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White’s putback as time expires lifts Celtics past Heat, forces Game 7 in East finals
MIAMI -- The Boston Celtics were a tenth of a second away from elimination. The Miami Heat were a tenth of a second from the NBA Finals.Derrick White owned that final…
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Alexander Zverev’s On- and Off-Court Drama
When Alexander Zverev left the French Open last year, it was in a wheelchair. He was in tears.After tearing ligaments in his right ankle while running for a ball, Zverev was…
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What Carmelo Anthony Meant to New York City
There were many moments that evoked roars inside Madison Square Garden when the Knicks faced the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals this month: when Jalen…
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Golfers Battered By Rain At The PGA Championship
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — For a while during the third round of the P.G.A. Championship on Saturday, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose, Adam Scott and three or…
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Oakland Athletics Close In on Las Vegas Stadium Deal
It was announced this week that the Athletics, at long last, had come to an agreement with a group of politicians to build a new stadium for the club, which has been stuck in an…
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Australians felt special connection to Tina Turner through their Nutbush dance and rugby league
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Tina Turner's death is being mourned around the world. But in Australia, many people felt a special connection to the singer. Australia holds the world…
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LIV Golf Wants to Talk About Sports. Donald Trump Still Looms.
It was only on Sunday evening that LIV Golf, the men’s league awash in billions of dollars from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, met its greatest athletic triumph to date…
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PGA Championship: Who Grew Oak Hill’s Namesake Trees?
Rob Galbraith remembers, as a child in the early 1960s, regularly going to the Rochester, N.Y., home of his great-grandfather, John R. Williams, who had been a pioneering…
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Dodgers Reinvite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Pride Night
The NewsThe Los Angeles Dodgers, who faced enormous backlash over last week’s choice to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night,…
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A’s, Nevada legislative leadership reach tentative agreement for new ballpark
Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday a preliminary agreement between his office, legislative leaders in the state and the Oakland Athletics for a stadium…
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