The Yankees’ Trade Deadline Haul? A 20-Year-Old Pitching Prospect

By JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports Yankees management stated for weeks that the team was seeking a top starting pitcher, but it whiffed on its efforts to improve the roster on Wednesday.https://nyti.ms/2K6PPI6

At Trade Deadline, the Mets Keep Their Arms and Vow to Contend

By JEFF ARNOLD from NYT Sports Marcus Stroman breathed a sigh of relief when the trade deadline passed and the Mets still had Noah Syndergaard and Zack Wheeler. Is it enough?https://nyti.ms/2YtuRLK

Citi Open Embraces Doubles, by Singles Players

By BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports This week’s tournament in Washington wanted to celebrate doubles play. But only stars got the spotlight.https://nyti.ms/2Yx1gwV

With Zack Greinke, the Astros Return to What Worked in 2017

By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports The biggest splash of baseball’s trading deadline was Houston acquiring a Cy Young Award winner born in 1983. Sound familiar?https://nyti.ms/2YrGa7h

Jeremy Lin Is a Long Way (Emotionally) From Linsanity

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN from NYT Sports It has been an emotional few days for players in the N.B.A., but none struck a chord quite as much as Lin, a former star grappling with what could be the end of his career.https://nyti.ms/2YymEBV

New-look Lady Vols attempt to solve chemistry issues

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Nick Buoniconti, 78, Dies; All-Pro Linebacker Championed Medical Research

By RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports He won two Super Bowls with the Dolphins and later fought to find a cure for his son’s paralysis. Struggling with dementia, he donated his brain to science.https://nyti.ms/2STPonr

FIFA Quietly Considering Plan to Leave Switzerland

By TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports World soccer’s governing body is weighing a move away from Zurich, its home since 1932, saying Swiss law has made it difficult to hire employees from outside Europe.https://nyti.ms/2YiNwdI

Michael Thomas Agrees to New Deal With Saints

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The Pro Bowl wide receiver’s five-year, $100 million contract extension is expected to set the market for others at his position.https://nyti.ms/2LPgIT2

Ruling Leaves Caster Semenya With Few Good Options

By VICTOR MATHER and JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports Barred for now from races between 400 meters and a mile, the multiple gold medalist may need to rethink her career.https://nyti.ms/2MqovGm

The Boxing Champion Who Battles O.C.D.

By AIMEE BERG from NYT Sports Virginia Fuchs has no trouble stepping into the ring against the world’s top fighters. It’s her obsessive-compulsive disorder that causes problems.https://nyti.ms/2yqiPE9

Trevor Bauer and Yasiel Puig Are Dealt in 3-Team Trade

By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports Bauer was sent to the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Indians got Puig and four others, including three from the San Diego Padres.https://nyti.ms/31f35Av

Mets Recover From Bullpen Meltdown to Beat White Sox

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Noah Syndergaard struck out 11 but his effort was nearly wasted when Edwin Diaz blew a save.https://nyti.ms/31504CA

After Loss to Arizona, Yankees Have Dropped Six of Nine Games

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Taylor Clarke, a Diamondbacks rookie, outpitched J.A. Happ and Arizona closed in on a potential season sweep of Yankees.https://nyti.ms/31c3VxT

Coco Gauff Fans Scramble for an Up-Close Look, Even in Defeat

By BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports Playing in a small venue in the middle of the day in Washington, Gauff drew a capacity crowd. Zarina Diyas beat her easily.https://nyti.ms/2Zwrpgo

The Colombian Who Made History at the Tour de France

By SINAR ALVARADO from NYT Sports Egan Bernal, 22, was the surprise winner of Sunday’s race. But Colombia has a strong cycling tradition, taking advantage of its mountainous terrain.https://nyti.ms/2GFFm4y

Caster Semenya Barred From 800 Meters at World Championships

By VICTOR MATHER and JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports The South African middle distance runner will continue to fight to compete without taking hormone therapy to block naturally elevated levels of testosterone.https://nyti.ms/314bwOQ

