Category: Sports
![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…
![On Klay Thompson as a sixth man, boost from a living (Larry) legend and uncertain Warriors future On Klay Thompson as a sixth man, boost from a living (Larry) legend and uncertain Warriors future](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/27091158/GettyImages-2040785848-scaled-e1709043170913.jpg)
On Klay Thompson as a sixth man, boost from a living (Larry) legend and uncertain Warriors future
Linked media – Linked media SAN FRANCISCO — The motivational message, courtesy of the great Larry Bird, came at the perfect time. Klay Thompson was…
![Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/01/10/multimedia/10ohtani-contract-promo-wgkb/10ohtani-contract-promo-wgkb-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense
Connected media – Linked media Ohtani, though, is beating the Americans on their own terms. “He can hit a home run 500 feet and throw…
![Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia, Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia, Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/22/multimedia/00colombia-venezuela-baseball-tcwg/00colombia-venezuela-baseball-tcwg-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia, Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants
Connected media – Connected media “Once you’re here, it doesn’t matter,” said Gabriel Arcos, a systems engineer who grew up cheering for a Leones rival…
![Willie Hernández, Relief Pitcher Who Had a Banner 1984, Dies at 69 Willie Hernández, Relief Pitcher Who Had a Banner 1984, Dies at 69](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/25/multimedia/22hernandez-chfg-print1/22hernandez-chfg-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Willie Hernández, Relief Pitcher Who Had a Banner 1984, Dies at 69
Related media – Related media Hernández led major league pitchers in appearances (80) and games finished (68) in 1984, when he posted a 9-3 record…
![Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for .7 Million Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for .7 Million](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/26/sports/26xp-hockeycards1/26xp-hockeycards1-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for $3.7 Million
Connected media – Linked media The box went to an anonymous buyer in Canada, Mr. Simonds said, breaking the record for the most money spent…
![Everybody’s Ejected After a Senators-Panthers Fight Everybody’s Ejected After a Senators-Panthers Fight](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/28/multimedia/28xp-hockey-penalties-fctw/28xp-hockey-penalties-fctw-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Everybody’s Ejected After a Senators-Panthers Fight
Related media – Associated media Geraldine Tkachuk, the players’ grandmother, was spotted in the stands looking less than impressed. As remarkable as the 10-man ejection…
![Rafael Nadal is ready to play again. In America. On hard courts. Should he? Rafael Nadal is ready to play again. In America. On hard courts. Should he?](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/27024249/GettyImages-1902293875-scaled.jpg)
Rafael Nadal is ready to play again. In America. On hard courts. Should he?
Associated media – Linked media For more than a month, the smoke signals out of Rafael Nadal’s camp have kept the tennis world on its…
![How Phoenix Fans Watch Their Teams May Change How You Watch Yours How Phoenix Fans Watch Their Teams May Change How You Watch Yours](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/10/16/multimedia/00Phoenix-SportsTV-ktzc/00Phoenix-SportsTV-ktzc-facebookJumbo.jpg)
How Phoenix Fans Watch Their Teams May Change How You Watch Yours
Related media – Associated media The Phoenix-area franchises are part of a growing wave of teams doing the same. The San Diego Padres, like the…