Sports

The long-term fate of the Sacramento Kings was still unclear. In 2013, Mayor Kevin Johnson of Sacramento and N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern persuaded a new owner to buy the team, a last-minute change...

The next time the son of a road team’s superstar visits the Bronx, the Yankees would be wise to treat him nicely. Kids with long memories and extraordinary talent delight in revenge.In...

LAS VEGAS — An hour after he landed the left uppercut to the rib cage that dropped Ryan Garcia for a 10-count in the seventh round, Gervonta Davis returned to the ring...

CEUTA, Spain — From the top of Alfonso Murube Stadium, you can see the peninsula of Ceuta stretching out into the Mediterranean Sea. Out on the water, ferries shuttle back and forth...

For three straight days, people in sports jerseys of various colors moved in, out and around Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. For some it was their destination. For others it was a changing...

LAS VEGAS — When Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia stood face to face, posing for the photos that closed out their news conference on Thursday, another argument erupted between the two boxers.Garcia,...

When the Supreme Court legalized sports gambling in 2018, the N.F.L. rushed to embrace a lucrative line of business it had denounced for decades as bad for the sport. There was, after...

The announcement of an elite women’s field at most major marathons usually begins with a superlative or two.Historic. Unprecedented. Stacked. The strongest it’s ever been.These days, more often than not, that description...

The N.F.L. suspended five players on Friday for violating the league’s gambling policy, including three who were banned for at least the entire 2023 season, in the biggest group of penalties for...

The scene was a cross between a hip-hop concert and the Met Gala as Gervonta Davis sauntered toward the boxing ring for his 2019 fight against Yuriorkis Gamboa.Many of the 14,000 people...