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Come Friday night, no matter where Aaron Judge stands in his chase for 61 home runs — or more — one thing appears certain: Yankees fans won’t be able to watch the...

Tennis players must constantly make tactical decisions about the best way to win a point. It starts with where to put the serve and how hard to hit it, but once the...

Sixty is a big, fat round number.In baseball’s long history, only five players had hit that many home runs in a season. Whether or not they were aided by performance enhancers, they...

Robert Sarver, the owner of the N.B.A. and W.N.B.A. teams in Phoenix, said he planned to sell both teams after an investigation found that he had mistreated employees for years. Sarver owns...

The baseball that Aaron Judge sent screaming into the left-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday for his 60th home run of the season was different from his other 59 home run...

Buster Posey had a charming little habit as a hitter when he questioned an umpire’s call. Posey, who retired last fall after a dozen sterling seasons for the San Francisco Giants, was...

Arnold Tucker was an All-America quarterback who helped lead Army to undefeated seasons and national championships in the mid-1940s, received a coveted award as the country’s outstanding amateur athlete and would one...

Maury Wills, the star Los Angeles Dodger shortstop who revived the art of base-stealing in the 1960s and became one of the most exciting ballplayers of his time, died on Monday night...

The frustration could have been palpable. Max Scherzer, in his first start for the Mets since Sept. 3, was perfect through six innings on the road in Milwaukee, but his day was...

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — With a championship on the line for a team with some of the W.N.B.A.’s biggest stars, the Las Vegas Aces leaned on Riquna Williams, who had scored in double...