Inside the Confidential N.F.L. Meeting to Discuss National Anthem Protests
“Let’s make sure that we keep this confidential,” Roger Goodell said to begin the session. The New York Times obtained an audio recording of the meeting.
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Photo CreditSamuel Corum/Getty Images ‘Divisive’ and ‘Disastrous’: The Most Biting Comments N.F.L. Owners Made About Trump
— Patriots owner Robert Kraft
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Photo CreditDarron Cummings/Associated Press N.C.A.A. Panel Proposes Reforms, Including End to ‘One and Done’
Condoleezza Rice and her commission have ideas for cleaning up college basketball. But they don’t challenge the longtime requirement that the players be amateurs.
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Photo CreditJae C. Hong/Associated Press Track’s New Gender Rules Could Exclude Some Female Athletes
New regulations by the sport’s international governing body to address women with high levels of testosterone could keep them out of some races if they don’t take medicine to lower the hormone.
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On Pro Basketball
Photo CreditJason Miller/Getty Images LeBron James Is a One-Man Show. That Is the Problem.
“You feel like he just keeps getting better,” says an opposing coach. But the Cavaliers and Pacers are still tied 2-2 in the playoffs’ first round.
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Photo CreditAlastair Grant/Associated Press Review Finds ‘Tsunami’ of Fixed Matches in Lower Levels of Tennis
An independent panel, created two years ago, made 12 recommendations to improve tennis’s anticorruption efforts.
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Photo CreditSean M. Haffey/Getty Images Saquon Barkley Tries to Bring Running Backs Into the Draft Spotlight
Running backs used to be the top prizes in the N.F.L. draft. Now they aren’t. Barkley, a Penn State rusher, wants to change that.
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Photo CreditButch Dill/Associated Press Former N.F.L. Cheerleaders Offer to Settle for $1 and a Meeting With Goodell
“I understand that they could meet with us, patronize us and do nothing in the end,” their lawyer says.
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Photo CreditJae C. Hong/Associated Press N.F.L. Mock Draft: Who’s No. 1? Who Else Will Go High?
Here are the key picks of some of the more prominent selectors. Barring trades, the top teams right now are the Browns, Giants, Jets and Broncos.
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Yankees 8, Twins 3
Photo CreditJulie Jacobson/Associated Press Didi Gregorius Continues His Early-Season Tear in Win Over Twins
Gregorius, who has been the Yankees’ most fearsome hitter this year, drove in three runs and added his eighth home run of the season.
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Photo CreditMatt Rourke/Associated Press Meek Mill Is Released From Prison on Bail
Prosecutors had said the rapper’s conviction should be vacated because of questions about the credibility of the arresting officer.
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On Soccer
Photo CreditPhil Noble/Reuters Mohamad Salah Stands Tall, but Liverpool Cracks Door for Roma
Salah did his best Lionel Messi impression, casting his shadow all across the Champions League semifinal matchup, but two late goals left Roma with hope.
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Photo CreditTim Clayton/Corbis, via Getty Images Darius Bazley Charts Yet Another Path to the N.B.A.: The Development League
Bazley, a top high school prospect, is set to skip college for the N.B.A.’s development league. More players like him might follow in his footsteps.
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On Pro Football
Photo CreditGeorge Rose/Getty Images; Associated Press Jets and Giants Share Something Else: High Stakes at the Draft
No matter how the Giants and the Jets proceed with their first-round picks on Thursday, their decisions will be inexorably linked and endlessly compared.
