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Giants G.M. Dave Gettleman to Retire; Coach’s Fate Uncertain

The Giants have had only five general managers since 1974, a spell of stability and patience illustrated by the four…

Push to Expand College Football Playoff Stumbles

INDIANAPOLIS — The College Football Playoff’s ambitions for expansion stalled on Monday, when the sport’s leading power brokers proved unable…

On Her Way Up: Yankees Tap Woman as Minor League Manager

Rachel Balkovec, a groundbreaking baseball coach, will become the manager of a team in the Yankees’ minor league system, making…

Novak Djokovic’s Fight to Play Tennis Could Be Just Starting

Novak Djokovic has fought through adversity of his own and others’ making for as long as he has been playing…

Churchill Downs Draws a Hard Line With Bob Baffert

Bill Carstanjen, the chief executive of Churchill Downs, had a clear message to lawyers for Bob Baffert on Monday: We…

Don Maynard, Hall of Fame Receiver for Champion Jets, Dies at 86

Don Maynard, the Hall of Fame wide receiver who teamed with Joe Namath in the passing attack that propelled the…

Was There Joy in East Rutherford?

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When the Giants (4-13) played the Washington Football Team (7-10) at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, both…

N.F.L. Coach Firings Follow Regular Season’s End

The Monday after the N.F.L. regular season is a perilous day to be a head coach. This year, Brian Flores,…

Playoff Fans in the Cold as College Football Plots Its Future

INDIANAPOLIS — Freezing rain had turned the downtown sidewalks here into granite-hard slip-and-slide tracks. A downtown concert stage and beer…

Klay Thompson Returns, as if He Never Left

Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors has never been known as a leaper. He used to have a running…

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