With a Scalloped Skort, Ashleigh Barty Salutes a Big Anniversary

By BY BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports Barty, the top women’s seed at Wimbledon, asked her apparel sponsor to design an outfit that paid tribute to Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the first Indigenous Australian woman to win the tournament.https://nyti.ms/3jyKFXw

Kobe Bryant’s Nike Contract Expired. The Implications Are Complex.

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports The end of the deal has no analogue in basketball or sneaker history, opening a hole in the market as Bryant’s shoes have been used heavily by N.B.A. athletes and have seen high demand among the public since his death.https://nyti.ms/32vW159

Soccer Samples Streetwear and Loves the Fit

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports Juventus reimagined its look, P.S.G. partnered with Jordan Brand, and now Arsenal and Inter Milan are following suit. But soccer’s interest in design has little to do with the sport.https://nyti.ms/2PKrNIc

Rockets Fall in the Premiere of a Reunited Harden and Westbrook

By BY MARC STEIN from NYT Sports The Bucks took the victory as the Rockets began their season with a new star duo at the helm and their general manager under the cloud of a political fracas with China.https://nyti.ms/2BFB6ii