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)
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)
EditorialJimmy Butler, left, spent three seasons at Marquette before he was selected with the final pick of the first round of the 2011 NBA draft. (John Dunn/The New York Times)