Outside the Beltway

The best two teams in college football play for it all amid some controversy.

The Academy is prioritizing football glory over honor.

Who ya got?

A long overdue–and complicated—recognition.

The inevitable only took 105 years.

A mind-boggling statistic.

Three negative tests have overturned an initial false positive.

Alabama’s head football coach and athletic director have both tested positive for COVID-19.

Give him his damn respect.

The Spaniard continues his quest to be the Greatest of All Time.

COVID has given us a surreal calendar.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

The legendary Georgetown basketball coach is gone.

The NBA playoffs have been hit with a work stoppage.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

Roll Damn Tide.

Black football players at Iowa complain they were treated differently—and also the same.

Despite hope for a vaccine, officials are canceling large events months in advance.

“Redskins” no more.

Another small step toward canceling the fall sports calendar.

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

Athletes are getting bigger and stronger. Except those who aren’t.

Red lives matter.

Nike and FedEx may be able to do what Native American activists couldn’t.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” will reportedly precede the “Star-Spangled Banner” in the opening week.

The coaching legend led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history.

This isn’t likely to end any time soon.

Because America.

It’s literally the equivalent of buying a large pizza for the average American household.

The basketball legend and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among five fatalities.

Russia has been barred from the 2020 and 2022 Olympics as well as other international sporting events due to widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The Washington Nationals won their first World Series in franchise history, and the first for Washington, D.C. since Calvin Coolidge was President.

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

It wasn’t exactly a warm reception for President Trump at last night’s World Series Game Five.

A new record, but unfortunately it won’t be recognized.

The National Basketball Association’s kowtowing to China hits American shores.

A star NBA general manager may lose his job for expressing American values.

Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Andrew Luck surprised the sports world last night by announcing an early retirement.

Tom Brady tried to trademark the nickname “Tom Terrific.” It didn’t go so well.

New estimates place the Cowboys and Yankees at the top of the list of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.

Arguably, the three dominant players of today are 1-2-3.

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

The U.S. Women’s National Team won their second consecutive World Cup, their fourth overall, in a 2-0 win over The Netherlands.

The attempt by Arizona’s Governor to revoke tax benefits granted to Nike in the wake of the “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy is most likely unconstitutional.

The ex-athlete has picked a bizarre target.

Every offseason re-aligns the sport in fascinating ways.

Bart Starr, who led the Green Bay Packers to five N.F.L. Championships in the pre-Super Bowl era and in Super Bowls I and II, has died at the age of 85.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.