Category: Sports
![U.S. Soccer took a gamble waiting for Emma Hayes, leaving USWNT’s style of play in limbo U.S. Soccer took a gamble waiting for Emma Hayes, leaving USWNT’s style of play in limbo](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/11181903/GettyImages-2143728427-scaled.jpg)
U.S. Soccer took a gamble waiting for Emma Hayes, leaving USWNT’s style of play in limbo
Related media – Connected media In November, U.S. Soccer gambled that it was worth sacrificing a year of continuous preparation under a permanent manager to…
![Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/10115041/0410_Giggs-scaled.jpg)
Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship
Related media – Associated media The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz of chest hair, the twirling shirt, the body…
![Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71 Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/10/multimedia/10Zachary--02-zpqk/10Zachary--02-zpqk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71
Associated media – Related media Pat Zachry, who was a co-winner of the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1976, but who is…
![A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/17/multimedia/17nat-oakland-baseball-1-gcwm/17nat-oakland-baseball-1-gcwm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland
Linked media – Related media Still, the Athletics continued to be competitive, reinventing themselves by shrewdly using data to assess undervalued skills, a process that…
![Some Things Are More Important Than History Some Things Are More Important Than History](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/11/multimedia/00mlb-yankees-essay-wcfk/00mlb-yankees-essay-wcfk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Some Things Are More Important Than History
Connected media – Related media He didn’t care that it was a no-hitter. He just wanted the Yankees to win. More than five hours after…
![USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/27071304/GettyImages-2042052628-scaled-e1709036031304.jpg)
USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone
Related media – Connected media For those who weren’t following along during the 2011 World Cup qualifying cycle — in which the U.S. lost to…
![Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/27/pageoneplus/27a2_insider-sports/27a2_insider-sports-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports
Linked media – Associated media As journalists from the Sports desk began other assignments across the newsroom — and, in a few cases, roles at…
![The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’ The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/21120326/0221_NorthKoreaBrazil-scaled.jpg)
The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’
Connected media – Associated media Everyone seems to have a slightly different estimate of how many people were outside the stadium on that strange November…
![How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/08/multimedia/00mlb-flannery-lead-kbcq/00mlb-flannery-lead-kbcq-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg)
How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs
Associated media – Associated media As an old ballplayer, when the back pain attacked, he figured he would just play through it. “I took four…
![A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/12/multimedia/12hky-nilan-ptgq/12hky-nilan-ptgq-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late
Associated media – Related media Memory, Now and Five Years Ago Chris Nilan is a quintessential Bostonian of a certain time and demographic, the kind…