Jill Ellis Will Step Down as U.S. Women’s Coach

By ANDREW DAS from NYT Sports Ellis’s decision to leave her post comes less than a month after she led the United States to its second straight Women’s World Cup title.https://nyti.ms/315oNqg

Caster Semenya Barred From 800 Meters at World Championships

By VICTOR MATHER and JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports The South African middle distance runner will continue to fight to compete without taking hormone therapy to block naturally elevated levels of testosterone.https://nyti.ms/2SQx8vf

Brazilian Police Recommend Not Charging Neymar in Rape Inquiry

By TARIQ PANJA and MANUELA ANDREONI from NYT Sports The police recommended closing the case, which began with a rape accusation by a Brazilian model, but prosecutors will have the final say on whether to proceed.https://nyti.ms/2Mp83WY

Let’s Hear It for Your Hometown Pestilence!

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Wind Chill, Gridlock, Earthquakes, Avalanche, Heat — a curious genre of team nicknames plays up bad things associated with the home city.https://nyti.ms/2YyByb7

Obama’s Old Basketball Jersey, Yours for Just $100,000?

By EMILY S. RUEB from NYT Sports An auction house selling the jersey, which the former president is believed to have worn while playing in high school, says it could fetch that much when bidding closes in August.https://nyti.ms/2GBINsW

Senators Will Push for Increased Oversight of Olympic Sports

By JERÉ LONGMAN and JULIET MACUR from NYT Sports Leaders of a U.S. Senate subcommittee investigation of Olympic sports organizations found their actions put athletes at risk for abuse.https://nyti.ms/2K1TQNX

Marcus Stroman Arrives as Jason Vargas Departs in Mets Shuffle

By KEVIN ARMSTRONG from NYT Sports A day after stunning the baseball world by acquiring Stroman, the Mets dealt Vargas to Philadelphia in exchange for a catcher and cash.https://nyti.ms/2KbGbTv

U.S. Soccer Says It Pays Women’s Team More Than Men’s Team

By ANDREW DAS from NYT Sports An open letter from the federation president was challenged by the women’s team’s players association, which called its calculations “utterly false.”https://nyti.ms/2GCkMSB

Keith Lincoln, San Diego Chargers Star in the A.F.L., Dies at 80

By RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports In a stunning performance, Lincoln accounted for 349 yards as a runner, receiver and passer in the team’s only championship victory in its history.https://nyti.ms/2ZlSliW

Akira Levy joins Vanderbilt basketball as Missouri transfer

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The Yankees Are Still on Top, but the Red Sox Are Surging

By JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports Starting pitching is a clear edge for Boston.https://nyti.ms/2Y8ODww

N.F.L. Labor Talks Likely to Hinge on 18-Game Proposal

By KEN BELSON from NYT Sports The players are expected to get a larger percentage of league revenue in their next deal, and the owners are again aiming to expand the 16-game regular season.https://nyti.ms/2yiJx1p

Domingo German Helps Yankees Avoid Four-Game Sweep to Boston

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Homers by Didi Gregorius and Austin Romine, and a solid effort by German, were enough to send the Red Sox back to third place.https://nyti.ms/315igMb

Megan Rapinoe, Conquering Hero, Returns to Cheers but Not to Action

By KURT STREETER from NYT Sports Citing injury and fatigue, Rapinoe sat out her homecoming to the N.W.S.L. Her absence from the lineup didn’t dampen the mood.https://nyti.ms/2K9wBR3

Mets, Riding High Off Sweep, Trade for Marcus Stroman

By BOB KLAPISCH from NYT Sports The deal, which is pending a physical, appears to be a win-now move for the middling team, but it could be followed by a trade of Noah Syndergaard.https://nyti.ms/2LLJgN8

Jin Young Ko Wins Evian Championship, Her Second Major This Season

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports The two-shot victory put Ko back in the No. 1 spot in the women’s world golf rankings.https://nyti.ms/2MnRcUq

