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☆ New York’s Newest Hockey Team Has Everything but a Name and Home Ice
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( David Waldstein | Mimi D Autremont | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cheers thundered across a packed arena in Ottawa as fans stood and shouted support for the home team and vitriol at the visitors. Young girls in peewee jerseys, bearded bros in Ottawa red and women holding signs with slogans like “Girls Supporting Girls” all lent voice to the mounting excitement. For this was February in Canada, where hockey has been depicted on 5-dollar bills and all levels of the sport are revered with an almost maniacal fervor. When Ottawa scored to break a tie with only a few minutes to play, 8,000 fans erupted, signaling their emotional investment in the brand-new Professional Women’s Hockey League. Women’s pro hockey has a fractured history, with various leagues on four continents dividing up the talent and fans.

Persons: Young Organizations: bros, Ottawa, Women’s Hockey League Locations: Ottawa, “, York, Canada

☆ After 5,631 Yankees Games, John Sterling Calls His Own Walk-Off
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman had that special sort of radio relationship where they would often finish each other’s sentences, or more precisely, each other’s lyrics. They might have been announcing Yankees games, but that would not prevent them from dipping into musical theater, a passion for both of them. “It’s something sort of grandish,” Sterling might say on the air, using one of his signature phrases to describe a great play by the former outfielder Curtis Granderson, or perhaps it was a reference a grand slam someone had hit. “I just don’t want to do any more work,” he said Monday on WFAN. “I’ve worked for 64 years, and in July I’ll be 86, so let’s face it, my time has come.”

Persons: John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman, ” Sterling, Curtis Granderson, Waldman, Sterling, “, ”, “ I’ve, I’ll Organizations: Yankees, WFAN

☆ New York City Is Closer to Getting Its First Soccer Stadium
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The New York City Council voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve construction of a 25,000-seat, privately financed soccer stadium at Willets Point in Queens, to house the New York City Football Club. The proposed stadium would be built across Seaver Way from Citi Field, where the New York Mets play. In the first phase of redevelopment, the site would include approximately 1,400 units of “permanently affordable housing,” a hotel and 80,000 square feet of retail space, according to the legislation approved Thursday. It would also include 2.8 acres of publicly accessible open space. Under the proposal, the city would retain the land, which has for decades been known as the “Iron Triangle” for its ramshackle collection of automobile repair facilities, and lease it to the club, similar to agreements with other stadiums in New York.

Organizations: New, New York City Football Club, Citi Field, New York Mets Locations: New York, Queens, Seaver

☆ Inside the Massive Repair Shops Where Subway Cars Go for a Makeover
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Christopher Payne | David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Every single wheel, motor, brake, axle, wire and door on every subway car gets completely refurbished every six to 12 years at the Coney Island Overhaul Shop in Brooklyn or its sister facility at 207th Street in Manhattan. The work is part of a scheduled maintenance program, introduced in 1989 and designed to prevent breakdowns before they occur. The system works much like a scheduled tuneup on an automobile. Trains roll into the facilities, where they are disassembled, reconditioned to near-factory specifications, and then sent back out into a railroad that functions as New York’s vascular system, pumping more than a billion riders across 345 million miles each year, 24 hours a day, every day.

Locations: Coney, Brooklyn, Manhattan

☆ ‘New York New Jersey’ Got the World Cup Final. Now Comes the Hard Part.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The governor of New Jersey leaped from his chair and raised his hands high above his head as if he had just scored the winning goal in a World Cup final. Gathered around a TV in a lounge at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., with a group of colleagues, family and friends on Sunday, Gov. Phil Murphy watched as Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, announced that MetLife Stadium would be the site of the 2026 World Cup final. “The significance of a World Cup final dwarfs anything else in global sports. I am just beyond thrilled that we were honored with the final game.”

