Sports
The big game is about more than winner and losers; it can shape our culture and society. We explain how.
Kamila Valieva, Russian score inflation, and a teammate’s full-blown temper tantrum.
“Sled head” is about more than just crashes.
Despite failing a doping test, Kamila Valieva is allowed to skate. But she won’t be allowed to win a medal (yet).
Ads for crypto companies and sports betting sites were all over the 2022 Super Bowl.
It’s the “early stages of the biggest transition in the auto industry since the car was first invented.”
Russian skater Kamila Valieva is a minor. The adults in her life should be held responsible.
Kamila Valieva and Russia’s women’s figure skating team are incredibly dominant. The team is also incredibly controversial.
His discrimination lawsuit has highlighted the problem. The NFL could solve it by hiring Black coaches.
The Beijing Olympics are the first to use 100 percent artificial snow. What does that actually mean?
The “Quad King” finished fifth at the 2018 Olympics but has finally clinched a gold medal — after three years of being almost unbeatable in international competition.
In a sport graded to the decimal, Chen pulled out a 20-point win.
What the monobob does and doesn’t do for gender equality.
Speed skating legend Apolo Ohno explains his “perfect race.”
It’s more about aerodynamics than aesthetics.
It will be hard to host the Winter Games when winter isn’t cold.
As the Beijing Winter Games begin, hopes that international sport could help promote global peace are melting away.
Beijing’s opening ceremony featured Vladimir Putin, thousands of Chinese teenagers, and a lot of loaded politics.
Figure skating’s scoring system has pushed for better jumps, maybe at the expense of artistry.
Digging into the Olympics’ official narrative on film to see what the movies really say.
A big bet with real risk and reward.
The tennis star’s disappearance is part of a larger pattern of censorship and misogyny.
In King Richard, Venus and Serena’s dad is the hero. The media didn’t always treat him that way.
The game is at a turning point. Should the rules be changed?
A key government official declared that players are actually employees, but the league is still avoiding worker protections – just like gig economy companies around the nation.
We talked to Team USA’s head diving coach to find out.
A deceptively difficult gymnastics turn.
While the coronavirus still spreads worldwide, the Olympic Games will go on in Japan.
The Tokyo Olympics could cost four times as much as expected.
Japan’s pandemic problems are bigger than the Olympics, experts say.
There’s a mental health moment in America, and athletes are leading the way.
Biles stepped back. Here’s why.
I worked in Native American advocacy. The hardest part of my job was fighting for a change like the Guardians’.
Running the 400-meter hurdles requires strategic rhythm, but it’s over so quick you just might miss it.
Here’s what Olympic athletes can teach us about coping with heat waves.
Simone Biles is performing the most complicated feats women’s gymnastics has ever seen — and not being fully rewarded for it.
Six new sports will be at the Tokyo Olympics — the most since 1920.
Allegations of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse go way beyond Larry Nassar.
Facebook’s and Twitter’s sluggish reactions show how they still rely on users to combat hate speech.
Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension over marijuana is a callback to an era Americans are moving away from.
The emotional labor of creating a more accepting league should not fall to LGBTQ athletes.