Asked to shoulder the load, Harden scored 45 points in a playoff game for the first time in eight years.

Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” about the fighter Emile Griffith, is the rare opera to engage with sports. A boxing consultant helped keep it gritty.

Though prognosticators guessed that both teams might look for offensive players, the Jets chose an edge rusher from Iowa State and the Giants selected a…

The teams’ meeting in the Eastern Conference semifinals will play out in the shadow of a lively postseason history.

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The soccer club bankrolled by the actors Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds won its league over the weekend. Here’s what comes next.

An ultramarathoner was disqualified after covering part of a course in a friend’s car. She said it was a “miscommunication.” A rival had a different…

A rough start to Game 2 had Kevin Durant and Phoenix looking vulnerable. They recovered to turn a must-win game into a shooting clinic.

The N.B.A. fined the team for resting players and making statements that indicated it did not want to win against the Chicago Bulls this month.

Many gamblers try to pick the winner of Britain’s most popular race, the Grand National. Few succeed.