Peek inside a $200-a-night ‘room’ at the World Cup VIEW
For many fans — particularly the more adventurous or frugal among them — the accommodation they found is in a field that feels mostly like...
NBC lingered on Shiffrin after her fall, drawing anger
To some fans, it felt like an uncomfortable or even exploitative intrusion in a dark moment. Many observers on social media drew a parallel to...
Caeleb Dressel, Bobby Finke and Katie Ledecky lead big day in the pool for Americans
American men won gold medals in two very different freestyle distances Thursday morning at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, and Katie Ledecky earned a silver medal...
The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees VIEW
The wildfires that burned more than 4 million acres in California this year foreshadow a future of more heat, more fires and more destruction. Among...
Upset over damage to players, ESPN football analyst walks away
Former University of Washington player Ed Cunningham, who called games for ESPN and ABC, said: “I just don’t think the game is safe for the...
Wild sheep the ultimate hunt for a steep price VIEW
It’s a rich man’s sport: Opportunities to hunt sheep are scarce, and often prohibitively expensive. The hunts are also among the most difficult, often lasting...
Skin is no longer in with basketball uniforms
An entire basketball team these days might not combine to reveal as much leg as the short-short-wearing John Stockton, and certainly not 7-footer Wilt Chamberlain,...