Category: Sports
![Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71 Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/10/multimedia/10Zachary--02-zpqk/10Zachary--02-zpqk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71
Associated media – Associated media Pat Zachry, who was a co-winner of the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1976, but who is…
![A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/17/multimedia/17nat-oakland-baseball-1-gcwm/17nat-oakland-baseball-1-gcwm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland
Linked media – Linked media Still, the Athletics continued to be competitive, reinventing themselves by shrewdly using data to assess undervalued skills, a process that…
![Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/27/pageoneplus/27a2_insider-sports/27a2_insider-sports-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports
Associated media – Related media As journalists from the Sports desk began other assignments across the newsroom — and, in a few cases, roles at…
![Some Things Are More Important Than History Some Things Are More Important Than History](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/11/multimedia/00mlb-yankees-essay-wcfk/00mlb-yankees-essay-wcfk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Some Things Are More Important Than History
Related media – Linked media He didn’t care that it was a no-hitter. He just wanted the Yankees to win. More than five hours after…
![USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/27071304/GettyImages-2042052628-scaled-e1709036031304.jpg)
USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone
Connected media – Associated media For those who weren’t following along during the 2011 World Cup qualifying cycle — in which the U.S. lost to…
![The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’ The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/21120326/0221_NorthKoreaBrazil-scaled.jpg)
The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’
Related media – Connected media Everyone seems to have a slightly different estimate of how many people were outside the stadium on that strange November…
![How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/08/multimedia/00mlb-flannery-lead-kbcq/00mlb-flannery-lead-kbcq-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg)
How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs
Linked media – Connected media As an old ballplayer, when the back pain attacked, he figured he would just play through it. “I took four…
![A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/09/12/multimedia/12hky-nilan-ptgq/12hky-nilan-ptgq-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late
Connected media – Linked media Memory, Now and Five Years Ago Chris Nilan is a quintessential Bostonian of a certain time and demographic, the kind…
![On Klay Thompson as a sixth man, boost from a living (Larry) legend and uncertain Warriors future On Klay Thompson as a sixth man, boost from a living (Larry) legend and uncertain Warriors future](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/27091158/GettyImages-2040785848-scaled-e1709043170913.jpg)
On Klay Thompson as a sixth man, boost from a living (Larry) legend and uncertain Warriors future
Associated media – Associated media SAN FRANCISCO — The motivational message, courtesy of the great Larry Bird, came at the perfect time. Klay Thompson was…
![Eli Manning’s popular ‘Chad Powers’ skit to be made into Hulu comedy series starring Glen Powell Eli Manning’s popular ‘Chad Powers’ skit to be made into Hulu comedy series starring Glen Powell](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/02/22164545/GettyImages-1244803260-scaled.jpg)
Eli Manning’s popular ‘Chad Powers’ skit to be made into Hulu comedy series starring Glen Powell
Associated media – Linked media The name’s Powers. Chad Powers. And he’s coming (back) to a screen near you. Hulu ordered Eli Manning’s character “Chad…