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  1. chapters
    This Is Where Our Game BeganBaseball is the American pastoral sport, you say? Tell it to the New Yorkers who created it.
    By Kevin Baker
  2. games
    Michigan Won At All Costs and Your Team Would TooScandals be damned; just by defeating Ohio State on Saturday, the team prevailed over its critics.
    By Will Leitch
  3. games
    Bill Belichick Is About to Get Fired, and Nobody CaresOnce considered the greatest NFL coach of all time, after a string of losing seasons, Bill Belichick is a legend without a constituency.
    By Will Leitch
  4. games
    The Wembanyama Era Has Begun and the NBA May Never Be the SameThe immediate jaw-dropping dominance of the teenage seven-foot-four rookie redefines what’s possible for the sport.
    By Will Leitch
  5. games
    The NBA’s Player Empowerment Era Is OverAs a new season begins, the league’s stars don’t quite have free rein anymore.
    By Will Leitch
  6. games
    There’s No Such Thing As a Good Sports-Team OwnerFans should aspire to ignore them and all their buzz-killing drama.
    By Will Leitch
  7. upsets
    Carlos Alcaraz’s Wimbledon Victory Announces a New Era in TennisThe 20-year-old Spaniard beat Novak Djokovic in a classic final that felt like a changing of the generational guard.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  8. the sports section
    One of the Last Negro League Ballparks Has Been SavedThe restored Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, reopens next month.
    By Joe DeLessio
  9. the sports section
    To Get to the Pro Hockey Game, Turn Left at Sunglass HutThe Metropolitan Riveters are playing their home games this season at New Jersey’s American Dream mall.
    By Joe DeLessio
  10. the sports section
    Bills Score Touchdown on First Play After Tribute to Damar HamlinThe still-hospitalized player tweeted “OMFG” in response.
    By Chas Danner
  11. college football
    The Dawgs Versus the UnderdogsThis Georgia fan looks forward to a national championship game against TCU and its Hypnotoad mystique.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the sports section
    Steve Cohen’s Midnight MiracleThe billionaire owner’s transformation of the Mets continues with a blockbuster deal for Carlos Correa.
    By Joe DeLessio
  13. world cup
    The Best World Cup Final Ever?Wow, what a game.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  14. the sports section
    The Yankees Averted Disaster by Signing Aaron JudgeBaseball is entertainment, and Judge is an entertainer. The Yankees simply had to keep him.
    By Joe DeLessio
  15. games
    The U.S. Team Can Hold Their Heads HighLosing to the Netherlands was deeply frustrating, but the Americans’ best days are ahead of them.
    By Will Leitch
  16. games
    The U.S. Just Outplayed England at the World CupThey were the better team in Friday’s scoreless draw — which is amazing.
    By Will Leitch
  17. world cup
    The Wrenching Moral Calculus of Watching the World CupQatar 2022 is rotten to the core, but ignoring the tournament is not realistic.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  18. the sports section
    The Yankees Can Return to Their Rightful Place As Baseball’s Premier VillainsThe Yankees take on the hated Astros with the AL pennant on the line.
    By Joe DeLessio
  19. the sports section
    The Mets Didn’t Collapse. So Why Does It Feel Like They Did?A messy end to a charmed season.
    By Joe DeLessio
  20. the sports section
    Aaron Judge Is Even Better Than His Home Run TotalThe Yankees slugger hit his 62nd homer, breaking a still-sacred baseball mark. He’s also having a pretty good season in other categories.
    By Joe DeLessio
  21. the sports section
    Roger Maris’s Son Is Rooting for Aaron JudgeKevin Maris believes 61 is still the real home-run record, and he has some thoughts about Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds.
    By Joe DeLessio
  22. games
    Serena’s Greatness Always Extended Beyond the CourtHer final, unforgettable match is not the end of her story.
    By Will Leitch
  23. the sports section
    The Mets Are Great. They’re Also Great TV.SNY’s creative broadcasts are matching the excellent vibes of this year’s team.
    By Joe DeLessio
  24. games
    The Mets Are Having an Extremely Un-Mets SeasonThey’re overachieving their way to the playoffs — and having a great time doing it.
    By Will Leitch
  25. games
    The NFL Expects You to Forget About Sexual MisconductAnyone expecting a harsher punishment for Deshaun Watson has just as short a memory as football fans have.
    By Will Leitch
  26. the sports section
    Is New York Still the Center of the Basketball Universe?A new documentary, ‘NYC Point Gods,’ suggests it’s not.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  27. rage against the machines
    Who Will Save Us From the Russian Chess Robots?A robot grabbed and broke a kid’s finger during their chess match at a tournament in Moscow last week.
