EditorialDesmond Armstrong, the first Black man to play for the United States in the World Cup, in Nashville on Dec. 1, 2022. (Eric Ryan Anderson/The New York Times)
EditorialBasketball Coach Kevin Ollie talks with the team during a practice at the Overtime Elite facilities in Atlanta, on Nov. 21, 2022. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)
EditorialIva Olivari’s role as team manager includes arranging training camp venues and flights for players and acting as a maternal figure in camp. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)
EditorialKim Wyant, head coach for NYU men’s soccer team, talks to the players before a game at Manhattan College Gaelic Park in Riverdale, the Bronx, on Oct. 22, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialTorch bearers Dinigeer Yilamujiang and Jiawen Zhao of China, light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics at the National Stadium in Beijing on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)