A New General Manager Is a ‘Relief’ for Mets Leadership

By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports A lengthy process landed Billy Eppler, formerly of the Angels and the Yankees. Steven Cohen says the deal received “universal praise” from his fellow owners.https://nyti.ms/3CBMY1Q

Jane Brown Grimes, a Rare Female Force in Tennis, Dies at 80

By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports She was a top executive at three organizations, including the International Tennis Hall of Fame, where she was later inducted.https://nyti.ms/3c9xTtW

If You Can Make It There, the Mets Would Love to Have Your Number

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports As the team’s search for a general manager continues, Sandy Alderson said the pressure of New York City has been a factor. “It’s a big stage and some people prefer to be elsewhere.”https://nyti.ms/3n0epy7

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

Jeanie Buss Is Laughing Through Her Pain

By BY JON GOLD from NYT Sports A series of personal and professional losses have challenged the Los Angeles Lakers’ owner in recent years. So she turned to stand-up comedy.https://nyti.ms/3ASnUEs

Hal Steinbrenner Wants to See This Yankees Season Through

By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports Steinbrenner, the team’s managing general partner, is “frustrated” with a fourth-place showing but said he wouldn’t have the kind of “knee-jerk reaction” his father might have.https://nyti.ms/3xfKBQK

Blazers’ Billups Hire Draws Attention to Sexual Assault Accusation

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Chauncey Billups was announced as Portland’s head coach on Tuesday as a team executive dodged and deflected questions about a 1997 sexual assault accusation against Billups.https://nyti.ms/3dta55c

Nets Assistant Ime Udoka Nears Deal to Coach the Celtics

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Udoka, who has been with the Nets for one season, will be hired by Brad Stevens, his predecessor. Stevens recently was promoted to president of basketball operations.https://nyti.ms/3gUjYtw

Nike’s Shifts in Track and Field Are Top of Mind as Trials Begin

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports A series of contract changes, executive shuffling and internal responses to scandals have athletes and others wondering where the sport stands with Nike as it heads into the Olympics.https://nyti.ms/3zNhoOK

Danny Ainge Retires as Celtics President

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Ainge, who played for the Celtics in the 1980s, had been in the role since 2003. He will be replaced by Brad Stevens, who had coached the team for the past eight seasons.https://nyti.ms/3vQTVcY

Danny Ainge Retires as Celtics President

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Ainge, who played for the Celtics in the 1980s, had been in the role since 2003. He will be replaced by Brad Stevens, who had coached the team for the past eight seasons.https://nyti.ms/2RhDrf1

Rangers Fire President and General Manager

By BY ALLAN KREDA from NYT Sports The president, John Davidson, was in only his second season in the role. The team was eliminated from playoff contention this week.https://nyti.ms/3ek0q1F

Mariners’ Team President Hands the Union a Weapon

By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports In saying the quiet parts out loud, Kevin Mather inflamed tension between the players’ union and teams. He resigned, but his words will resonate.https://nyti.ms/3kdHuTo

Hailed as a Trailblazer, Kim Ng Stands Alone

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports Major League Baseball celebrated the hiring of a woman as a sign of progress on diversity in its executive ranks. Every comparable hire over the last two years has been a white man.https://nyti.ms/3t2klaC

Reeling Texans Set to Hire David Culley as Head Coach

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports Culley, who is Black, is one of only two nonwhite N.F.L. head coaches hired in this cycle. His task: leading a Houston franchise that has alienated its star players.https://nyti.ms/2Yrx8p7

Zack Scott Elevated to Acting General Manager of the Mets

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports On the same day the Mets settled their turbulent front office, the team’s former G.M., Brodie Van Wagenen, found a new home.https://nyti.ms/3pq3g8s

Tennessee Fires Football Coach Amid Investigation

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports Coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine members of his football program’s staff were fired after ongoing investigations into the team’s recruitment practices showed violations of N.C.A.A. rules.https://nyti.ms/38Uz9Qt

Jets Hire Robert Saleh as Head Coach

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports Saleh, believed to be the first Arab-American head coach in the N.F.L. who is Muslim, will take over the franchise with the league’s longest current postseason drought.https://nyti.ms/35K0QJV

With Purses Filled, L.P.G.A. Chief Will Step Down This Year

By BY BRETT CYRGALIS from NYT Sports Michael Whan’s marketing savvy and commitment to players helped grow women’s golf and, more important, get better paydays for its athletes.https://nyti.ms/2LN6PGW

Jared Porter Wants the Mets to Win the Season, Not the Off-Season

By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports The team’s new general manager has four World Series rings. He hopes he can add another to his collection.https://nyti.ms/3oVfRzA