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Frances Tiafoe celebrates winning his match in round 4 of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis championships inside Louis Armstrong Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing New York on September 3, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Schwartz)

Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton bring American men back to the forefront at U.S. Open

September 4, 2023 at 10:44 p.m.

Two young African-American tennis players, Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton, will play a second-week match at the US Open on Tuesday out of the past, a kind of match the...

Jeter's legend began with a home run against the Orioles.

‘The Captain’ gives us the Derek Jeter we always wanted

July 23, 2022 at 9:35 a.m.

"The Captain," the ESPN documentary about Derek Jeter, isn't going to have the impact that the one about Michael Jordan, "The Last Dance," did when it dropped. We were in...

Kobe Bryant, 17, jokes with the media as he holds his Los Angeles Lakers jersey during a news conference in Inglewood, Calif. on July 12, 1996.

Kobe Bryant leaves behind one of sports’ most complicated legacies

January 26, 2020 at 7:20 p.m.

Somehow Kobe Bryant was still just 41 years old when he died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday. It meant that he had been famous for more...

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James adjusts his headband during the first half of the team's preseason NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LeBron took a stand. For Nike

October 19, 2019 at 9:37 a.m.

The NBA regular season begins on Tuesday night, at which point the league's commissioner, Adam Silver, and everybody else associated with professional basketball hopes they can start talking about Giannis...

EWING HAS HEART, TALENT-BUT NOT ENOUGH HELP

August 9, 2021 at 5:42 p.m.

From around the corner came laughter as Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant finished up with the media, laughter and even some applause. If Pat Riley heard, he didn't let on....

DARKNESS FALLS OVER KNICKS’ SEASON OF DESTINY

August 9, 2021 at 9:45 p.m.

They really began to take the Knicks' season last Saturday afternoon. Even on a day when he could make only three shots out of 18, Michael Jordan did everything else...

ACCORDING TO NEW YORK’S CLOCK, THIS IS EWING TIME

August 9, 2021 at 7:33 p.m.

Patrick Ewing will not be rousted away from the basket Wednesday night and have to mail in jump shots from the post office across from Madison Square Garden. Long jumpers...

STUPEFYINGLY BAD KNICKS THROW DOOR WIDE OPEN

August 9, 2021 at 9:45 p.m.

The Knicks opened the door in old Chicago Stadium Saturday afternoon. They opened the door wide, and champions showed up in the old hall on Madison Street, champions and hope...

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