Ralph Branca, Who Gave Up ‘Shot Heard Round the World,’ Dies at 90
The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher threw the ninth-inning pitch that Bobby Thomson drove into baseball legend with a pennant-clinching home run in 1951.
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The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher threw the ninth-inning pitch that Bobby Thomson drove into baseball legend with a pennant-clinching home run in 1951.
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Only a few games are likely to be crucial for the playoff hopes of both teams, and The Upshot’s Playoff Simulator in The New York Times quantifies them.
By VICTOR MATHER
Now in his third year as president of Youngstown State University, the former coach reflects on his time at Ohio State.
By MARC TRACY
The Azkals, as the national team is known, are competing in the Suzuki Cup and a strong showing could help their sport compete with basketball.
By JOHN DUERDEN
It’s easy to envision the job of the federation’s president, Sunil Gulati, as akin to a professional general manager, but in reality the position has a much bigger scope.
By SAM BORDEN
Lee Duck-hee, 18, of South Korea, is ranked 143rd in the world in a sport in which hearing the ball is considered crucial.
By BEN ROTHENBERG
With a week left in the regular season plus conference championships, plenty could change. But here’s a look at categories of contenders.
By MARC TRACY
The league’s newest expansion franchise revealed its name and logo Tuesday night in a ceremony outside the new T-Mobile Arena.
By NAILA-JEAN MEYERS
Arena, who has won five M.L.S. titles and five N.C.A.A. titles, will lead the Americans for the balance of this World Cup cycle after having coached them in the 2002 and 2006 Cups.
By GEORGE VECSEY
Dharam Pal Singh, a farmer from India, credits herbal chutney and fruit for his sustained fitness. Sports officials do not believe his age.
By JERÉ LONGMAN and HARI KUMAR
Over 703 miles, a hardy band of pain enthusiasts tested the limits of both mind and body at the Quintuple Anvil Triathlon — five Ironman-length races in five days.
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
You’re looking at Phil Heath, the six-time Mr. Olympia, who eats a lot of tilapia and works out in a strip-mall gym.
By JOHN BRANCH
There’s a thriving surf scene in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, where the waves are cold and the air is colder.
By JERÉ LONGMAN
He covered the 2,190 miles in less than 46 days, shaving about 10 hours off the previous mark.
By LINDSAY CROUSE