EditorialSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim during a NCAA men's basketball game against Oklahoma during the NCAA East Regionals in Albany, N.Y., March 30, 2003. (G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times)
EditorialSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim during a NCAA men's basketball game against Oklahoma during the NCAA East Regionals in Albany, N.Y., March 30, 2003. (G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times)
EditorialSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim during a NCAA men's basketball game against Oklahoma during the NCAA East Regionals in Albany, N.Y., March 30, 2003. (G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times)
EditorialSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim during a NCAA men's basketball game against Oklahoma during the NCAA East Regionals in Albany, N.Y., March 30, 2003. (G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times)
EditorialSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim during a NCAA men's basketball game against Oklahoma during the NCAA East Regionals in Albany, N.Y., March 30, 2003. (G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times)
EditorialSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim during a NCAA men's basketball game against Oklahoma during the NCAA East Regionals in Albany, N.Y., March 30, 2003. (G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times)
EditorialBilly Wagner, a dominant closer for most of his 16 seasons, pitches for the New York Mets in a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in New York, Aug. 24, 2009. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)
EditorialNew York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury scores against the Toronto Blue Jays in New York on June 19, 2014. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)
EditorialJustin Verlander of the Houston Astros throws a pitch during the first inning of Game 5 of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pa. on Nov. 3, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialHouston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman watches his three-run homer in the third inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees in Houston on Thursday night, Oct. 20, 2022. (Annie Mulligan/The New York Times)