Dispatches from the world of sports—football, baseball, basketball, hockey, boxing, and more—from The New Yorker.https://www.newyorker.com© Condé Nast 2024en-USMon, 20 May 2024 09:16:37 +0000https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-kafkaesque-journey-of-the-oakland-as6647b353bdaf7aab3fa9f04aSun, 19 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000As the team’s current owner tries to move the franchise to Las Vegas, its situation has become hopeless and absurd.Sports / The Sporting SceneBaseball, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, StadiumsLouisa ThomasCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-joy-of-the-minnesota-timberwolves-defense6639276bc593c3ca16409f68Sun, 12 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000The Minnesota Timberwolves make the least glamorous part of basketball seem fun.Sports / The Sporting SceneN.B.A. (National Basketball Association), NBA Playoffs, Athletes, Joy, BasketballLouisa ThomasCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/there-was-a-model-for-luka-doncic-now-hes-broken-it6633ad88afaffa8e6f1e3933Sun, 05 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000For years, the Dallas Mavericks star was compared to James Harden, whose footsteps he seemed to follow. But Dončić plays with a different kind of freedom.Sports / The Sporting SceneNational Basketball Association (N.B.A.), Dallas Mavericks, AthletesLouisa ThomasCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/does-the-hot-hand-exist-in-hockey6626941340d711c6f8d372b2Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000Nearly every hockey fan and player will tell you that, when the playoffs arrive, you have to go with the goalie who’s on a roll. Are they right?Sports / The Sporting SceneIce Hockey, Hockey, N.H.L., Goals, Stanley Cup PlayoffsLouisa ThomasCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-baltimore-oriole-who-looks-like-a-cherub-and-swings-the-bat-like-a-legend-to-be661d40035f2b983ad726bf18Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000Jackson Holliday has had perfect swinging form since he was three years old. As a major leaguer, though, he’s still in his infancy.Sports / The Sporting SceneBaltimore Orioles, BaseballLouisa ThomasCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-legend-of-playoff-jimmy6616987b01623e68b9b52732Sat, 13 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000For years now, just in time for the N.B.A. post-season, sure as the daffodils, Jimmy Butler has transformed into the world’s greatest basketball player—or something close to it.Sports / The Sporting SceneBasketball, N.B.A., Miami Heat, NBA PlayoffsLouisa ThomasCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/how-womens-basketball-became-the-hottest-thing-in-college-sports660af4c62c4a97cdca52fb42Sat, 06 Apr 2024 16:32:14 +0000Talented and charismatic stars, including Caitlin Clark, JuJu Watkins, and Paige Bueckers, have made the games appointment viewing.Sports / The Sporting SceneBasketball, College sports, N.C.A.A., Athletes, ESPNLouisa ThomasCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-joy-of-watching-mookie-betts-play-baseball66057dc6d148df592adcca14Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:57:19 +0000Overshadowed by his epochal teammate, the diminutive superstar, now a shortstop, plays the game with a quick, open mind and an astonishing array of skills.Sports / The Sporting SceneBaseball, M.L.B., Los Angeles DodgersLouisa ThomasCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-los-angeles/its-shohei-ohtani-season-in-la6606dc4b07b93c193cfb0ca4Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:41:09 +0000Even before the startling accusations made against Ohtani’s interpreter, the Dodgers star was seemingly at the center of civic life.News / Letter from Los AngelesSports / The Sporting SceneBaseball, Athletes, Japan, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League BaseballEmily WittCondé Nasthttps://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-next-great-tennis-rivalry-may-be-here65f9e976af20e92f94cf69a5Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:00:29 +0000Evert-Navratilova, Borg-McEnroe, Federer-Nadal . . . Sinner-Alcaraz?Sports / The Sporting SceneTennis, Tennis Players, Rivalries, Grand SlamGerald MarzoratiCondé Nast