By David Waldstein Masa Kawai wore his faded New York Yankees cap last Wednesday as he served customers at the Japanese doughnut shop he...

By Jayson Stark / The Athletic They play a World Series every year. But a World Series like this one comes around about as often as...

By Richard Sandomir Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born, left-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers who enthralled baseball fans...

By David Waldstein As the final second ticked away, Breanna Stewart turned to her teammate Jonquel Jones for a long-awaited championship...

By Ken Belson Shane De Lappe and Stephen Murphy arrived at Dublin’s Croke Park last month about an hour before the stadium gates opened....

By Mike Vorkunov and Ben Pickman / The Athletic In spring 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic upended the country, WNBA Commissioner Cathy...

By Brendan Kuty / The Athletic During the celebration, Gleyber Torres, the New York Yankees’ second baseman, was catching hell. Aaron...

By Andy McCullough / The Athletic Andrew Friedman turned on a New York Mets game last month and thought about sliding doors. On the...