NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Climate change activists stormed the field at the Yale-Harvard football game on Saturday afternoon, disrupting the game at halftime in a protest to call attention to the universities to divest their investments in fossil fuels. A group of about 70 protesters took to the field just before 2 p.m. after the […] More
LONDON — England’s Premier League has long prided itself on the kind of soccer it sells to the world, a compelling product that it bills as a unique brand of high-octane, fast-and-furious soccer. So it is perhaps little surprise that the league’s introduction this season of video assistant refereeing — the game-pausing, controversy-inducing, fan-aggravating replay […] More
Fred Cox, a place-kicker for the Minnesota Vikings who scored the most points in the team’s history and, while still playing, helped conceive the Nerf Football, a squishy faux pigskin that sold in the millions, died on Wednesday at his home in Monticello, Minn. He was 80. The Vikings announced his death but provided no […] More
Get Rory Smith’s weekly newsletter on world soccer in your inbox every Friday. It’s free! Sign up here at nytimes.com/rory. My favorite soccer-related study of all time, by some distance, came from the Brazilian magazine Mundo Estranho a few weeks before the start of the 2014 World Cup. For the first time, it said, it […] More
The Patriots are trying to improve to 10-1 with the Cowboys in their way; the Seahawks are seeking an important road win at Philadelphia; and the Falcons — yes, the Falcons — are trying to stay red hot. These games make for solid appetizers, but the real meal will take place near San Francisco, where […] More
McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. — The town was buzzing. It was the first round of Nebraska’s six-man high school football playoffs. The McCool Junction Mustangs (9-0) were undefeated and seeded fourth in Class D6. And while the Crawford Rams were 5-4, no one was taking them lightly. The Rams were tall and intimidating. “They are ranchers,” […] More
Houston quarterback Deshaun Watson hit DeAndre Hopkins for two touchdowns on Thursday to lead the Texans to a 20-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in a battle for the N.F.L.’s A.F.C. South division lead. The Texans, coming off an embarrassing 41-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, improved to 7-4, breaking out of a […] More
The head coach of the Yale women’s soccer team left the university this week after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced from when he coached at a nearby college in Connecticut a decade ago. It was the second time in a year that the team’s head coach had left because of a scandal. The previous job holder […] More
