sports: a soap opera

A little more than eight years after debuting in front of 4,000 fans at a sold-out Grayson Stadium in Savannah, the Bananas have sold out every game since. That includes this weekend’s game at Fenway.

And so, on May 14, 2024, modern Premier League football reached its logical next step: Tottenham Hotspur fans rooting against their team when facing Manchester City because they’d rather lose than have rivals Arsenal win the title.

Yet her stellar performance shows that Emma Navarro is by no means intimidated by the shimmering status of Wimbledon’s wealthiest fans: the tennis phenom is, after all, a scion of one of America’s richest families, and worth more than Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal combined. Her father, Ben Navarro, is the billionaire businessman b... See more

Data from high-tech motion sensors will monitor horses, and an old-fashioned “bucket brigade” as well as state-of-the-art equipment will be dispatched frequently to pick rocks from the racetrack that authorities determined could have played a part in last year’s cluster of deaths.

She acknowledges there are limits to HISA’s authority, which covers horses that have recorded a timed workout at the racetrack. Breeding and sales remain largely unregulated, and practices like repeated breeding of unsound horses, corrective surgeries and drug use are believed to be widespread.

When Mark Walter, the owner of the Dodgers and the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, met with two-way star Shohei Ohtani this past winter, he attempted to sell a vision based on these conflicting truths, the immense pride and deep frustration within his franchise. The Dodgers had become a colossus since Walter’s group took over in 201... See more

There’s a story behind their name, a thought process behind their color palette and an award-winning designer behind their logo. Such is the case for many of the eccentric team names filling the minor leagues and collegiate summer leagues in recent years. The magic lies in the quirks that tie the clubs to their communities. The fun comes from the w... See more