Category: Sports
![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
Associated media – Associated 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 – Connected 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…
![Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/01/10/multimedia/10ohtani-contract-promo-wgkb/10ohtani-contract-promo-wgkb-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense
Linked media – Associated media Ohtani, though, is beating the Americans on their own terms. “He can hit a home run 500 feet and throw…
![Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia, Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia, Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/22/multimedia/00colombia-venezuela-baseball-tcwg/00colombia-venezuela-baseball-tcwg-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Baseball Has Grown in Bogotá, Colombia, Thanks to Venezuelan Migrants
Linked media – Associated media “Once you’re here, it doesn’t matter,” said Gabriel Arcos, a systems engineer who grew up cheering for a Leones rival…
![Willie Hernández, Relief Pitcher Who Had a Banner 1984, Dies at 69 Willie Hernández, Relief Pitcher Who Had a Banner 1984, Dies at 69](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/25/multimedia/22hernandez-chfg-print1/22hernandez-chfg-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Willie Hernández, Relief Pitcher Who Had a Banner 1984, Dies at 69
Connected media – Connected media Hernández led major league pitchers in appearances (80) and games finished (68) in 1984, when he posted a 9-3 record…
![Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for .7 Million Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for .7 Million](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/26/sports/26xp-hockeycards1/26xp-hockeycards1-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for $3.7 Million
Linked media – Associated media The box went to an anonymous buyer in Canada, Mr. Simonds said, breaking the record for the most money spent…
![Everybody’s Ejected After a Senators-Panthers Fight Everybody’s Ejected After a Senators-Panthers Fight](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/11/28/multimedia/28xp-hockey-penalties-fctw/28xp-hockey-penalties-fctw-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Everybody’s Ejected After a Senators-Panthers Fight
Linked media – Connected media Geraldine Tkachuk, the players’ grandmother, was spotted in the stands looking less than impressed. As remarkable as the 10-man ejection…