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When a Los Angeles Playoff Game Ends, Their Jobs Begin

LOS ANGELES — Jorge Mendez waited impatiently as the Los Angeles Kings’ fate hung in the balance late Friday night.Their N.H.L. first-round playoff...

A Decade After Sacramento Showed Up for the Kings, the Kings Return the Favor

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...

A Blue Jays Superstar Thrives on Bronx Cheers

The next time the son of a road team’s superstar visits the Bronx, the Yankees would be wise to treat him nicely. Kids...

Davis Floors Garcia, but Heads Into an Uncertain Future

LAS VEGAS — An hour after he landed the left uppercut to the rib cage that dropped Ryan Garcia for a 10 count...

Sifan Hassan Wins London Marathon in Stunning Comeback

Sifan Hassan, an Olympic track champion from the Netherlands running her first marathon, staged a stunning comeback on Sunday to win the London...

A Spanish Team Endures on a Toehold in Africa

CEUTA, Spain — From the top of Alfonso Murube Stadium, you can see the peninsula of Ceuta stretching out into the Mediterranean Sea....

Basketball and Hockey Fans in New York Are Busy This Spring

For three straight days, people in sports jerseys of various colors moved in, out and around Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. For some it...

N.F.L. Walks a Fine Line on Players’ Betting

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...

Davis vs. Garcia: A Marquee Fight That Is Actually Happening

LAS VEGAS — When Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia stood face to face, posing for the photos that closed out their news conference...

The Boston Marathon Women’s Elite Field Was Historic. London’s Will Be, Too.

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...

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