For most of its long history, college football was a local pastime. Teams recruited players from their backyards, scheduled games in their regions and joined conferences based on geography. If they were lucky, they...
Maybe it all would have turned out differently for Carmelo Anthony, produced a narrative arc with more illustrious inflection points, had Joe Dumars done Anthony and the Detroit Pistons the pleasure of drafting him...
Something was wrong. He could sense it. The feeling had been stalking him for months. The lights were off in his bedroom, and the darkness closed in on him. Isaiah Renfro, a top freshman...
LOS ANGELES — Tobias Harris boarded a private plane in Detroit last January with Avery Bradley and Boban Marjanovic. The three players had just been traded from the Pistons to the Clippers, and now...
He was a sixth-grader from Seattle, a 13-year-old elite basketball prospect with arms that seemed endless. He stared straight into the camera for a photo shoot as his uniform shorts drooped toward his calves....
PHILADELPHIA — Jerry Jones strode into the Dallas Cowboys’ locker room a few minutes before midnight Sunday. “Woooooo!” Jones bellowed, a la the wrestler Ric Flair, as he moved from player to player, pumping...
America’s best gymnasts have shaken their heads for years at the failure of their national federation to understand the blighted culture of their sport, one that allowed a team doctor to abuse them for...
ImageSam Darnold threw four interceptions against the Dolphins in Week 9.CreditMichael Reaves/Getty Images It is hard to pinpoint when the “Welcome to the N.F.L.” moment officially occurred for Sam Darnold. But the evidence of...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mo Bamba returned from a preseason workout with the Orlando Magic to a full apartment. He was greeted by three friends, whose sole business is the business of Mo Bamba, and...
If it seems you have heard the phrase “transition defense” a lot this N.B.A. season, you are not mistaken. Basketball’s evolution has made everything smaller and faster, and offenses are looking for any opportunity...
