Center back Naomi Girma stole the show in Louisville as the U.S. women’s national team wrapped up the international window with its third win. But the real story of that October camp is the sheer amount of evaluation head coach Emma Hayes managed in addition to the celebratory nature of the team’s Olympics gold medal…

NEW YORK — A championship trophy is a work of art. But the game that gets you that trophy? Sometimes not so much! So let’s do our best to tell you about Game 5 of the 2024 World Series — the game that crowned the Los Angeles Dodgers the champions of baseball, but also very…

Bob Costas is retiring as a Major League Baseball play-by-play caller, marking the end of a legendary run in which he became synonymous with the game over four decades and earned a place in the broadcasting wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Costas confirmed the news Thursday when reached by The Athletic, but said…

The WTA Tour Finals in Saudi Arabia was never going to be an under-the-radar affair. Judy Murray, a top coach and the mother of Andy, the two-time Wimbledon champion, has been conducting clinics. There will be events focused on women’s health issues. A 5,000-seat stadium-within-a-stadium venue has been constructed at King Saud University. And Spain’s…

NEW YORK — At 1:27 a.m., Juan Soto stepped out of the New York Yankees’ clubhouse for the last time this season. Just before exiting, he turned to the clubhouse attendants and offered a final farewell. “See you guys,” Soto said. Thus began the unofficial start of Soto’s long-awaited free agency, with projections that he…

The death of the long ball has been frequently pronounced as football has evolved in the past few years. Playing out from the back has become the standard. Direct teams are the anomaly rather than the norm. The logical tactical evolution after that was the rise of the high press, followed by attempts to deliberately…

NEW YORK — Walker Buehler spread his arms wide and waited for his teammates to engulf him, the most fitting symbol of a season defined by persistent resilience. Called into emergency relief, Buehler closed out the World Series and shut the door on the New York Yankees as the Los Angeles Dodgers captured a 7-6…

NEW YORK – It was right there in front of them, as Aaron Boone likes to say, a chance for the 2024 New York Yankees to write a new page in the musty annals of baseball history. Never before had a team rallied to win the World Series after losing the first three games. In…

Eleven years and a lot of life had happened since the tailback and the fullback ran together. The old teammates didn’t socialize much even though both remained in the Chicago area. Matt Suhey, the fullback, traded soybean meal futures and owned a bottled water company. He left home for the Board of Trade every morning…

With the women’s college hoops season less than a week away, it’s time for a quick refresher on the best talent who will dominate the main stage this season. Yesterday we counted down from spots 20 to 11, and today, we reveal the top 10, with a No. 1 spot that is sure to prompt…