The New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston has spent more than a decade wowing crowds with his daring and charisma—when he isn’t baffling them.

In a riveting U.S. Open semifinal against Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton showed that his composure and problem-solving are as central to his game as his extraordinary athleticism.

Tell the old story for our modern times.

Lamine Yamal, the team’s wunderkind, is thrilling, but discipline and patience have seen them through to the final.

The Yanks won their first knockout-round match in more than twenty years. But, after a controversial red card, they will be down their breakout star in the round of sixteen.

For a moment, it looked like the forty-four-year-old would pull off another stunning comeback in the tournament she has won seven times. Then reality sank in.

With Erling Haaland watching from the bench, Ousmane Dembélé scored three times as France won, 4–1, in a much-anticipated World Cup matchup against Norway. Read Louisa Thomas’s report on the game.

The power of the diaspora is the story of this World Cup—and the U.S. team, which beat Australia 2–0 on Friday, embodies it as well as anyone.

Mikal Bridges and a cast of versatile role players have helped carry New York to a 2–0 lead in the N.B.A. Finals.

A change in New York’s post-season offense has made the team more precise, more urgent, and much harder to stop as it pushes toward the Eastern Conference Finals.

The advancement of computer chess has not dulled the competition or the game’s champions.

How the San Antonio Spurs became the most exciting team in the N.B.A.

Despite the N.B.A.’s many attempts to combat tanking, the incentive to lose remains strong for teams hoping to strategize for the future. Is there a fix?

After two decades of domination, he is ceding control, and becoming a different kind of star.

After speaking out about the Atlanta Hawks’ promotion of a strip club, the backup center for the San Antonio Spurs drew unexpected attention to his blog, which is shaped by his faith, sense of humor, ...

Two years ago, the team set records for losing. Now they have the best winning percentage in the N.B.A. They’re doing it their own way.

The U.S.-Canada men’s gold-medal hockey final and the Olympic Games serve as a reminder that national pride isn’t always a bad thing.

In Italy, some of the world’s greatest athletes encountered physical risk, and even failure. But the most memorable moments of the Games were not just feats of skill but examples of resilience—and rea...

The figure skater retired in 2022, at sixteen years old. Now she’s back at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a newfound confidence and sense of control—in her skating and in her life.

The figure skater retired in 2022, at sixteen years old. Now she’s back at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a newfound confidence and sense of control—in her skating and in her life.

The two skiers have each had claims to be the best ever in their sport. But they have chased that ideal in very different ways.

Not long ago, taking political stands almost seemed to become part of the job. These days, in another moment of social crisis, expectations have shifted.

After stepping away from the game in 2023, the tennis star had a dream run at Wimbledon last year end with a humiliating defeat in the final. But it’s the clarity of her confidence that continues to d...

Curt Cignetti has the Hoosiers on the verge of a national championship. Everyone wants to know the blueprint for his stunning success.

The Pittsburgh Steelers gambled on the forty-two-year-old, one of the N.F.L.’s most polarizing players, to try to end their playoff disappointments. Will it pay off?

The ability of the National Women’s Soccer League to retain Trinity Rodman, one of its biggest stars, could determine its future.

He and I are the same age, but only one of us is an N.F.L. quarterback.

A team that once could seem a little bloodless has, in the absence of its best player, become scrappy and slightly unpredictable.

At the event, the matchups seemed beside the point, eclipsed by FIFA’s bizarre Peace Prize ceremony for Donald Trump and other cringey moments.

Are the higher speed and intensity that have made the game so fun to watch the very forces that are sidelining its stars with injuries?

He is the vestigial organ of a football team, a remnant of the time before the forward pass. And yet, now and again, he can be vitally important.

The team lately seems to have found that elusive balance of confidence and calm, accountability and community. Where did it come from?

Even as the league drastically evolves, the narratives around it are still orbiting its aging icons.

Haters may complain about payroll disparities, but you can’t love baseball and not stand in awe watching perhaps the greatest player who has ever lived.

“The Season: A Fan’s Story” paints Australian-rules football in epic, manly terms, with a bard’s sonorous cadence.

“The Season: A Fan’s Story” paints Australian-rules football in epic, manly terms, with a bard’s sonorous cadence.

The position is a uniquely American institution—a calling, connected to foundational myths about leadership and manhood. Why does it matter so much?

The position is a uniquely American institution—a calling, connected to foundational myths about leadership and manhood. Why does it matter so much?

The tennis star has been fixing her flawed serve at the U.S. Open, subjecting herself to the exquisite torture of public scrutiny.

The Mets are Metsing, for better and worse.

In the U.S. Open, the format is being redesigned as a popularity contest engineered to generate buzz.

The rebrand of the Los Angeles Laker—who appeared on the cover of Men’s Health looking lean, buff, and bronze—makes sense. That doesn’t make it less sad.