Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to Share Super Bowl Halftime

By BY EMMANUEL MORGAN from NYT Sports The N.F.L. announced the three Southern California natives will share billing with Mary J. Blige and Eminem at Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles.https://nyti.ms/3mcsLK6

The Environment Affects Baseball. These Players Want to Help.

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports Beach cleanups, plastic reduction, rethinking travel: A group of major leaguers is pushing back in a wasteful sport.https://nyti.ms/2Yi8Zol

The Environment Affects Baseball. These Players Want to Help.

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports Beach cleanups, plastic reduction, rethinking travel: A group of major leaguers is pushing back in a wasteful sport.https://nyti.ms/3zRoReo

Chasing New Revenue, FIFA Is Considering Major Move to U.S.

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports Soccer’s global governing body is giving serious thought to relocating its multibillion-dollar commercial business to the United States.https://nyti.ms/3F9wRLt

Charges of Abuse and Toxic Workplaces Shake Women’s Soccer

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports The players’ union for the National Women’s Soccer League demanded immediate action amid accusations that multiple coaches had abused or preyed on athletes.https://nyti.ms/3zWRSFm

It’s Up, and It’s … Good?: Why Teams Don’t Try More Long Field Goals

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Kickers, kicking techniques and playing conditions have all improved, but the downsides of coming up short still discourage coaches from challenging the record.https://nyti.ms/3AYVfgz

A Rock Star’s Next Act: Making Montana a Skateboarding Oasis

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam is bringing high-end skate parks to every city and town in Montana that will have one. “It’s much bigger than skateboarding,” he said.https://nyti.ms/3inAqEh

N.F.L. Week 4 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread

By BY EMMANUEL MORGAN from NYT Sports Tom Brady faces Bill Belichick, the Rams and the Cardinals fight to stay undefeated, and the Browns’ pass rush travels to Minnesota to try to end Kirk Cousins’ interception-less streak.https://nyti.ms/2ZDsjwB

U.S.A. Bobsled and Skeleton Is Sued Over Brain Injuries

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports William Person, who competed from 1999 to 2007, wants to lead a class of plaintiffs seeking compensation for health problems he says were caused by years of sledding.https://nyti.ms/3ijCoFB

Athletes and visitors at the Winter Games in Beijing will face severe restrictions, organizers say.

By BY ANDREW KEH from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/3uqtsDl

Klete Keller, a 3-Time Olympian, Pleads Guilty in Capitol Riot Case

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports Keller, 39, faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years, but the first Capitol rioter to plead guilty to the same charge was sentenced to eight months.https://nyti.ms/3kQn4BU

Labor Memo Amounts to New Stance From Feds Against the N.C.A.A.

By BY DAVID W. CHEN from NYT Sports The top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board signaled that private universities should not treat those who compete in college sports as “mere ‘student-athletes.’”https://nyti.ms/3EWsoM6

N.C.A.A. to Use ‘March Madness’ Slogan for Women’s Basketball, Too

By BY ALANIS THAMES from NYT Sports The slogan has long applied only to the men’s college basketball tournament, drawing criticism that the women’s game has been left behind.https://nyti.ms/3ojKjXh

China Plans ‘Closed-Loop’ Bubble for Winter Olympics

By BY ANDREW KEH from NYT Sports Athletes and visitors will face severe restrictions on their movement, Beijing 2022 organizers said, and a level of control never before seen at the Games.https://nyti.ms/39PatZx

After Injuries and a Call From Tom Brady, Richard Sherman Joins the Buccaneers

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports Sherman is facing criminal charges for five misdemeanors, including two for domestic violence, from an arrest this summer. The free agent cornerback was recruited to Tampa Bay by his former rival.https://nyti.ms/3Fe5mAL

England’s Premier League offers to ‘reward’ soccer teams that increase vaccine compliance.

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The league said it was concerned about the large number of unvaccinated players on its teams’ rosters.https://nyti.ms/3iiT5RC

England’s Premier League offers to ‘reward’ soccer teams that increase vaccine compliance.

