites.Two of those favorites, however, will pack their bags early, no later than the quarterfinals that begin the knockout...
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