Persons: Phil Murphy, Gianni Infantino, Murphy, “, Mr, ” Organizations: MetLife, Sunday, Gov, FIFA, New Jersey Meadowlands Locations: New Jersey, East Rutherford, N.J

☆ Not a Priest, Not a Man, but Ready to Run Fordham
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tania Tetlow, the newish president of Fordham University, was in New Orleans, isolating with a case of Covid over winter break, when she learned that Claudine Gay had been forced to resign as Harvard’s president. Gay and faced similar condemnation for her testimony, stepped down as president of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Magill had lasted just 18 months. “Being a university president is a tough job on a good day,” Ms. Tetlow said recently. These are tough issues to navigate.”The ability to navigate through turbulence is one of the many assets that brought Ms. Tetlow to Fordham.

Persons: Tania Tetlow, Claudine Gay, Gay, Elizabeth Magill, Magill, ” Ms, Tetlow Organizations: Fordham University, University of Pennsylvania, Fordham, Yankee Locations: New Orleans

☆ Would You Pay $175,000 for a Luxury Bunker at the U.S. Open?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“I am proud today, almost two decades later, that the U.S. Open continues to welcome all tennis fans, providing access and the opportunity to see the greatest athletes in our sport,” she said in an email. “I have heard there are plans underway to improve the conditions at Arthur Ashe Stadium, but I am not involved in those discussions. Any time we raise a dollar, from any source, 70 percent of that money goes back into community tennis.”Ashe is the world’s largest tennis stadium, with a capacity of almost 24,000. It currently features two tiers of luxury suites, where fans have access to specialty foods, beverages, restrooms and choice views of the court. The U.S. Open is the U.S.T.A.’s immensely lucrative bake sale.

Persons: “, Arthur Ashe, ” Ashe, Zausner Organizations: U.S ., U.S Locations: Madison, United States

An eighteen-wheeler sat motionless at the intersection of 26th Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, completely blocking traffic in all directions. The New York City Marathon, a challenging 26.2-mile foot race that snakes across the city on the first Sunday in November each year, is the stage for some of the most remarkable athletes in the world. It is generally considered the largest marathon in the world, with almost 48,000 contestants last year. But they had no lost trucks to contend with, no red lights, yellow taxis or blue buses. On race day, like this Sunday, the course is cleared of traffic.

Persons: — Organizations: New York City Marathon Locations: Brooklyn, Staten Island, Central

☆ Coco Gauff Says She’s ‘Ready’ for the Headiest Levels of Fame
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first thing Coco Gauff did after leaving the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium with her first Grand Slam trophy in hand, was don a sponsor’s T-shirt proclaiming her as a champion. Gauff has been in the glaring lights of fame since she was a 15-year-old playing into the fourth-round at Wimbledon, but after winning the U.S. Open singles title on Saturday, those lights could become blinding and the fame distracting. Additional endorsement offers will pour in — commercial shoots, appearance opportunities, business projects, investment offers and invitations to A-list social events will pile up in the near and long term future. “I’m ready,” Gauff said after she beat Aryna Sabalenka, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. I know how to keep my peace, but also embrace all of this around me.”

Persons: Coco Gauff, Arthur Ashe, Gauff, “ I’m, ” Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, ” Organizations: Wimbledon, U.S

☆ An Extraordinary Men’s Doubles Three-Peat at the U.S. Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

3 seeds, Ram and Salisbury also won the 2020 Australian Open. But this title may have been just as unexpected after they rebounded from a difficult year to win the final major of the circuit. They had won only one previous tournament this year, the Lyon Open in France in May, and were 4-6 in their last 10 matches coming into the U.S. Open. But none of those duos were able to string together three straight at the U.S. Open, the last major of the calendar year. In the men’s singles, three Americans made it to the final eight, and Ben Shelton reached a semifinal, where he lost to No.

Persons: ”, John McEnroe, Peter Fleming, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge —, Bob, Mike Bryan, Ram, “, Coco Gauff, Madison Keys, Ben Shelton, Novak Djokovic, Arthur Ashe, Salisbury Organizations: U.S ., Wimbledon Locations: Ram, Salisbury, France, Australia, U.S

☆ The Nets Are Up in Flushing Meadows. But Not for the Sport You Think.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( David Waldstein | Gabriela Bhaskar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The sport has been especially important for the community after the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 ravaged Corona, Elmhurst and other parts of Queens. Many were friends of Teresa Benitez and her family, longtime ecuavoley participants from Corona. “We lost maybe 200 people we knew from here, people who came here to play volleyball with us,” said Benitez, a retail worker. “It’s only a couple of weeks,” Benitez said. Back then, people played their special brand of volleyball close to the Willets Point-Shea Stadium subway station on the No.

