Sports

Once paid like superstars and considered to be essential pieces of the bullpen, ninth-inning specialists are being replaced.

An interruption for late-night drug testing does nothing to diminish the drama—or the final week brilliance of the sport’s greatest rider.

Christopher Nolan’s reimagination of Homer’s tale puts me in mind of the just-completed World Cup.

The University of Michigan’s course, designed by the architect behind Augusta National, had all 18 greens and a practice putting surface attacked.

When the Philadelphia 76ers shocked the world by signing James, they didn’t just get one of the greatest players in history. They got him on a budget.

After one of the most dominant performances in the history of the race, the 27-year-old from Slovenia is on the verge of joining the likes of Eddy Merckx as one of only five men to win the Tour five times.

As the race heads to the Alpe d’Huez for two stages, before a final-day fight on the streets of Montmartre, hundreds of thousands of fans are flocking to the most celebrated roads in cycling.

The NBA remains in suspense as its oldest player makes (what may or may not be) a final decision.

Plus, LeBron James to the Sixers, baseball’s most annoying player and Jason Gay.

Going to the games showed me that no one can put the feeling of the sporting event into a spreadsheet.