Not long after he had taken up his post as president of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales called a meeting with the organization’s head of women’s soccer, Rafael Del Amo. Like his boss, Del Amo was new to his role, but Rubiales wanted to gauge his first impressions. He wanted to know what the […]
The Denver Broncos had just finished a training camp practice in 90-degree August weather under their new coach, Sean Payton, when the players marched into a final formation and lined up for a round of sprints that took them the width of the football field. Payton had been stressing strength and conditioning for a team
Dathan Ritzenhein, the coach of On Athletics Club, was juggling a couple of jobs on a brisk morning this spring. As members of his elite distance-running team logged hard miles on some deserted back roads outside Boulder, Colo., Ritzenhein seemed determined to murder his pickup truck’s transmission. The team, also known as O.A.C., had splintered
It was a lazy, humid weekday afternoon at Citi Field, and the early birds were taking a steam bath. Ed Kranepool, an original Met, was on the field near the Mets dugout, shaking hands, making the scene. Charlie Hayes, the old Yankee third baseman, was sitting on a cushioned field-level seat near third base. In
Of course America loved “The Blind Side,” the 2009 movie about a homeless and hapless Black teenager rescued from a bleak future by a wealthy, white family. It was based on the true story of the Tuohy family, led by Sean and Leigh Anne, who took the future N.F.L. player Michael Oher into their home
The version of Lionel Messi who has become South Florida’s reigning sport king is not the playmaker in his prime that he was for Barcelona or the tortured captain-under-pressure that he was for Argentina. The Messi of Miami is, in his own words, happy. Very happy. Happy to have moved his family to a city
The morning after Australia’s dream run at the Women’s World Cup ended one win short of the final, Denisse Lopez, 34, found a quiet spot to sit in Darling Harbour. She was still wearing the Sam Kerr jersey she had put on for Australia’s semifinal loss to England the night before. She carried a book
The future of transgender women’s participation in high-level women’s chess competitions seems uncertain, after the International Chess Federation introduced new regulations effectively barring many from women’s events for up to two years or more. The sport’s international governing body, known as FIDE, approved new regulations at a council meeting this month, saying they would be
Vlatko Andonovski, the head coach of the United States women’s national soccer team, has resigned, the U.S. Soccer Federation confirmed Thursday, ending a relatively tumultuous tenure managing what was once the world’s pre-eminent team. Andonovski’s four-year contract was scheduled to expire at the end of the year. U.S. Soccer announced Thursday that Twila Kilgore, an
There’s a scene in the film “The Blind Side” that intends to be an uplifting moment of triumph. Michael Oher, a talented offensive lineman who is Black, is struggling in a high school football practice, and in steps Leigh Anne Tuohy, a white woman who pulls him aside for a pep talk. Tuohy, who in