Jonathan Abrams

Largely left out of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, breaking will get its stage at the Paris Olympics. Its pioneers wonder if their art will translate into...

A star during his lifetime, he became an almost mythical figure in the decades since his 1996 killing.

Alex Smith returned to play pro football after a horrific leg injury nearly killed him. Nothing about his recovery prepared him for the helplessness of...

Why Tyrell Terry walked away from basketball, the millions of dollars that came with it and the identity he had spent his whole life building.

Griner returns to basketball after her detention in Russia with a bigger platform and a desire to reshape women’s sports.

Smith was bored and confused when his basketball career abruptly ended in 2020. His search for self took him to a golf team at an...

Bryant, the widow of the basketball star Kobe Bryant, sued Los Angeles County after some of its employees shared graphic photos of the crash that...

Griner, who was released from a prison camp in Russia in December, signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Mercury.

The Dallas Mavericks guard is having the best season of his career. Long media-shy, he’s now opening up about life in the N.B.A. spotlight, and...

Cherelle Griner described the second conversation with her wife, the W.N.B.A. star detained in Russia since February, as “the most disturbing phone call I’d ever...