Predicting the Stanley Cup Winner Is Near Impossible. We Tried Anyway. A lot can change in a month, including our experts’ championship and awards picks from before the season.

Bronny James Checked Off His N.B.A. Debut. Now It’s Time for the G League. Los Angeles plans for the rookie to shuffle between the official Lakers roster and the South Bay roster during the season.

Depth and Shooting Keep Kansas Men’s Basketball on Top The top-ranked Jayhawks held off the North Carolina Tar Heels, 92-89.

Halfway Through the N.F.L. Season, One Star Finally Returns The San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey will make his season debut after dealing with Achilles tendinitis in both legs. Will he make a difference?

Trinity Rodman Owns Her Soccer Style The standout on the U.S. women’s national team has the makings of a superstar, identifying as an entertainer as much as an athlete.

Why a College Football Stadium Spectacle Is Being Relegated to Streaming Trying to protect Penn State’s annual White Out game, a made-for-television moment, and place it in a prime-time slot is harder than ever before.

Why Have Fans Been So Quick to Judge a Soccer Legend? England’s former captain has talked about the end of her international career and has been met with a lack of understanding, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

They Called Him ‘Nowhere.’ Now He’s Setting College Football Records. Therapy changed Jordan Watkins’s life. Recovery, and hope, saved his family.

First College Football Playoff Rankings Revealed The 13-member selection committee has Oregon as the No. 1 team in the country.

76ers Star Joel Embiid Is Suspended for Shoving Reporter The incident occurred in the team’s locker room on Saturday night.

Shohei Ohtani Was ‘Playing With One Arm in the Postseason’ The Dodgers star underwent shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum.

Penn State Police Are Investigating the Jason Kelce Phone-Smashing Incident A report in the police crime log lists criminal mischief and disorderly conduct as the offenses.

The Baseball Hall of Fame Has 8 New Candidates Steve Garvey, Dave Parker and Luis Tiant are among those being considered by the Classic Baseball Era Committee.

Ranking Every N.F.L. Team From First to Worst, With a Shuffle in the Top 5 Detroit and Kansas City remain at the top. Then the changes begin.

The 6 N.F.L. Coaches Who Could Be on the Hot Seat The Saints parted with Dennis Allen on Monday. He won’t be the last head coach fired, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

The Headlines From a Blockbuster Night of Champions League Action Real Madrid and Manchester City were both soundly beaten.

Updates From Around the N.F.L. as Week 9 Continues It’s the final Sunday before the trade deadline, which falls at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Joel Embiid Is Said to Have Shoved a Columnist in the 76ers’ Locker Room Tensions between the Philadelphia N.B.A. player and a local journalist are said to have escalated after the team’s loss on Saturday.

How ‘Shoe Doping’ Changed Marathon Times Forever Technology is enabling increasingly fast times, but how fair is it?

Jason Kelce Smashes Fan’s Phone After Slur About Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Taunts and a homophobic slur were said to the former Eagle on Saturday ahead of Penn State’s matchup against Ohio State.