SPORTS NEWS

Sports Briefing | Horse Racing: Effects of Financial Crisis Send Auction Prices Down

Prices for young racehorses declined at Europe’s biggest auctions as the effects of the credit freeze spread into luxury markets.

Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Europe, Auctions, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Nets Hope European Trip Takes Them Somewhere

As the Nets head to Europe for two games against the Miami Heat this week, they hope to find three more starters to play alongside Devin Harris and Vince Carter.

Posted Saturday, October 04, 2008 10:51 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat, Europe, Harris, Devin

N.H.L.’s Diplomats Will Be Carrying Sticks

This week four N.H.L. teams will play exhibition games in Europe, and Saturday’s regular-season openers in Prague and Stockholm are sold out.

Posted Monday, September 29, 2008 11:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hockey, Ice, National Hockey League, Europe

Ultimate Fighting Tries to Gain a Foothold in Europe

The Ultimate Fighting Championship intends to step into European markets while also creating a fan base largely from scratch.

Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Mixed Martial Arts, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Europe

As a Prep Star Plays a Waiting Game, So Do Others

Brandon Jennings is considered the best point guard prospect of the high school class of 2008. And if he opts to play in Europe next season, it could cause a ripple effect.

Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 10:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Education and Schools, Europe, Jennings, Brandon

Jagr Wants to Stay a Ranger, but He Has a World of Options

With the free-agency signing period to begin Tuesday, the drama surrounding the future of Rangers right wing Jaromir Jagr has only deepened.

Posted Sunday, June 29, 2008 9:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: New York Rangers, Hockey, Ice, Europe, Jagr, Jaromir, Russia, Czech Republic

Sports of The Times: Euro 2008, and the Joys of Being Stateside

I think I love the European soccer championship because I have never been able to wangle an assignment to cover it.

Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 10:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Europe

With Europeans Dominant, the French Is Open in Name Only

Of the men and women who played singles in the fourth round Sunday, all of them came from the Old World, with the accent on the eastern reaches of the continent.

Posted Sunday, June 01, 2008 9:41 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Tennis, Serbia, Europe, French Open (Tennis), Slovenia, Latvia

Moscow Takes British Soccer Invasion in Stride

English soccer fans and bemused Russians celebrated in ahead of the Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea.

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Manchester United, Chelsea (Soccer Club), Europe, Champions League, Great Britain, Russia, Litvinenko, Alexander V

Preseason Games in Europe for Nets

In an effort to market the N.B.A. overseas the Nets, the Heat, the Hornets and the Wizards will be opening their preseasons in Europe.

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:46 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, New Jersey Nets, Paris (France), National Basketball Assn, Miami Heat, Washington Wizards, Europe

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