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The league said it was concerned about the large number of unvaccinated players on its teams’ rosters.https://nyti.ms/3umWh3t

With 17th Straight Win, the Cardinals Are in Elite Company

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports An outrageous stretch of success allowed St. Louis to snatch the National League’s second wild-card spot. Can it keep going?https://nyti.ms/3EZusD8

Lamar Jackson’s Bold Play: A Contract Without an Agent

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports Jackson is leading his own negotiation for a contract extension with the Ravens, challenging the norms of executives’ relationships to N.F.L. players and raising questions about the efficacy of agents.https://nyti.ms/3AVLakl

One Mets Ace Returns as Another Is Shut Down

By BY BENJAMIN HOFFMAN from NYT Sports Noah Syndergaard pitched a scoreless inning in his first start after two years away, but Jacob deGrom was ruled out for the season.https://nyti.ms/3unllai

Manny Pacquiao Retires, Saying ‘My Time as a Boxer Is Over’

By BY JASON GUTIERREZ from NYT Sports Pacquiao, who won titles in a record eight weight classes over a 26-year career, now turns his attention to his bid for the presidency of the Philippines.https://nyti.ms/2Y6ToYE

N.F.L. Rookie Quarterbacks Have Been Bad. Can That Change?

By BY MIKE TANIER from NYT Sports The Patriots’ Mac Jones, the Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence and the Jets’ Zach Wilson have so far combined to go 1-8 this season.https://nyti.ms/3zS7hab

LeBron James Laughs at Your ‘Old’ Lakers Memes. After His Nap.

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports The Los Angeles Lakers have five players who are at least 35 years old, including the 36-year-old James. Older, wiser, championship?https://nyti.ms/3usxhrt

A 12-Team Playoff Isn’t a Done Deal. Math and History Suggest a ‘Yes’ Looms.

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports If the College Football Playoff field triples, the competition will most likely become more lucrative than the Division I men’s basketball tournament.https://nyti.ms/3F43drg

In One Moment, Messi and P.S.G. Make It All Work

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports The Lionel Messi goal that completed a Champions League win over Manchester City offered a flash of his past, and a glimpse of his new club’s future.https://nyti.ms/3m0K1BS

LeBron James said he had been vaccinated, after evading questions about his vaccination status last season.

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports He also said he would not use his platform to publicly encourage others to be vaccinated.https://nyti.ms/3APfuNG

Baseball’s Wall Street-Style Executives Get Titles to Match

By BY JOE LEMIRE from NYT Sports As M.L.B. front offices get more and more corporate, titles have steadily inflated. Yesterday’s general manager is today’s president of baseball operations … or chief baseball officer.https://nyti.ms/3kL8rjq

Most N.B.A. players are vaccinated, but skeptics speak out.

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/3zMg8di

Most N.B.A. Players Are Vaccinated, but Skeptics Speak Out

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports More than 90 percent of players have received at least one dose of the vaccine, but some, like Nets guard Kyrie Irving, won’t say if they have been or plan to be vaccinated.https://nyti.ms/2Y45Poc

Hakuho, Sumo’s Most Decorated Champion, Exits the Ring

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The Mongolia-born champion, known for flouting tradition and for his sometimes rough tactics, won his final tournament in July.https://nyti.ms/3kNaFi0

If You Like Special Teams, This Was Your Day

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports For special-teams dorks, this N.F.L. Sunday was ecstasy, wrapped in nirvana, inside a bucket of puppies.https://nyti.ms/2Y6jH1h

What We Learned From Week 3 of the N.F.L. Season

By BY TYLER DUNNE from NYT Sports Justin Herbert and the Chargers want a Chiefs rivalry, Josh Allen is still Josh Allen and the Steelers aren’t winning their bet on Ben Roethlisberger.https://nyti.ms/2ZChZoP

At the Laver Cup, Europe Might Be Too Good

By BY CHRISTOPHER CLAREY from NYT Sports After Europe’s fourth straight win, an organizer promised Team World would win “at some point.” He didn’t say when.https://nyti.ms/3zEPoLS

The Yankees Find Their Footing at Exactly the Right Time

By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports “We aren’t afraid to make it interesting,” Giancarlo Stanton said after his team swept the Red Sox at Fenway to take over the American League’s top wild-card spot.https://nyti.ms/3EUfbDy

