Category Archives: Sports

Giants bracing for running back more dangerous than Barkley

October 9, 2018

Alvin Kamara Getty Images It is rare indeed when something is so outrageous, it reads like a misprint and sounds like an untruth. This is one of those deals. How can it possibly be that the Saints ta...

Cubs Survive a Bartman Moment and Are Headed to the Playoffs

October 9, 2018

Fan interference contributed to a Pittsburgh rally, but Chicago had already qualified for postseason play thanks to a St. Louis loss. Anthony Rizzo was blocked by a fan as he tried to catch a foul ba...

Usain Bolt’s switch to soccer puts him in some very exclusive co...

August 28, 2018

It’s late May and practice time for the Stromsgodset Toppfotball club in Drammen, Norway. As the players are dressing, sporting director Jostein Flo informs them that a new recruit will be join...

Geraint Thomas Secures His First Tour de France Title

July 31, 2018

Geraint Thomas will take a lead of 1 minute and 51 seconds over Tom Dumoulin into the mostly ceremonial finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday.CreditKim Ludbrook/EPA, via Shutterstock  ...

Croatia’s Hero Goalkeeper Danijel Subasic Dedicates Penalty Shoo...

July 6, 2018

Getty Images It was the best of penalty shoot-outs, it was the worst of penalty shoot-outs, packed with strong saves and feeble spot-kicks. Eventually, one goalkeeper emerged from Croatia and Denmark...

5 things we learned from a magical weekend of World Rallycross in Swed...

July 6, 2018

The home crowd of 51,600 rallycross fans had lots to cheer as four Swedish drivers progressed to the final. Here’s what caught our eye at the mid-point of the 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship. ...

Don’t Fault Becky Hammon’s Experience: Most NBA Coaches Ne...

June 22, 2018

(Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images) Becky Hammon, filling in for the San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, talking to Manu Ginobili during a preseason game in October. (Photo by Ronald Corte...

A few stories of dads with special places in the sports world

June 22, 2018

jim davis/globe staff/file Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona (left) with his father, Tito, at Cleveland’s Progressive Field in 2016. I’m a tad late to the Father’s Day celebrations and commemorat...

World sport: 10 photos we liked this week

June 22, 2018

A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken around the world this week: Huez, France, 13 June: Cyclists of the AG2R team ride towards Alpe d’Huez’s summit as part of...

2018 World Cup: Team-By-Team Previews

June 11, 2018

The 2018 World Cup is around the corner, and 32 nations will vie for the grandest prize in the sport in Russia. The December draw gave us a good idea of what to expect this summer, but now that the r...

Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif graduates from medical school

June 3, 2018

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif doesn’t have to worry about what he’s going to do when his NFL career is over. Duvernay-Tardif, an excellent guard for the Kansas City Chiefs, has somehow been juggling profes...

10 Degrees: The story of Jordan Hicks’ 105.1-mph pitch, which wa...

May 23, 2018

There’s a theoretical limit on the human arm, a point at which a ligament or muscle or tendon or bone will combust under the stress and strain of throwing a baseball. So long as that exists only in t...

Why the Yankees send flowers for every police officer killed in the li...

May 19, 2018

Every baseball club supports causes and charities in their own neighborhoods, but what the New York Yankees have been doing for the past three years goes above and beyond the normal scope of team gen...

An ‘absolutely incredible’ performance on the mound by Jos...

May 9, 2018

Reliever Josh Hader puts together another brilliant outing for the Brewers, striking out eight of the nine hitters he faced and walking the other as he picked up the save against the Reds on Monday n...

Feature: A life on ice: The story of Chinese figure skating pioneer Ba...

May 9, 2018

FUZHOU, May 2 (Xinhua) — Like many other Chinese born in the 1960s, a figure skater surnamed Bao has the popular given name of Zhenhua, literally meaning to revitalize China. She was lucky enou...