The Brooklyn Nets are expected to complete separate trades Friday that end their association with the veteran point guard Jeremy Lin but potentially add a valuable first-round pick in the 2019 draft, according to two people with knowledge of the transactions. The Nets have agreed to trade Lin to the Atlanta Hawks in the first […]
John Tavares, an Islander his entire nine-year career and the team captain the past five seasons, has decided to go home. He signed a seven-year, $77 million contract on Sunday with the Toronto Maple Leafs that will bolster that club but leave the Islanders without the longtime face of their franchise. The 27-year-old Tavares was […]
As the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline draws near, each day seems to deliver a new urgency for Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman. The idea of hunting for reinforcements might seem like an extravagance for a team that is on pace to win 107 games, except for the fact that all the Yankees’ success would […]
John Isner didn’t mind waiting. In this, his 41st Grand Slam event, what was another four hours and 14 minutes? That was how long Isner had to wait for eighth-seeded Kevin Anderson to knock top-seeded Roger Federer out of Wimbledon in a marathon five-set match. Next up on No. 1 Court was Isner, who had […]
It’s not often that any tennis player can manage to upstage Serena Williams when it comes to fashion, but at Wimbledon Roger Federer did just that, provoking the kind of social media meltdown that is usually reserved for a cat suit on the court. The reverberations of his decision to trade his Nike swoosh for a […]
Daniel Martin of Ireland won an uphill finish to claim Stage 6 of the Tour de France on Thursday, while Greg Van Avermaet kept the yellow jersey for a third consecutive day. The defending champion Chris Froome crossed eight seconds after Martin in 18th. That left him 1 minute 2 seconds off Van Avermaet’s overall […]
Four years after playing the last match of her career at Wimbledon, Li Na has returned to the All England Club. Her life has had additions; she brought her two children, Alisa, 3, and Sapa, 1½. But she is missing the kinesio tape that once constantly adorned her knee, and her trademark tan has faded […]
In the seven weeks since pitcher Noah Syndergaard landed on the disabled list, the Mets lost their general manager to illness, lost more players to injuries, and sunk to the worst record in the National League. Whispers of trades coming ahead of a July 31 deadline intensified, with Syndergaard’s name among those mentioned. Yet on […]
It looked straightforward again on the grass and in the summer sunshine on Thursday as Serena Williams kept the angst and the unforced errors to a minimum on Centre Court. But it has been anything but easy for her to get back to what might seem like her rightful place in a Wimbledon final. “This […]
If Houston’s A.J. Hinch, the American League manager in next week’s All-Star Game, was mulling whom to select as his starting pitcher in the exhibition, a convenient showcase presented itself on Thursday night when two of the best in baseball were pitted against each other. Luis Severino of the Yankees and Corey Kluber of the […]