    By Chas Danner
  28. the sports section
    Is Nick Kyrgios Finally Good Enough to Be Interesting?At Wimbledon, the volatile Australian has a chance to live up to years of hype.
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. foreign interests
    U.S. Botched Brittney Griner’s First Chance to Speak to Wife in 4 MonthsThey were set to talk by phone for the first time since the WNBA star was detained in Russia, but the U.S. embassy failed to patch the call.
    By Chas Danner
  30. the sports section
    The Rangers Are Done Being UnderdogsWhat is lost when a team gains the weight of expectations.
    By Joe DeLessio
  31. the sports section
    Legendary Rangers Announcer Sam Rosen on the Team’s Incredible Playoff RunThe longtime voice of the team breaks down the Eastern Conference Final, why the Rangers are hitting their stride now, and the calls he nailed.
    By Joe DeLessio
  32. the sports section
    Pro Darts Is a Raucous Party Now, and It’s Finally Coming to New YorkCan colorful characters and wrestling-style intros get Americans to embrace another European import?
    By Joe DeLessio
  33. the sports section
    Advanced Analytics Hate the Rangers. They Keep Winning Anyway.The Conference Finals–bound team has defied the numbers so thoroughly that it seems to exist outside the realm of sports expectations.
    By Joe DeLessio
  34. games
    Why Athletes Are Ignoring Roe v. WadeA short time ago, politics in sports was inescapable. But at this moment of profound crisis, there is mostly silence.
    By Will Leitch
  35. the sports section
    The Rangers Have the Best Vibes in New York SportsAs the Stanley Cup playoffs begin, Rangers fans have a lot to celebrate.
    By Joe DeLessio
  36. games
    Just Try to Take Your Eyes Off KyrieBrilliant on the court and perpetually compelling off it, Kyrie Irving is now the center of the NBA universe whether you like it or not.
    By Will Leitch
  37. the sports section
    Kershaw’s Perfect-Game Hook Isn’t What’s Wrong With BaseballIt’s too bad the Dodgers ace couldn’t finish what he started, but let’s not go overboard.
    By Joe DeLessio
  38. the sports section
    Everybody Hates the LakersHow the NBA’s most storied franchise fell from myth to reality.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  39. games
    The NFL Stops Pretending to Care About Violence Against WomenDeshaun Watson’s warm welcome in Cleveland marks a return to the league’s pre-Ray Rice, look-the-other-way era.
    By Will Leitch
  40. march madness
    A Night With the Basketball Team That Shocked the WorldThe last St. Peter’s home game in Jersey City drew 577 fans. Now the Peacocks are a win from advancing to the Final Four as a No. 15 seed.
    By Joe DeLessio Photographs by Mark Sommerfeld
  41. the sports section
    Mayor Adams Hints at ‘Solution’ for Unvaxxed New York AthletesAs opening day and the NBA playoffs approach, the pressure to make a change is only going to build.
    By Joe DeLessio
  42. the sports section
    Former Brooklyn Borough President Fails to Recognize Brooklyn Dodgers CapEric Adams could use a baseball history lesson.
    By Joe DeLessio
  43. games
    Los Angeles Won the Super Bowl in More Ways Than OneThe Rams won the game. The city, the stunning stadium, and the wonderful overall vibe won everything else.
    By Will Leitch
  44. international affairs
    Australia Defeats and Deports DjokovicAfter his last-ditch legal effort failed, the unvaccinated tennis star has left the country and will not play in the Australian Open.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  45. games
    Professional Sports Are Learning to Live With COVID. We’re Next.The Omicron variant demands a more nimble approach to the virus.
    By Will Leitch
  46. games
    Everybody Loves StephA sports megastar with seemingly zero haters is a rare and beautiful thing.
    By Will Leitch
  47. china
    IOC Says Missing Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Told Them She’s SafeShe hadn’t been seen in public since accusing a former government official of sexual assault — prompting international concern about her welfare.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  48. games
    Why Nobody Should Want to Play for New YorkIt’s a hell of a sports town, but there are better places to join a team.
    By Will Leitch
  49. the sports section
    Steve Somers’s Final SchmoozeThe eccentric WFAN host on retiring after 34 years, his favorite callers, and talking New York sports when the teams aren’t very good.
    By Joe DeLessio
  50. games
    Aaron Rodgers Fooled UsHis anti-vaccine ravings offer another hard lesson about our distorted perception of athletes.
    By Will Leitch
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