What it takes to be the best alpine skier in the world.

An encyclopedic evisceration of the NFL owner and former Six Flags chairman.

“The reason women-only billiards tournaments exist is not because the players can’t beat men. It’s because they can.”

The latest federal NCAA probe is no different.

Riding along with the cycling lawyer who’s trying to change that.

The NFL is doing everything it can to avoid paying former players who have dementia.

Deliberate isolation. Petty feuds. Constant turmoil. The Manchester United manager wouldn’t have it any other way.

A profile of Tyshawn Jones, “one of the most exciting skateboarders in a generation.”

The W.N.B.A. is putting on some of the best pro basketball in America.

Can a December marathon in Northern Maine, organized by an eccentric long-distance runner, make a difference to a former mill town?

Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe

Knowing she had the legal right to die helped Paralympic gold medalist Marieke Vervoort live her life.

On the owner’s 20-year evolution from disruptive force to formidable constant.

In 2018, Floridians voted overwhelmingly to end greyhound racing, a sport they were told was archaic and inhumane. What if they were wrong?

Increasingly worn down by the pandemic, a dad goes to a baseball game.

The Brooklyn Nets were built to be an unbeatable superteam of eccentric basketball superstars. Will they dominate the N.B.A. playoffs?

On lucha libre’s exóticos, “wrestlers who dress in drag and kiss their rivals, never quite revealing whether the joke is on their opponents, themselves or conservative Mexican society at large.”

How to get Americans to “pay $45 to $75 to run for their lives from 1,500-pound, bad-tempered beasts.”

In the city of Rosario, some fans have evolved into a mafia with an illicit cash flow and a stable of hit men. A look inside their homicidal turf war.

“Rio is about far more than Phelps adding to his legacy. It’s the next step toward achieving the same peace and balance on land as he’s had in the water.”

Aside from the wealthiest players, nine out of 10 NFL athletes are likely to be insolvent within 10 years of retirement. A new executive MBA program aims to change that.

Montaous Walton couldn’t throw, catch or hit. But he wanted to be a ballplayer. And with the help of the internet, the media, and an ambitious young agent, that’s what he briefly became.

Memories of life as a freshman cheerleader.