Category: Sports
USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone
Related media – Connected media For those who weren’t following along during the 2011 World Cup qualifying cycle — in which the U.S. lost to…
The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’
Associated media – Related media Everyone seems to have a slightly different estimate of how many people were outside the stadium on that strange November…
How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs
Associated media – Connected media As an old ballplayer, when the back pain attacked, he figured he would just play through it. “I took four…
A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late
Associated media – Connected media Memory, Now and Five Years Ago Chris Nilan is a quintessential Bostonian of a certain time and demographic, the kind…
On Klay Thompson as a sixth man, boost from a living (Larry) legend and uncertain Warriors future
Related media – Linked media SAN FRANCISCO — The motivational message, courtesy of the great Larry Bird, came at the perfect time. Klay Thompson was…
Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense
Linked media – Related media Ohtani, though, is beating the Americans on their own terms. “He can hit a home run 500 feet and throw…
Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia, Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants
Associated media – Connected media “Once you’re here, it doesn’t matter,” said Gabriel Arcos, a systems engineer who grew up cheering for a Leones rival…
Willie Hernández, Relief Pitcher Who Had a Banner 1984, Dies at 69
Connected media – Associated media Hernández led major league pitchers in appearances (80) and games finished (68) in 1984, when he posted a 9-3 record…
Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for $3.7 Million
Associated media – Associated media The box went to an anonymous buyer in Canada, Mr. Simonds said, breaking the record for the most money spent…
Everybody’s Ejected After a Senators-Panthers Fight
Linked media – Connected media Geraldine Tkachuk, the players’ grandmother, was spotted in the stands looking less than impressed. As remarkable as the 10-man ejection…