Persons: Teresa Benitez, ”, Benitez, “, ” Benitez, Blanca Organizations: Corona, U.S, Shea Locations: Corona, Elmhurst, Queens, “, New York, Cuenca, Back

☆ Coco Gauff Storms Into the U.S. Open Semifinals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Coco Gauff blazed into a semifinal of the U.S. Open for the first time behind one of the easiest wins of her career. 20 Jelena Ostapenko from the tournament, 6-0, 6-2, and become the first American teenager since Serena Williams in 2001 to reach the final four. Williams was also 19 that year, and went on to reach the final, where she lost to Venus Williams, her sister. But Serena Williams eventually won 23 major singles titles and staked a claim as the best player in tennis history. Gauff, with years ahead of her, is looking for her first Grand Slam singles title.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Gauff, Jelena Ostapenko, Serena Williams, Williams, Venus Williams, “, ” Gauff, I’m, ” Organizations: U.S

☆ Ons Jabeur Struggles to a First-Round Win at the U.S. Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She took some medicine, and even though she was able to remain upright and win, it was an obvious struggle. “I know it is tough to play a player who is injured or not feeling well on the court,” Jabeur said. The pro-Gauff crowd turned on Siegemund, who later said she had been grossly mistreated. By contrast, it was all love and respect on Tuesday in Armstrong Stadium, where both Jabeur and Osorio played without any tension. When it was over, the fans sang “Happy Birthday” to Jabeur, who turned 29 on Monday.

Persons: Osorio, ” Jabeur, Louis Armstrong, Jabeur, Coco Gauff, Arthur Ashe, Laura Siegemund, Gauff’s, Siegemund, “, ” Organizations: Armstrong Locations: Germany, Jabeur

☆ A Fan Favorite Is Still Trying to Clear Her Major Hurdle
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It is realization that helps her cope with the disappointment of going 0-3 in major finals. They will sometimes lash out at players, even after the players win, because it was not by enough to win a bet. And she is one of the few players who can make such a comment without incurring the wrath of fellow players. Before she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in a quarterfinal on Aug. 18 in Ohio, Jabeur referenced her victory over Sabalenka at Wimbledon a month earlier. Sabalenka, despite their rivalry and despite Jabeur’s cheeky comment about not being forgiven for Wimbledon, was sympathetic toward her popular opponent.

Persons: Jabeur, Camila Osorio, Iga Swiatek, Swiatek, “, ” Jabeur, don’t, Aryna, Sabalenka Organizations: Colombian, U.S ., Sabalenka, Wimbledon Locations: Cincinnati, Ohio

☆ The U.S. Open Is King of New York. Could It Do More for Queens?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( David Waldstein | Gabriela Bhaskar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than 888,000 spectators attended the U.S. Open last year, and at least that many are expected this year at an event that is in some ways an annual contrast of culture and class. Many fans will drive there on the crowded parkways and highways adjacent to the stadium. Some will ride the commuter rails from Manhattan, Long Island and New Jersey, and others will squeeze onto the No. “We never lose sight of the fact that we are in a public park,” said Daniel Zausner, the National Tennis Center’s chief operating officer. “We want to be a bigger player in the community, always.”

Persons: “, ”, Daniel Zausner Organizations: U.S, Grand Central, Tennis Center’s Locations: Manhattan, Long, and New Jersey, Corona, Flushing, Jackson

☆ Hiding From the Yips Will Only Make It Worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Maddy Wood was an incoming freshman at Western Kentucky last fall, on scholarship, in shape and elated to pitch for the Hilltoppers. Her pitches skidded in the dirt, bounced off home plate and soared over the catcher’s head as onlookers snickered and grumbled. I was considering quitting, until I spoke to Eileen.”Eileen Canney Linnehan knew the emotional pain that was shattering Wood’s life. A standout pitcher at Northwestern in the 2000s, Canney Linnehan had lost the ability to make routine throws to bases. She could fire pinpoint, unhittable pitches, and she crafted an illustrious college career, including an appearance in the N.C.A.A.

