Author: NY TIMES

LAS VEGAS — Becky Harmon has said all season long she’s been waiting for the game to come, and all of Las Vegas’ guards are giving it their all.In 2023, the three-headed monster of Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, and Kelsey Plumb was an unstoppable combination most nights, culminating in the WNBA Finals series when the perimeter trio The group beat their New York Liberty opponents convincingly, even if Gray didn’t get the win in the final.Fast forward a season and Las Vegas has begun to mix and match. Although Tiffany Hayes joins an already talented back corps, the Aces are…

Of course this will happen. It’s just a miracle it didn’t happen sooner.College football is a sport that still has no clear guidelines governing the market, more than three years after players were finally allowed to monetize their names, images and likenesses.Without a truly powerful governing body to enforce the minor rules on both sides of the contract, if anyone tried, the offended party could hire a lawyer, go to court, and add a new chapter to the NCAA’s long history of failure. .Last week, UNLV starting quarterback Matthew Sluka posted that he planned to leave the program after “representations”…

Many of those killed in the strike had fled other parts of southern Lebanon over the past week, following Israeli evacuation orders, and sought refuge in relatives’ homes in Sidon, according to the relatives and their neighbors.Narmin Jradi, 20, who had been planning her wedding, was on the ground floor when she died. Majid and Malek Hannach, were rambunctious siblings, 12 and 13.Mohammad Hannach, 18, from Nabatieh, had been worried about whether the war would disrupt his plans to study engineering at a university next year.

The NFL’s most surprising teams in Week 4 are at opposite ends of the standings.The Minnesota Vikings are 4-0 after losing their drafted rookie quarterback and replacing him with the well-traveled Sam Darnold.go deeperEvaluating the 4-0 team, from Vikings’ shocking start to Chiefs’ WR setbacks: Sandow’s No. 6 pickThe Jacksonville Jaguars are 0-4 less than four months after signing quarterback Trevor Lawrence to a $275 million contract extension.Here’s another surprise: Lawrence’s statistics in 54 career starts are consistent with Darnold’s performance at the same point in his career (Darnold is 57-60 in starts this season).It’s too early to do an…

The “other people” theory of coaching is a cliché in sports.If a team loses more than it loses with a so-called “player coach” (a coach who specializes in working with players and creating a relaxed atmosphere), they are often replaced with someone more disciplined. Conservative coaches who don’t succeed are replaced by high-energy, emotional, and driven coaches. When that behavior wears off, those X’s and O’s nerds will come back.Tennis players are no exception, with the latest examples being Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka. The pair faced off in Beijing on Tuesday in the penultimate WTA 1000 event of the…

Zahraa Badreddine fled Nabatieh in southern Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes intensified, hoping to find safety in a predominantly Christian area closer to the coast. But last Sunday, an airstrike near Sidon killed her two children.

Paris Fashion Week has been full of notable runway looks, striking faces and scenic backdrops. Here are some of the best things our photographer has seen so far.

Maarten Paes is the starting goalkeeper for Dallas in Major League Soccer. Yet no one would notice him as he walked down a busy street in Dallas, Texas.This is not the case online. Or in Indonesia.Like his teammates in the Indonesian national team, Paes has been mobbed when he visits the country and he has a large following on social media, far beyond what is expected from a player who has yet to cause problems at football’s highest echelons.Paes, 26, who was born in the Netherlands but became an Indonesian citizen in April, has been stunned by his rapid social…

Caitlin Clark has her name etched in the history books heading into the 2024 WNBA season and is named the league’s Rookie of the Year, league sources say Competitor on Friday.Considering Clark’s prolific debut season, it’s no surprise that she won the award.Clark broke the WNBA’s single-season and single-game assist records. She is the all-time leading scorer by a rookie and the all-time leading scorer by a point guard. She became the first rookie to record two triple-doubles and the first Wild player to record a triple-double.go deeperKaitlyn Clark rates her rookie season ‘solid’ after playoff exitThose were just some…

A Potentially Tricky SituationI work as a nurse manager at a large hospital. I’ve been in the role only about six months, so I’m still learning how to navigate the very toxic leadership culture of this hospital. I recently brought in a sticker I was very excited to put on the white board by my desk. It says “I had an abortion.” I wanted to put this up for two reasons. One is that I felt a lot of shame when I needed an abortion, but slowly learned how many people I knew had been in the same spot. I’ve…