Egan Bernal Finishes Off Tour de France Victory

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports The 22-year-old became the first South American to win the Tour, and the youngest rider to win in decades.https://nyti.ms/2YsL7wu

Slurp Juice, Zip Lines and Teenagers: Welcome to the Fortnite World Cup

By KEVIN DRAPER and VINCENT TULLO from NYT Sports It may not be the future of sports, or even a sport, but it sure is something.https://nyti.ms/2JZwNDB

Triathlons Fight Decline and Seek Ways to Attract the Young

By DANIELLE ALLENTUCK from NYT Sports U.S.A. Triathlon’s membership dropped by about a quarter over a five-year period, and the largest age group in the sport is considerably older than it used to be.https://nyti.ms/2Zd99J6

Steven Matz Throws His First Complete Game as Mets Cruise

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports In his third start since a brief stint in the bullpen, Matz allowed five hits and one walk on only 99 pitches. “My sinker and slider were a pretty good combo,” he said.https://nyti.ms/2YpBsmh

The Yankees and Their Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Week

By JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports The team saw its division lead shrink after allowing 73 runs in its past seven games, including three consecutive losses to the rival Red Sox.https://nyti.ms/2YnOpNp

U.S.A. Basketball Will Pay Some Women’s Players Ahead of Olympics

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports The announcement was made on Saturday before the W.N.B.A. All-Star Game, which Team Wilson won.https://nyti.ms/2ZeulOI

Coco Gauff Draws a Crowd Even Without Wimbledon’s Pageantry

By BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports Gauff, 15, won a qualifying match in the Citi Open weeks after her star-making Grand Slam debut. An age eligibility rule prevented her from directly making this event’s main draw.https://nyti.ms/2Y9olKS

David Ortiz Leaves Hospital After Lengthy Stay for Shooting Injuries

By JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports Ortiz, 43, the former Red Sox slugger, had been hospitalized in Boston since June 10, a day after he was shot at a bar in the Dominican Republic.https://nyti.ms/2OnIEPZ

Giants’ Golden Tate Says He Has Been Suspended for Four Games

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports The wide receiver said on Twitter that he plans to appeal the violation. The N.F.L., which had not announced the suspension, declined to comment.https://nyti.ms/2Olk7v3

Egan Bernal All but Secures Tour de France Win

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Barring a crash or something else unexpected, Bernal on Sunday will become the first Colombian to win cycling’s biggest race.https://nyti.ms/2MkWr7p

South Koreans Hold Top Four Spots at Evian Championship

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Hyo Joo Kim leads the major by one stroke, followed by Sung Hyun Park. Jin Young Ko and Inbee Park are four strokes off the lead.https://nyti.ms/30Ssdg6

Catching Up With Usain Bolt

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports The world’s fastest man has retired from competition, but he’s still on the move — and playing pickup soccer.https://nyti.ms/2LL4QBE

Wait Till Last Year? A Strong Red Sox Team Toils in 2018’s Shadow

By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports An early-season hangover seems to have subsided, but still the joy ride of 2018 obscures how good these Red Sox can be.https://nyti.ms/30ZL0pG

Katie Ledecky Rallies for Gold in 800 Free at World Championships

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Ledecky won her first gold medal in her illness-plagued week. Caeleb Dressel won two more golds, giving him five for the meet so far.https://nyti.ms/2yihU8W

Zack Wheeler Is Sharp for the Mets as He Returns From Injury

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Wheeler (7-6) struck out seven over five and a third innings in his first start since July 7.https://nyti.ms/30YgInc

Mookie Betts’s 3 Homers Lead Another Red Sox Demolition of the Yankees

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Batters have had three-homer games on four straight days for the first time in big league history. Betts followed the Mets’ Robinson Cano, St. Louis’s Paul DeJong and Minnesota’s Nelson Cruz.https://nyti.ms/2LIVJ4f

As Training Camps Open, N.F.L. Players Look for New Deals

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is among the high-profile names absent from their teams’ first practices.https://nyti.ms/2SMK19x