Persons: Maddy Wood, Wood, snickered, “, ” Wood, Eileen, ” Eileen Canney Linnehan, Canney Linnehan Organizations: Western, Northwestern Locations: Western Kentucky

☆ Carlos Alcaraz Shows Novak Djokovic That His Championships Are Numbered
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

With the driving force of a forehand winner, Novak Djokovic slammed his racket into a net post, then quickly picked up the twisted wreckage and sat down. It was an uncharacteristic outburst of rage from the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, and it seemed to be about more than the point he had just lost. Djokovic, who fully expected to win Wimbledon on Sunday, and perhaps a few more times in the coming years, appeared to be gaining a realization in that moment: His singular dominance of the men’s tennis tour in recent years may be over. Carlos Alcaraz, the 20-year-old Spaniard, was demonstrating incredible mental strength and tennis skill in a five-set gem, and an enticing new rivalry was being born. “Ha, I hope so,” Djokovic, the 36-year-old Serb, said with a laugh.

Persons: Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, “, ” Djokovic, ” Organizations: Wimbledon

☆ Ons Jabeur Calls Wimbledon Loss ‘the Most Painful’ of Her Career
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With the hopes of a country, a continent and a world of tennis lovers who felt she was long overdue urging her toward history, Ons Jabeur fell agonizingly short. The pressure of playing for so much and so many may have caught up to her, again. “Honestly, I felt a lot of pressure, feeling a lot of stress,” Jabeur said Saturday after losing the women’s singles final, 6-4, 6-4 to Marketa Vondrousova. Tears flowed again on Centre Court, as Jabeur joined the likes of Andy Murray and Jana Novotna, two former Wimbledon finalists who each cried after losing finals they had hoped would be their breakthrough championships. Jabeur, who lost last year’s Wimbledon final — and the final of the last U.S. Open — struggled against Vondrousova who won to become the first unseeded Wimbledon women’s champion.

Persons: Jabeur, “, ” Jabeur, Andy Murray, Jana Novotna, —, Vondrousova Organizations: Wimbledon, Court Locations: Tunisia, Africa, U.S

☆ Carlos Alcaraz Gets a Shot at Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon Singles Final
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If Carlos Alcaraz were more patient, perhaps he could just wait for Novak Djokovic to fade away. At 20, Alcaraz is 16 years younger than the great champion, and the day is likely to come when Djokovic is either retired or in decline, and Alcaraz can claim the tennis kingdom as his own. 1 ranking, and he was the second youngest, after Pete Sampras at 19 years 28 days, to win that tournament in the Open era. It features a potentially riveting matchup between Alcaraz, who defeated Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, in their semifinal on Friday, against Djokovic, who also dismissed Jannik Sinner in straight sets. 2 — the 23-time Grand Slam tournament winner, who is 7-1 in Wimbledon finals, against a young Spaniard playing in his first.

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Organizations: United States, Wimbledon

☆ On Guard at Wimbledon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( David Waldstein | Jane Stockdale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Their only weapons are a disarming charm and a polite eagerness to help both the fans and their fellow stewards. There are no snarling dogs, bulletproof vests, boots, camouflage fatigues or any of the intimidating regalia often seen at major sporting events elsewhere. Even though these sailors, soldiers and cadets are working, they are not technically on active military duty. During changeovers, he and the other service stewards stand at firm attention on the court, looking back toward the stands, to deter any would-be court invaders. She started at a challenging time for military women, who were given little if no consideration when they had children, sometimes transferred from one base to another until they quit.

