The New York Times – Sports:
Track and field officials were hoping that having the world championships on U.S. soil would help reignite American interest in the sport. But progress takes time.
Category: Athletics and Sports
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Pretty in Any Color: Women in Basketball Make the Style Rules
The New York Times – Sports:
Players in women’s basketball are styling themselves how they want, because they can. Their choices also can be lucrative.
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Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports
The New York Times – Sports:
Competing for rights to broadcast games from the N.F.L. and other leagues could be hard for broadcast and cable companies that “aren’t playing by the same financial rules.”
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Quidditch Becomes ‘Quadball,’ Leaving J.K. Rowling Behind
The New York Times – Sports:
Citing trademark concerns and objections to the author J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender issues, the sport’s leading groups officially distanced themselves from their “Harry Potter” roots.
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N.F.L. Players Pay a Small Price When Accused of Violence Against Women
The New York Times – Sports:
A peer-reviewed study found that players who are arrested in these cases generally do not suffer major career consequences.
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The Rise of the Professional-Athlete Podcast
The New York Times – Sports:
Does getting game analyses straight from the source take away some of the magic?
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Running Post-Covid: How to Get Back to Training
The New York Times – Sports:
It’s not easy to tell runners to slow down when many of their goals are to speed up.
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Equity in Sports Has Focused on Gender, Not Race. So Gaps Persist.
The New York Times – Sports:
Title IX, over 50 years, has heavily benefited white women over nonwhite women. That’s partly because race has never been part of the law.
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Once an ‘Easy Way Out’ for Equality, Women’s Soccer Is Now a U.S. Force
The New York Times – Sports:
After Title IX passed in 1972, administrators found soccer to be a cheap way to comply. And participation rates soared in high schools, universities and at club levels for girls and women.