Category: sport

It was Finland’s seventh medal in men’s hockey, but it was their first gold.credit…Chang W. Lee / The New York Times More than a month ago, when Olympic rosters were still popping up, the Sweden coach gave a candid assessment of a field whose fluidity and ambiguity has been baffling executives in men’s hockey the […]

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – University of Pennsylvania swimmer Leah Thomas, a transgender woman, won her third Ivy League singles championship Saturday night by touching Yale’s Isaac Hennig, a transgender man, in a predictable 100-yard freestyle. Thomas finished with four titles after leading the Quakers to victory in the 400th freestyle later on Saturday. Thomas finished 100 […]

With the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day in the rearview mirror, that can only mean one thing: the NCAA championship is almost here. Twenty-two days before the scheduled Sunday, the NCAA men’s basketball selection committee shared a snapshot of the top 16 teams. Here’s the partial slide the panel revealed on Saturday afternoon and four […]

The Friday night 2022 All-Star Weekend in the NBA began, first with a game of Celebrity and then with the Rising Stars Challenge. Barry’s team won this year’s event, being the first overall winner Kid Cunningham subordinate Detroit Pistons His name was MVP. There was a whole new format this time around. Unlike in previous […]

Getty Images The NFL has decided not to appoint Beth Wilkinson but to appoint Mary Jo White to conduct the latest investigation of Washington owner Daniel Snyder. The former employee whose allegations sparked the investigation has not yet decided to cooperate. In a statement from her attorney, Tiffany Johnston’s preference was clear. She wants Beth […]

Team A took another positive step in their quest to build a new stadium in Auckland this week, As reported by Sarah Ravani of the San Francisco Chronicle, That Auckland City Council voted (six to two) to endorse a 3,500-page environmental impact review for the Howard Terminal ballpark project. “We’ve never been this far about […]

Beijing 2022 Olympics – Figure Skating – Women’s Individual Skating – Freestyle Skating – Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China – February 17, 2022. Kamila Valeeva of the Russian Olympic Committee interacted with coaches Daniel Glickingoz and Eteri Tutberidze after her performance. Photograph: Evgenia Novozinina/Reuters Register now to get free unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Bach […]

CAMBRIDGE, MA – Leah Thomas, University of Pennsylvania swimmer, Ivy League champion. Thomas, a transgender woman, won the 500-yard freestyle Thursday night in 4 minutes 37.32 seconds, a record at Blodgett Pool and her best time since the Zippy Invitational in December. Thomas was among three Pennsylvania swimmers in the final, with teammate Katherine Purker […]

Rangers put Patrick Nemeth into injured reserve on Wednesday, after eliminating the veteran defender for the five games leading up to his two-week sabbatical, and again in his first game against the Bruins on Tuesday. Team policy prevents The Rangers from revealing the cause, but Nemeth is believed to be dealing with the lingering effects […]

At the start of Thursday’s game, Canada scored 54 goals, a record for the Olympic tournament.credit…Hiroko Masueki/The New York Times Throughout the Beijing Olympics, the unrestrained bravado of the Canadian women’s hockey team was clear for all to see — and elicit admiration, anger, and fear. There were insults to the teams going to play […]