When I returned to Vancouver in the late 1980s, biking in the city was different than it is today. In my memory, the only people brave enough to ride downtown were bike couriers. On sunny afternoons there would be a dozen of them lounging and smoking outside the HSBC bank building on West Georgia Street, …
I didn’t understand then how much would change, or how quickly. Soon after, the park road was closed because of melting permafrost and landslides, locking a bike trip to Polychrome Pass into the archives of the past. I couldn’t see past the present chaos of family life, each hour messy and loud, to a picture …
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Novak Djokovic has been here before, nipping at the heels of major title No. 21. He had a chance at the US Open last summer. Winning the men’s singles final against Daniil Medvedev would have been a signal moment in sports. Djokovic would have burst through the logjam he’d shared with Roger Federer and Rafael …
At the French Open, Novak Djokovic Again Aims for His 21st Slam Win Read More »
TULSA, Okla. – The dominant story line before the 2022 PGA Championship revolved around Phil Mickelson, who became the oldest major champion last year when he won the event at age 50 but chose not to defend his title this year. Then the focus of the tournament shifted to Tiger Woods, 46, who came to …
Justin Thomas Wins the PGA Championship With a Roaring Comeback Read More »
PARIS – Before there was Carlos, there was Félix. It is not so easy to recall now, through the haze of the pandemic and the aftershocks of Carlos Alcaraz’s meteoric impact on tennis of late. But there was a time, beginning in roughly 2015, that the tennis cognoscenti raved about a young Canadian named Félix …
Felix Auger-Aliassime Seeks Major Success at the French Open Read More »
A rising cycling star who was visiting Texas for a competition was found shot dead in Austin this month, rattling the tight-knit community of off-road biking and racing. Investigators began to piece together a narrative of that night with surveillance video, a remorseful interview with another professional cyclist she had been seeing, and eventually ballistics. …
Mystery of Star Cyclist’s Murder Deepens as Police Seek Suspect Read More »
President Biden raised the alarm on Sunday about monkeypox, a viral infection fast spreading around the world, and warned that the disease, which can be spread as easily through handling a contaminated object, is something “that everybody should be concerned about.” Monkeypox, rarely seen outside Africa, has been found in recent weeks in Europe and …
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White Sox Manager Tony La Russa did not mince words when he was asked what happened between Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson and Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson on Saturday. “He made a racist comment,” La Russa said of Donaldson. “That’s all I’m going to say.” Shortly after the Yankees beat Chicago at Yankee Stadium, 7-5, …
Tim Anderson Calls Josh Donaldson’s ‘Jackie’ Comments Racist Read More »
I knew my sister, Molly, a reporter for The New York Times, was scheduled to interview Ted about food, fishing, and obviously, a little baseball, too. When Molly told me about this, I was in awe that my older sister was poised to speak with one of the greatest hitters of all time. I jokingly …
Paul O’Neill Book Excerpt: A Memorable Chat With Ted Williams Read More »
The scene at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Fla., Was recognizable, not unlike any high school track-and-field meet. There was a practice area where athletes jogged and stretched. There were anxious runners milling about the track and tarps providing shade from the hot Florida sun. But the athletes competing at the National Senior Games …
These 90-Year-Old Runners Have Some Advice for You Read More »