Free Agents (Sports)
Kevin Durant Asks to Be Traded From the Nets
The Nets’ latest foray into the world of superteams might be over. Kevin Durant, a 12-time N.B.A. All-Star, has requested a trade, and the Nets have given him permission to find a trade partner, Rich Kleiman, Durant’s business manager, told ESPN. Durant’s request came three days after Kyrie Irving decided to opt into the final […]
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Stephen Curry Is More Human, and Brilliant, Than Ever
BOSTON — Stephen Curry was demoralizing the Celtics when he decided to improvise. After he dribbled to spin past Marcus Smart, who happens to be one of the N.B.A.’s most ferocious defenders, Curry found himself sizing up Robert Williams, a 6-foot-9 center whose sneakers might as well have been filled with concrete. Curry took a […]
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Why Colin Kaepernick is Hosting Pop-Up Workouts
During a news conference March 16, Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll said — unprompted — that he thinks Kaepernick deserves a second shot in his first public comments since trading Wilson. At his workout a week later at Washington, Kaepernick told reporters that he spoke with Carroll and General Manager John Schneider and was hopeful for […]
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Carlos Correa Is Introduced by Minnesota Twins
FORT MYERS, Fla. — He was the first overall choice in his draft class, a high school shortstop with speed and power and the curiosity to keep learning. His task, someday, was to lead his team to a prize it had coveted for decades: the World Series trophy. A decade ago, that was Carlos Correa. […]
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Freddie Freeman Signs with Dodgers for $162 Million
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Dansby Swanson gathered the final ground ball of the World Series last November, then peeked to second base for an easy force that would have clinched the title for the Atlanta Braves. When his double play partner, Ozzie Albies, was slow to break for the bag, Swanson changed direction and […]
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‘New Year, New Me’ Actually Might Work for the Chicago Bulls
About a month before training camp last fall, the Chicago Bulls began meeting up in their city, which would become a new home for most of them. They got together for workouts they didn’t have to do. They played five-on-five. They hung out. With only three players who had been with the team during the […]
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M.L.B. Money Flows to Free Agents as Lockout Looms
The Thanksgiving leftovers are still in the fridge, and Max Scherzer is already on his way to the Mets. That alone proves that the baseball off-season, which tends to unfold at a plodding pace, has come alive. But is this a blizzard of spending, or merely a flurry? Is free agency now a winter wonderland […]
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