Sports
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Track Will Be First Sport to Pay Olympic Gold Medalists
Winners in Paris will get $50,000 each from track and field’s governing body, as Olympic amateurism continues to fade away.
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A Soccer Team Stopped Charging for Tickets. Should Others Do the Same?
When Paris F.C. made its tickets free, it began an experiment into the connection between fans and teams, and posed…
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50 Years After Historic Home Run, Hank Aaron Gets a Stamp and a Statue
The baseball legend hit his record-breaking home run on April 8, 1974. His statue will be unveiled at the Baseball…
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Security Increased for Champions League Games After ISIS Threats
Online messages urged violent attacks on four matches, prompting the police in England, France and Spain to step up precautions.
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To Choose the Menu, Just Win the Masters
The winner of the most hallowed event in professional golf gets to design the menu (and pay) for the next…
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Guns, Machetes and Illness: The Perils of Running the Length of Africa
Russ Cook of Britain overcame danger in a year of running from South Africa to Tunisia.
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Make Room Tennis, Pickleball and Squash. Here Comes Padel.
I first learned about padel last summer, when my partner sent me a photo from a small court during a…
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An Overlooked Championship Team’s Final Stop: The White House
The all-Black Tennessee A&I basketball team won three back-to-back national championships at the height of the Jim Crow era, but…
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Is Soccer’s Model Club Actually … Real Madrid?
The club is strutting into a future different from the one envisioned by its president, Florentino Pérez. But its prospects…
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How European Soccer Made Peace With Fasting During Ramadan
In competitions like the Premier League, Muslim pros who once faced pressure to avoid daily fasts during the monthlong holiday…
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