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Not long before Rose Zhang clutched a microphone on Tuesday, Michelle Wie West laughingly made an observation: Zhang might have logged more weeks as the world’s No. 1 amateur women’s golfer than...

But in the regular season, the Celtics fell into stretches of lackadaisical, head-scratching play, as when they blew a 28-point lead to the Nets in March. That carried over into the playoffs: Against...

The Miami Heat stunned the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night, clinching a roller-coaster, hold-your-breath, best-of-seven series in Game 7, 103-84, to extend their remarkable postseason run.“I had...

Aleksandar Kovacevic did plenty of tossing and turning Sunday night before finally settling in for what he thought was about six hours of restless sleep.He had good reason to be nervous. Kovacevic,...

When Tom Wambsgans outmaneuvered the Roy siblings, getting himself named as the U.S. executive running Waystar Royco for GoJo at the end of a rollicking finale of the HBO series “Succession,” it...

After a strong start, the U.S. men’s hockey team was disappointingly eliminated from the world championship over the weekend. Again.The U.S. team, stocked with many N.H.L. players, had breezed through pool play...

Luis Severino was in a playful mood late Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. The day had gone so well that he mused about pitching only in the sunshine. He felt so strong...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 is the one race Josef Newgarden desperately wanted to win.It’s basically the only race that matters to his boss.Coming up empty for 11 consecutive years had become...

LIVERPOOL, England — The announcement rang out around Goodison Park before kickoff, and then again ahead of the second half. In a clear, commanding voice, it informed Everton’s fans that they were...

The famed Circuit de Monaco is one of the most iconic stops on Formula 1’s schedule, but it is also one of its most treacherous. A hairpin descent. Walls close enough to...