Month: July 2024

Winning an Olympic gold medal is considered a crowning achievement for an athlete, so it’s only fitting that the physical medal represents the significance. What’s on each gold medal is special for every Olympic Games, but Paris 2024 is particularly notable because, when athletes win gold, they will take home a piece of the Eiffel […]

Chuck Ramkissoon, the most interesting character in Joseph O’Neill’s award-winning novel Netherland, is a Trinidadian wheeler-dealer who has come to New York to make his fortune. So far, so normal, but it is how he intends to make his mark that sets him apart from the thousands of other characters in stories about the American […]

Drive north out of London for a couple of hours, head east just past the city of Leicester, bump along some of England’s finest country roads as they wind between gloriously green fields, and you eventually reach the small village of Ashby Folville, population: 174. At the centre of it sits The Carington Arms: “Probably […]

NEW YORK — As yet another ball was launched into the summer night Friday, the crowd at Citi Field was ecstatic. Francisco Alvarez’s solo shot capped a seven-run explosion in the third inning off Charlie Morton, sending the Mets on their way to an 8-4 win over Atlanta. Alvarez’s blast was the third of the […]

Being a veteran world-class swimmer — and cyclist, and runner — Taylor Spivey has dealt with worse than Paris’ River Seine. “I’ve definitely swam in far more stagnant, questionable bodies of water throughout my career as a professional triathlete,” the 33-year-old told The Athletic via email this week. Spivey has spent much of the last […]

Steven van de Velde will step into a picturesque sand court near the base of the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to meet his long-held ambition of becoming an Olympian. And to let him represent the Netherlands at the Paris Games, the Dutch Olympic Committee agreed that he should stay outside the athletes’ village and not […]

PARIS — Simone Biles is not only ready to compete in the Olympics; she’s ready to leave a lasting impression. Biles submitted a new element on the uneven bars for consideration to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday. Should she hit it in competition, it will become the sixth signature Biles move and give the […]

PARIS — The USA Basketball experience can bring together younger players who look up to aging icons, turn former storied rivals into co-captains and foster future NBA pairings that can reshape the league. This iteration of Team USA that is here in Paris, preparing to defend the gold medal once again, beginning with Sunday’s game […]

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — It’s the biggest event of Induction Weekend that no one on the outside ever gets to see. It arrives on that Sunday night, far from the induction stage … When all the living Hall of Famers come to dinner. And so often, when that moment arrives, the questions these men ask is […]

The NFL’s offensive masterminds continue to innovate and find new advantages, and the cyclical nature of scheme means defensive coaches will find a counter. It’s a chess match that continues every offseason. For example, the popularity of outside schemes was met with more odd fronts with defensive linemen playing more patiently to cause indecision for […]