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Author: BY KEN BELSON - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 12:38AM He created an annual award to honor the player picked last in the college draft, because, he said, “they do their work and should be noticed.”

Author: BY DAVID GARDNER - Publish Date: October 23, 2021 at 11:01PM A mysterious illness on the eve of the 2019 N.B.A. draft derailed Kris Wilkes’s hopes of going pro. As he heals, he’s not giving up hope.

Author: BY KEN BELSON - Publish Date: September 5, 2021 at 04:11AM At one time the N.F.L.’s highest-paid defensive player, he left the league after six seasons and fell into a spiral of addiction, homelessness and desolation.

Author: BY ALEX COFFEY - Publish Date: August 5, 2021 at 12:30AM The Mets not signing the 10th pick of the 2021 draft because of medical concerns brought back painful memories for players like R.A. Dickey and Carter Stewart.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: May 30, 2021 at 11:01AM In March 2020, the N.C.A.A. barred face-to-face meetings between coaches and prospects. The restrictions end on June 1, and the recruiting landscape looks much different than it did before the pandemic.

Author: BY BEN SHPIGEL - Publish Date: May 1, 2021 at 11:01AM When Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks like Brady, Rodgers and Russell Wilson grow frustrated with their teams, the nature of N.F.L. contracts makes it hard to scramble away. Brady ultimately succeeded by running out the clock.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: April 30, 2021 at 07:37AM Zach Wilson is the Jets’ latest attempt to solve a decades-long quarterback quandary: They’re still trying to replace Joe Namath.

Author: BY ROBERT O’CONNELL - Publish Date: April 27, 2021 at 11:01AM After he is drafted Thursday, Pitts is expected to join the N.F.L.’s top-shelf tight ends: Rob Gronkowski, George Kittle and Travis Kelce, big-bodied pass catchers who are coveted by contending teams.

Author: BY EMMANUEL MORGAN - Publish Date: April 19, 2021 at 11:01AM Players and scouts adjusted their methods to account for the absence of a traditional combine in Indianapolis.

Author: BY TAMRYN SPRUILL - Publish Date: April 15, 2021 at 11:01AM A deep run in the N.C.A.A. tournament isn’t required for a basketball player to become a star or make it to the pros. These five women aim to prove it.

Author: BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL - Publish Date: March 27, 2021 at 11:30AM The Texas center, projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2021 W.N.B.A. draft, got through a difficult year by drawing strength from her family.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: March 21, 2021 at 11:01AM The N.C.A.A. basketball tournament has sometimes been a great showcase for future N.B.A. talent, but history suggests that the biggest stage of college hoops isn’t a make-or-break deal for the pros.

Author: BY KEN BELSON - Publish Date: January 24, 2021 at 07:57AM As Green Bay’s general manager, he made the decision — contentious at the time but later consequential — to draft Aaron Rodgers in the first round.

Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: December 5, 2020 at 12:05PM The team, which took Sabrina Ionescu in the most recent draft, got the top pick for a second consecutive year. The choice will be more complicated this time.

Author: BY MARC STEIN AND SCOTT CACCIOLA - Publish Date: November 21, 2020 at 07:17AM The Bucks are trying to satisfy Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Warriors are scrambling and the Rockets are dealing with two unhappy stars.

Author: BY DAVID WALDSTEIN - Publish Date: November 20, 2020 at 06:45AM The Knicks selected Toppin, who is from Brooklyn, with the eighth overall pick in Wednesday’s N.B.A. draft. Toppin said he models his game after Anthony Davis.

Author: BY SCOTT CACCIOLA - Publish Date: November 19, 2020 at 08:11AM James Wiseman went to the Golden State Warriors at No. 2, and the Charlotte Hornets picked LaMelo Ball at No. 3.

Author: BY CURTIS RUSH - Publish Date: October 30, 2020 at 10:37AM The Arizona Coyotes knew that the player, Mitchell Miller, had been convicted of violating the Ohio Safe Schools Act after he and another teenager abused a Black schoolmate with a developmental disability.

Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: August 21, 2020 at 08:49AM The Warriors landed the No. 2 pick, and the Knicks came in at No. 8. The Timberwolves last had the top pick in 2015, when they selected Karl-Anthony Towns.

Author: BY BILLY WITZ AND ADAM ZAGORIA - Publish Date: June 6, 2020 at 07:15AM The university was handed a ban of one year from the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, as well as fines and a loss of scholarships.