Thursday, December 26, 2019

Tighten Those Laces: It’s Time for League Play

It’s been a wide-open college basketball season and now the pace picks up for the six power conferences.

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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Done Singing for the Blues, He Happily Wears Their Stanley Cup Ring

Multiple sclerosis forced Charles Glenn to step aside as the St. Louis Blues’ anthem singer just as they were winning their first championship. He has both moved on and held on.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

UConn Who? In Women’s Basketball, the West Emerges From the Shadows

In a shift of power, four of the top 10 teams in the Associated Press poll are from the Pac-12. That includes No. 1 Stanford, one spot ahead of long-dominant Connecticut.

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Amid Blackface and Abuse Allegations, Hockey Wonders Why Young Canadians Don’t Play

A new round of racist incidents made public has forced the N.H.L. to confront its culture while the sport’s popularity — especially among diverse youth — continues to dive.

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Monday, December 16, 2019

College Basketball Is Wide Open, and Could Stay That Way

Four of the top five teams in men’s hoops lost last week.

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Friday, December 13, 2019

College Teams Tout Stars. They Need Early Matchups to Brag About, Too.

Teams are looking for good nonconference games in November and December so when N.C.A.A. tournament selection time comes, they can say they deserve to be in.

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Stars Dismiss Coach Jim Montgomery for ‘Unprofessional Conduct’

Montgomery is the second N.H.L. coach in recent weeks to lose his job for behavior unrelated to his team’s performance.

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