U.S. Open

Matthew Wolff didn’t follow any of the rules of succeeding in the U.S. Open.

This wasn’t the kind of fun Justin Thomas had in mind for a U.S. Open at Winged Foot.

After one errant forehand in the first set of the U.S. Open final, Naomi Osaka looked at her coach in the mostly empty Arthur Ashe Stadium stands with palms up, as if to say, “What the heck is happening?” In response to another wayward forehand against Victoria Azarenka seconds later, Osaka chucked her racket. It spun a bit and...

Following on the heels of The Masters, organizers of the British Open announced Monday the tournament, one of golf’s four major tourneys, would also be cancelled in 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Rafael Nadal’s 19th Grand Slam trophy went from inevitable to suddenly in doubt in a thrill-a-minute U.S. Open final. What had all the makings of a crowning morphed into a real contest thanks to Nadal’s opponent, Daniil Medvedev, a man a decade younger and appearing in his first major title match. Down by two sets and a break, Medvedev shifted...

The year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament gets started with quite a matchup: Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are scheduled to face each other at the U.S. Open for the first time.

On Monday, the USTA will unveil a statue in Althea Gibson’s honor at the U.S. Open.

So close to victory, Naomi Osaka suddenly was letting the Australian Open final slip away. Three championship points? Gone. A sizable lead? Soon all gone, too. She was playing poorly. She yelled at herself. Slammed a ball. Tugged at her visor’s pink brim. Trudged to the locker room between sets with a towel draped over her head. And then, after...

Some fans of Serena Williams are drawing aim at GQ Magazine for naming the tennis star its ‘Woman of the Year.’ More to the point, some are upset with how that fact was illustrated on the magazine… with the word woman in quotation marks.

The chair umpire who penalized Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final is pleased to be getting back to work. Carlos Ramos is assigned to the Davis Cup semifinal between Croatia and the United States this weekend in Zadar. “I’m just focusing on this tie and working again. That’s all I can say,” Ramos told The Associated Press before the...

The events and the arguing and the booing that would make this a U.S. Open final unlike any other began when Serena Williams’ coach made what she insisted was an innocent thumbs-up, but the chair umpire interpreted as a helpful signal. It was the second game of the second set Saturday, in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Williams’ bid...

Serena Williams kept booming big shots for winners, never allowing herself to feel sorry for the overmatched player on the other side. So what if it happened to be her big sister? On Friday, it was perhaps the best she’s ever done against Venus.

The wife of former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover made the first call to 911 and claimed she was attacked by her mother-in-law, according to a tape of the call released Wednesday that provided another bizarre twist in the wife’s arrest on a domestic violence charge. Glover answered when the St. John’s Sheriff’s Office in Florida called back and said...

You may know that Chase Josey is a talented snowboarder. What you may not know is that he is pretty good at building Legos. Watch Josey explain the snowboard halfpipe with the toys’ help.

When properly prepared, a halfpipe is as much a snowboarder’s canvas as the work of art itself — a 600-foot-long sculpture of smooth, icy symmetry designed to bring out each daredevil’s talent and courage. And when that halfpipe isn’t made well, you end up with the sort of trouble we witnessed four years ago at the Sochi Olympics.

Rafael Nadal overwhelmed first-time major finalist Kevin Anderson in the U.S. Open Sunday to win his third championship at Flushing Meadows.

Lexi Thompson heard fans chanting her name as she approached the 18th green, and it moved her to the brink of tears for the second time in an hour. Although she had lost her big lead at the ANA Inspiration on a four-shot penalty for a day-old rules violation, Thompson had gained the unabashed support of a crowd desperately willing...

Dustin Johnson is not one for many words, and he really doesn’t need to say much. The easy smile behind the beard says it all. If winning the U.S. Open champion wasn’t enough, Johnson added his third World Golf Championship on Sunday, the first time he has won back to back.

Flamboyant 20-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios came out for his second set at Wimbledon Friday wearing a headband in the club’s official purple-and-green — only to be told that it was too colorful for the tournament’s dress code.