FC Dallas pulled out of Major League Soccer’s tournament in Florida after 10 players and a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, M.L.S. officials announced on Monday. The positive tests appeared after the team arrived in Orlando, Fla., on July 1, where the tournament starts July 8 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports […] More
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, one of the N.F.L.’s biggest stars, has signed a 10-year contract extension with the Kansas City Chiefs, according to a person familiar with the terms of the deal who was not authorized to speak for the team. The big payday, worth up to half a billion dollars, for Mahomes, who at 24 […] More
The battle over the name of the Washington, D.C., N.F.L. team deepened on Monday as President Trump defended it even as more retailers said they would pull the team’s gear off their shelves. “They name teams out of STRENGTH, not weakness, but now the Washington Redskins & Cleveland Indians, two fabled sports franchises, look like […] More
As games return and dozens of players drop to one knee, leagues that once tried to tiptoe around the issue won’t be able to avoid it. More
Ryan Babel, one of the first high-profile soccer players to use social media, has spent his career being defined by everything but his play. More
By the time they take the field this fall — that’s assuming there is a season given the coronavirus pandemic — the National Football League team in Washington D.C. might have a new nickname. “In light of recent events around our country and feedback from our community, the Washington Redskins are announcing the team will […] More
The Washington Redskins’ announcement Friday that they would begin “a thorough review of the team’s name” is a potential culmination to years of protest and defiance over a nickname that many Native Americans and other advocates for change consider deeply offensive. A look at the history of the team and its name: 1769 The first […] More
Rocco B. Commisso completed his purchase of an Italian team in record time. It was only after the closing that he learned an agent controlled the fate of some of the club’s top players. More