Persons: “, ”, James Brooks, Brooks, Miriam Charlton Organizations: Court, Navy, Falklands Locations: Afghanistan

☆ Rain Keeps Coming at Wimbledon, but the Court Crews Have It Covered
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( David Waldstein | Jane Stockdale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Similar to coastal warning pennants, it is a signal system — from 1 to 8 — issued from Wimbledon’s own crack meteorology department, for the tarpaulin crews to standby or rush into action. A “2” means the chair umpire has the discretion to halt the match. On Saturday, when the first rain drops fell on an already rain-soaked Wimbledon, the signal clicked to “4” from “3.”Instantly, Richard “Winston” Sedgwick, standing on the last row of Court No. 3, where he could see across to the digital beacon on Centre Court, used a simple hand signal to relay the information to the crews, which rushed to action. So, we have to work really hard and really fast.”

Persons: —, ”, Richard “ Winston ” Sedgwick, ” Sedgwick Organizations: Court, Wimbledon Locations: “

☆ Andy Murray’s Run at Wimbledon Is Short and Bittersweet
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Murray’s presence on the lush green lawns of Wimbledon could barely have been expected four years ago. He underwent hip surgery in 2018 that did not take, and it appeared his career was done. But a year later he underwent hip-resurfacing surgery that allowed him to play on. Still, his public held out hope, and did its part, beginning Thursday night, when Murray and Tsitsipas began the match. In a post-loss moment of magnanimity that many other professionals could not have mustered, Murray did not fault the decision, noting the grander implications.

Persons: Murray, Tsitsipas, ” Organizations: Challenger, Wimbledon Locations: Wimbledon

☆ At Wimbledon, Sofia Kenin Rediscovers Her Fighting Form
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It has been three and a half years since Sofia Kenin put both hands to her face and teared up in Melbourne. That night, she had just won the Australian Open at 21, highlighting to the world her ferocious will to fight for every point, every shot. When her hands came down, she was not even smiling, her concentration apparently on maintaining composure as she soaked in the moment of a lifetime. To this day, Kenin says, reflecting back on that triumph requires a bit of a mental blockade. But in the first week of Wimbledon, she has shown some of the skill and tenacity that once took her to the summit of women’s tennis.

Persons: Sofia Kenin, Kenin, “, ” Organizations: Wimbledon Locations: Melbourne, Moscow

☆ Want a Last-Minute Ticket to Wimbledon? No Problem. Just Get in Line.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Moisture infiltrated the tent, she did not get any sleep and she vowed never to do it again. “You go through it and say, ‘Never again,’ but then of course you want to.”They were prepared to awake at 6 a.m. Thursday (after being in line almost 18 hours). Campers are given 30 minutes to dismantle their tents and put them in daily storage, then get into the line and wait — wait for it — for four more hours until the gates open. Among those still hoping to get in on Wednesday was a group of teenage tennis players from the Time To Play Tennis Academy in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. “But it’s Wimbledon.

Persons: Maria Balhetchet, Felix Bailey, Balhetchet, Nick Kyrgios, Stefanos Tsitsipas, “, ”, ‘, Doug Robinson, Robinson Organizations: —, Tennis Academy, Wimbledon, England Locations: Dorset, England, Zimbabwe’s, Harare, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, London

☆ At Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic Aims to Clean Up on the Grass
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( David Waldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Novak Djokovic, bent over with a towel in hand, delighted the Centre Court crowd during a rain delay at Wimbledon on Monday when he mopped some moisture from the grass. Djokovic has not lost a match at Wimbledon since 2017, and with a victory over Pedro Cachin of Argentina in their first-round meeting Monday, he extended his record over the last five Wimbledon tournaments to 29-0. He has won the last four men’s singles titles, and one more this year would set him up to eclipse even more names in the record book. Djokovic would also tie Roger Federer for most Wimbledon men’s singles titles (eight) and tie Bjorn Borg for the most consecutively (five). (Court won 13 majors before 1968, during a time when professionals were not allowed to play in the majors.)

Persons: Novak, Djokovic, Pedro Cachin, Rod Laver, Don Budge, Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Roger Federer, Bjorn Borg Organizations: Wimbledon, All England Club, Laver Locations: Argentina

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