admin MADRID – Many things happened at the Wanda Metropolitano in the final 10 or 20 minutes, the ones that seemed to stretch on and on, long past the final whistle, until they almost constituted another self-contained bonus game, a separate third installment of a scheduled two-part drama. There was some hair-pulling. There was quite a … Read more
Clayton Kershaw has won three National League Cy Young Awards, one NL Most Valuable Player Award and a World Series. He has thrown a no-hitter and compiled a near-certain Hall of Fame summary. But he has never thrown a perfect game, and his best chance at accomplishing that exceptionally rare feat may have disappeared thanks … Read more
Klay Thompson was splashing 3-pointers. Draymond Green was making stops and deftly finding open cutters. Stephen Curry drew several defenders any time he touched the ball. The threesome who redefined basketball on the way to winning multiple championships with the Golden State Warriors reunited in the playoffs on Saturday for the first time since 2019. … Read more
NASHVILLE – It’s fitting that the Nashville Stars, a team for players ages 10 and under, are named in honor of an old Negro leagues team that played in Music City in the 1930s, ’40s, and’ 50s. From the aggressive base running to the all-Black coaching staff and the speaker blaring a mix of hip-hop … Read more
OTTAWA – No matter how enjoyable at first, whooshing round and round the constrained oval of an ice rink can get monotonous for even the most die-hard skater. But gliding on the ice through miles of pristine forest, with birds in the trees, paw prints of wildlife imprinted in the snow and a new discovery … Read more
INDIANAPOLIS – Freezing rain has turned pedestrian streets in the city center here into granite-dry-concrete roads. A concert venue in the city center and an empty beer garden, a dance and light drone show were canceled, and closing a restaurant table – far removed from the community – was never a problem on Saturday night. … Read more
DALTON, Ga. – The old folks are mostly white and carry in boxes of pizza and portable stadium seats to prop up their backs. The young mothers are predominantly Hispanic, and some press sleeping babies against their chests. Students and fathers are here, too. Most of Whitfield County has packed into Bill Chappell Stadium for … Read more
The Mets almost always ace the first test. They won another home opener on Friday, a 10-3 rout over the Arizona Diamondbacks with Citi Field bathed in sun. This is their 61st season, and the 40th time they have won their first home game. That works out to a .656 winning percentage for the Mets … Read more
BOSTON – There was a time when Celtics fans were excited about Kyrie Irving. They can recall the summer of 2017, when Irving forced his way out of Cleveland and landed in Boston, where he delighted in the Celtics’ illustrious past and pledged to do what he could to help the team win. But over … Read more
A statue of Tom Seaver finally made its debut at Citi Field on Friday, hours before the Mets’ 2022 home opener and years after it, arguably, might have been built. The statue depicts Seaver – who more than 50 years ago transformed the Mets from a laughingstock into world champions – in his famous drop-and-drive … Read more