What We Learned From Week 3 of the N.F.L. Season

By BY TYLER DUNNE from NYT Sports Justin Herbert and the Chargers want a Chiefs rivalry, Josh Allen is still Josh Allen and the Steelers aren’t winning their bet on Ben Roethlisberger.https://nyti.ms/2ZC9fir

A Cog in the College Admissions Scandal Speaks Out

By BY BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports A former sailing coach who took a plea deal for shuffling bribes to Stanford’s athletic program says his colleagues knew where the money was coming from.https://nyti.ms/39UV3Df

Why Scores of Female Athletes Are Speaking Out on Abortion Rights

By BY KURT STREETER from NYT Sports With a Supreme Court ruling in the balance, an Olympic medalist joined a group of more than 500 athletes supporting reproductive rights.https://nyti.ms/3o5mMcy

Matthew Stafford Shines on the Stage He Longed for

By BY EMMANUEL MORGAN from NYT Sports After 12 seasons in Detroit with no postseason wins, the quarterback longed to play in big games. On Sunday he delivered, beating Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in Los Angeles.https://nyti.ms/3AWHnTK

The Mets Learn a Reset Takes More Than One Year

By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports A first-place team to start August, the Mets fell out of the race and will enter the off-season once again needing to hire a leader for baseball operations.https://nyti.ms/2ZpNouo

What We Learned From Week 3 of the N.F.L. Season

By BY TYLER DUNNE from NYT Sports Justin Herbert and the Chargers want a Chiefs rivalry, Josh Allen is still Josh Allen, and the Steelers aren’t winning their bet on Ben Roethlisberger.https://nyti.ms/3AQUmGU

U.S. Routs European Team to Take Back the Ryder Cup

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports Collin Morikawa’s birdie putt on No. 17 secured the half-point the U.S. team needed to clinch its victory against Europe on the way to a 19-9 rout.https://nyti.ms/3CQcb9k

Are the Giants Watchable Yet?

By BY DEVIN GORDON AND DIANTE LEE from NYT Sports We enlisted two experts — one locally focused, one nationally — to offer readers their opinions.https://nyti.ms/3kLhHEh

Usyk’s Win Is a Plot Twist for Boxing’s Heavyweight Division

By BY MORGAN CAMPBELL from NYT Sports Oleksandr Usyk’s defeat of Anthony Joshua complicates the division but creates more opportunities for big fighters to face one another.https://nyti.ms/3zHf7mY

N.B.A. denies Andrew Wiggins’s request for a religious exemption from the vaccine.

By BY ALYSSA LUKPAT from NYT Sports Unless he gets vaccinated, Mr. Wiggins will be barred from attending home games in San Francisco, where his team is based.https://nyti.ms/2ZDlDPn

Can a Mantra Make You Faster? This Olympic Medalist Has No Doubt

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports “I love these words and phrases because usually they start in practice or in conversation,” Courtney Frerichs said. Those words and phrases helped her win a silver medal.https://nyti.ms/3ESfMFI

With 2 Losses, Clemson a Far Cry From Its Enduring Playoff Standards

By BY BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports Clemson has had some tight moments. But before this season, the Tigers would usually come through.https://nyti.ms/39J8uFS

With 2 Losses, Clemson a Far Cry From Its Enduring Playoff Standards

By BY BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports Clemson has had some tight moments. But before this season, the Tigers would usually come through.https://nyti.ms/39FQbS0

With Stanton Leading the Way, Yankees Pull Even With Red Sox

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports A pair of wins in Boston, both powered by Giancarlo Stanton, has the rival teams tied for the A.L.’s top wild-card spot.https://nyti.ms/3i8imxJ

Tensions Flare in Ryder Cup as the U.S. Team Takes a Commanding Lead

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports The Americans were cruising on Saturday morning and all seemed calm. Then the Europeans made a strong run in the afternoon and things got testy.https://nyti.ms/3AHP1BD

Oleksandr Usyk Upsets Anthony Joshua to Upend Heavyweight Boxing Picture

By BY MORGAN CAMPBELL from NYT Sports Usyk beat Joshua in a unanimous decision as Joshua had been openly looking toward the winner of a forthcoming Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder bout.https://nyti.ms/3i6ZrDB