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Serena Williams did not invent a tennis shot, although she certainly came close to perfecting one with her serve.She was not, in the absolute sense, a pioneer for elite Black tennis players....

Tracy Austin put her hands to her head, then buried her face in them and, finally, raised two fists to the sky with a triumphant smile. It was not quite as exuberant...

In 2020, when many charitable organizations struggled to raise money in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Faber had an advantage in the sports legend. Once, he set up a video conference...

The Buffalo Bills rookie punter, Matt Araiza, was accused, along with two teammates at San Diego State, of the rape of a 17 year-old girl at a party off campus in October....

In the days since he was suspended for 80 games because a prohibited steroid was found in his system, the San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. has insisted he wasn’t doping...

The people who officiate tennis matches are supposed to exist in a quiet corner of the sports world, far from the spotlight. In most cases, if average fans know the name of...

In what she has indicated will be her final U.S. Open and likely her final tournament, Serena Williams was drawn to face the unseeded Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in the opening round.Kovinic...

Larry Bowa, 76, the former Phillies manager and shortstop, coached for the Yankees when Thomson ran spring training with uncanny precision. Thomson’s promotion, Bowa said, was a just reward for a baseball...

Two women filed lawsuits Wednesday in California alleging that George Foreman, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, sexually abused them when they were teenagers in California in the 1970s.According to the lawsuits,...

It had been an electric night of Champions League soccer at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu stadium, with Real Madrid coming from behind to eliminate Paris St.-Germain. The game in March had been billed...