New York City F.C.’s circuitous search for a permanent home — a seven-year quest that generated frustration for the team, exasperation among its supporters and endless ridicule from rival fans in Major League Soccer — has come full circle. The team’s owners, in conjunction with a group of local developers, are nearing an agreement with […] More
There was a lot of upbeat talk from the Jacksonville Jaguars when the team announced on Tuesday that it would play two of its home games in London next season. “Our London strategy has been a game-changer,” said Mark Lamping, the president of the team. “There is no better time than now to capitalize on […] More
Major League Soccer and its players have reached an agreement in principle on a five-year collective bargaining agreement, the league announced on Thursday. The limit on spending on the bulk of players would rise to $11.6 million per team over the course of the deal, compared with $8.5 million in the last deal. This amount […] More
It was a professional football league that lasted for one season 19 years ago, but memories of the XFL are surprisingly vivid for fans over 30: He Hate Me, Jesse Ventura, no fair catches, the Memphis Maniax. So when the XFL returns this weekend with a new eight-team league, again owned by Vince McMahon of […] More
Were Beyoncé and Jay-Z making a political statement when they sat during the national anthem? Was Jennifer Lopez alluding to President Trump’s immigration practices by having children sitting in cage-like orbs? What about that Puerto Rican flag? At the Super Bowl, the most widely viewed television event of the year, political statements from international superstars […] More
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — For the first time in what felt like forever, America was treated to a Super Bowl without the New England Patriots on Sunday. The upstart San Francisco 49ers, with their smothering defense, took on the Kansas City Chiefs and their wunderkind quarterback Patrick Mahomes. With aging stars like Aaron Rodgers and […] More
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It was midway through the third quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl when Patrick Mahomes seemed to realize he needed to take over the game if his flagging Kansas City Chiefs were going to rally to defeat the San Francisco 49ers, whose confidence had noticeably swelled after taking a 3-point lead. But […] More
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The years since the Chiefs’ last Super Bowl victory have felt like decades and the decades like centuries in the Kansas City area, where season after season ended in emotional wreckage. The playoffs unspooled as if booby-trapped. Good teams cratered. Better ones collapsed. There are scars. Deliverance arrived on Sunday night. […] More
