Kurt Streeter

Human rights, it turns out, are a bore and an obstacle. "Sportswashing,” as it is known, is powerful and effective.

Ted Williams, LeBron James and other venerated athletes have set some of sports’ untouchable records. The chance to challenge their marks is what keeps us watching.

Athletes from Tom Brady to Serena Williams to LeBron James have all been tabbed the Greatest of All Time. Faced with the term’s pervasive use, our columnist considers how sports heroes become transcendent.

Major League Baseball’s midsummer celebration comes on the heels of an announced agreement to build a stadium for the Athletics that would relocate the franchise to Las Vegas from Oakland.

The 2023 Women’s World Cup has the largest field of competitors in tournament history. Les Grenadiers, as the Haitian team is known, may be the scrappiest of them all, our columnist writes.

A wide range of teams on Friday will hope to make a leap in the group standings.

“The Blind Side” played on sports fans’ penchant for too-tidy narratives, our columnist writes. A legal battle between the N.F.L. player and the family depicted in the film seeks to answer questions the dramatization looked past.

At the University of Michigan, a Palestinian activist and a self-described Zionist counterprotester have little in common, except the way they were shaped by life on campus.

Accusations of antisemitism in K-12 schools have fractured a city long known for its progressive ideals and inclusiveness.

Another teacher is Becky Villagran, 41, who has worked at Berkeley High for a dozen years and currently leads the history department in the school's international baccalaureate program.