Athletics and Sports

December 15, 2022

In the World of Wrestling, a Heavy Hitter Steps Into the Ring

“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Where was the mud? The oil? The Jell-O? When Jeanie Buss attended her […]
September 13, 2022

Pink and Polarizing: The New Tennis Shirt

Frances Tiafoe and others at the U.S. Open wore a Nike outfit that spurred a colorful conversation online. Frances Tiafoe sweats a lot. The 24-year-old American […]
September 2, 2022

The Mother of Serena and Venus Williams, Oracene Price, Is a Force All Her Own

The mother of Serena and Venus Williams has always been a beacon of calm and grace on the sidelines — even now, in what may be […]
August 29, 2022

Serena Williams’s Fashion Smash

When Serena Williams steps out onto the hard courts of the U.S. Open on Monday for what may be her last tournament, she will do so […]
July 24, 2022

Pretty in Any Color: Women in Basketball Make the Style Rules

Angel Reese considers herself “a pink kind of girl.” Pink nails, pink hair tie, pink shoes, sometimes even “a little bit of pink in my lashes,” […]
February 11, 2022

When Ballet Skiing Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport

“We brought music to the mountains”: The rebel freestyle form born in the ’70s had a brief Olympic moment. Now it’s experiencing a renaissance online. Recently, […]
November 5, 2021

Who Is Michael Rubin, CEO of Fanatics?

Life isn’t all choppers and parties for the king of sports merch — he’s got plans. Last month, after a three-day stretch in New York, Michael […]
June 30, 2021

Anatomy of a Mascot

RADNOR, Pa.— This affluent 340-year-old township of 31,000 residents on the Main Line has long been a bastion of gentility and geniality. “The Philadelphia Story,” that […]
April 7, 2021

A Brooklyn Artist Wants Sports Fans to Wear Their Names

A Brooklyn artist uses sports iconography to commemorate Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and other Black victims of violence. The irony has always troubled Raafi Rivero. “People […]
October 18, 2020

Sports to Watch This Week

The N.B.A. and W.N.B.A. titles were claimed, the N.H.L.’s Stanley Cup won and the French Open champions crowned — all in the last three weeks. But […]