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Keeping Score: Rockets’ James Harden Elevates His Game Against LeBron James’s Cavaliers

After Houston beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday, the Rockets declared James Harden the new King James. Harden's incredible season doesn't mean the Cavaliers...

Sports of The Times: Amid the Red Rock, a Fever Pitch for Rez Ball

Native American high schools like Window Rock and Chinle in Arizona play Rez Ball, an extremely uptempo version of basketball with an intense following...

England and Other Top Nations Struggle to Advance in Cricket World Cup

England is 1-3 and is struggling with its bowling, while West Indies and Pakistan are also in danger of not reaching the knockout stages....

Cricket: Bigger Teams May Miss Playoffs at Cricket World Cup

England is 1-3 so far and is struggling with its bowling, while West Indies and Pakistan are also in danger of not reaching the...

N.B.A. Game of the Week: Rockets at Hawks

Atlanta, still the class of the Eastern Conference, faces a Houston team that has weathered the loss of its star center, Dwight Howard.

Sports Briefing | Cricket: Loss Dampens England’s Hopes in World Cup

England lost to Sri Lanka by nine wickets, further hurting its chances of making the World Cup quarterfinals, while Pakistan earned a 20-run victory...

Sports Briefing | Cricket: Loss Dampens England’s Hopes in World Cup

England lost to Sri Lanka by nine wickets, further hurting its chances of making the World Cup quarterfinals, while Pakistan earned a 20-run victory...

Sports Briefing | Golf: Second L.P.G.A. Victory for Amy Yang

Yang won the Honda L.P.G.A. Thailand in Chonburi for her second L.P.G.A. Tour title, finishing with a three-under-par 69 for a two-stroke victory over...

Sports Briefing | Tennis: Rafael Nadal Earns First Title in 9 Months

Nadal won his first title in nearly nine months, defeating Juan Mónaco, 6-4, 6-1, at the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires.

Sports Briefing | Winter Sports: Marcel Hirscher Continues Dominance

Hirscher, the men's giant slalom leader, earned his fourth straight World Cup victory in the discipline with a win in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.