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Professional Sports Are Learning to Live With COVID. We’re Next. The Omicron variant demands a more nimble approach to the virus.
Everybody Loves Steph A sports megastar with seemingly zero haters is a rare and beautiful thing.
IOC Says Missing Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Told Them She’s Safe She hadn’t been seen in public since accusing a former government official of sexual assault — prompting international concern about her welfare.
Why Nobody Should Want to Play for New York It’s a hell of a sports town, but there are better places to join a team.
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Nov. 12, 2021
Steve Somers’s Final Schmooze The eccentric WFAN host on retiring after 34 years, his favorite callers, and talking New York sports when the teams aren’t very good.
Aaron Rodgers Fooled Us His anti-vaccine ravings offer another hard lesson about our distorted perception of athletes.
the sports section
Nov. 3, 2021
‘The Amount of Times I Got Bing-Bonged in My Face Was Hysterical’ Jordie Bloom said “bing bong” in a video outside Madison Square Garden. Now it’s the Knicks’ rallying cry.
Almost All the Complaints About the World Series Are Wrong Grousing about late-night games and too many relief pitchers just makes you sound old.
the sports section
Oct. 21, 2021
Baseball Teams Should Get to Pick Their Playoff Opponents It’s much more fair-minded than the current system — and much more fun.
The NBA Would Like You to Stop Talking About Kyrie Irving The league is now a culture-war lightning rod, even as its on-court product dazzles.
Jon Gruden Is Out of a Job Following Email Scandal In addition to a racist comment about a Black NFL union leader, Gruden frequently made homophobic and misogynistic remarks, per a new report.
the sports section
Oct. 6, 2021
Just Buy the Damn Championship Already After another early playoff exit, it’s time for the Yankees to embrace their biggest advantage.
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Sept. 19, 2021
The 2021 Mets Season As Told Through 15 Steve Cohen Tweets The team’s owner has learned in public that rebuilding a benighted franchise isn’t so easy.
Dave Zirin Thinks the Kaepernick Era Is Just Beginning Talking with the veteran sports journalist about his new book, which examines how the activist quarterback transformed the sports landscape.
Javy Baez Should Have Remembered Why Fans Boo The Mets player’s strange overreaction to being jeered is understandable but misguided.
The Strange Beauty of Seeing Andy Murray Lose The former world No. 1 is seemingly at peace with not contending for titles anymore — and it’s a joy to watch.
College Football Is the Wild West Now As a new season kicks off, it’s clear that the Supreme Court–weakened NCAA isn’t really in charge anymore.
The Only Thing That Can Stop Jacob deGrom Is Jacob deGrom The Mets ace is dominating hitters like no one in baseball history. If he can stay healthy, it’s the best show in town.
Jon Rahm’s COVID Disaster Is a Great Vaccine PSA Some athletes are still inoculation reluctant. Maybe watching a golfer lose more than a million dollars will help.
Fans’ Bad Behavior Isn’t New. The Outrage Over It Is. Players have been complaining about how they’re treated by fans for years, and now they’re finally being heard.
The Extremely Welcome, Slightly Jarring Return of Sports Crowds With screaming fanatics back in the mix, games are no longer a pale imitation of themselves.
The Dynamic NBA’s Future So Bright As the playoffs begin, the league looks to be on solid ground — despite the political haters.
the sports section
May 6, 2021
Uh-oh, Jim Dolan Found a New Team to Meddle With The widely reviled Knicks owner had mostly left his hockey club alone. Not anymore.
Kevin Durant Needs to Win It All It’s the only way his big move to Brooklyn will truly pay off.
Why Everyone Is Enraged About the European Super League Europe’s top soccer teams are forming an exclusive new league just for themselves — and even their biggest fans are now in open revolt.
The Knicks’ Revolutionary Competence In what feels like a miracle, the perpetually embarrassing squad is showing signs of life.
Sports Are About to Look Like 2019 Again The Texas Rangers and Wrestlemania are paving the way for crowded stadiums and arenas to become the norm within weeks.
March Madness Is Back, Outbreaks Be Damned The NCAA won’t let COVID ruin its cash cow a second time.
The Athletes Have More to Say Athlete activism is the new normal — and organizations like LeBron James’s More Than a Vote are here to stay.
the sports section
Feb. 25, 2021
Why Did Someone Pay $5 Million for a Baseball Card in 2021? The pandemic isn’t the only reason the sports-card market has been booming lately.
It Already Feels Like the Post-COVID Era in Sports A shockingly ordinary baseball spring training presages a return to normalcy — or close to it.
Tom Konchalski Was the Last of the Old-School Basketball Scouts The legendary high-school basketball talent evaluator died Monday at 74.
Bill Belichick Can’t Escape Trump That Easily The Patriots coach declined a Medal of Freedom, but his and other Trump-friendly sports figures’ legacies remain linked to the president.
The 10 Most Important Sports Figures of 2020 The athletes, executives, and yes, politicians, who defined a stormy year.
How Sports Leagues Are Gearing Up for Another Weird Season Everyone is hoping for vaccine-enabled normalcy in 2021, but some sports are better positioned than others to wait things out.
The NFL Is Too Big to Let COVID Stop It The increasingly pandemic-afflicted league has learned an important lesson from other sports: Just keep playing.
COVID Is an Existential Crisis for College Basketball Thanks to unlucky timing, no sport has been as badly hit by the pandemic.
The Fans Can Go to Games Again. Will They? The stadiums are open, but fans aren’t exactly rushing through the doors.
The NFL Is Returning To a Different World. Can It Adapt? Every NFL season brings with it madness and unpredictability, but none has ever had more potential for implosion than this one.
Baseball Without Fans Is Best Enjoyed From Afar If you find yourself envious of those who are able to set foot inside the ballpark, you shouldn’t be.
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June 6, 2020
NFL Players, Employee Forced Goodell’s Protest Ban Apology The NFL commissioner apologized on Friday for the league’s ban on the protests started by Colin Kaepernick, but not to Kaepernick, and not on his own.
just asking questions
May 15, 2020
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Mar. 12, 2020
Most U.S. Sports Leagues Have Suspended Their Seasons Due to Coronavirus The NHL, MLB, MLS, and NBA are all either suspending or canceling play due to the coronavirus pandemic.
the sports section
Nov. 5, 2019
And a Cat Runs Into the End Zone! If you don’t listen to this incredible football play-by-play, you hate fun.
the sports section
Aug. 27, 2019
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