Portugal advanced after edging out Croatia 2-1 in a hard-fought match, and Cristiano Ronaldo’s team will now face European ...

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The New York Times said Monday it will close its sports department, which has produced Pulitzer Prize winners and legendary columnists, and turn to The Athletic for daily coverage. The move comes amid ...

After 60-plus minutes of tense, back-and-forth hockey, the gold-medal game ended in an instant. Early in overtime, Team USA sprinted up ice with a man advantage, and Zach Werenski dropped a pass to a ...

Mexico broke a four-decade drought in the knockout stages of the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Ecuador yesterday.

Back to school also signals the start of fall sports for area high school athletes. Again this year, I have the privilege of covering local sports from the best seat, along the sidelines. Girl’s golf ...

The New York Times announced Monday that it plans to shutter its sports desk, once the home of Pulitzer-winning commentary and groundbreaking reporting on steroid use and concussions, and rely instead ...

It’s game over for the New York Times‘ sports department: The newspaper is shutting down its sports desk and instead will rely on daily sports coverage from the Athletic, the popular website the ...

Dozens of New York Times sports staffers and guild members marched through the Times offices Monday afternoon to protest the end of the Times’s stand-alone sports desk. They stopped near the main ...

The Washington Post’s executive editor Matt Murray defended the paper’s decision to shutter its sports desk in its current form, pointing to the changing landscape within sports media. “We have ...