Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Only Maui magic explains how a 2,400-seat high school gymnasium seems to always, somehow, spur spectacular basketball games.

The 22-year-old Berard showed flashes of promise on a less-than-ideal Monday for the Rangers, who fell 5-2 to the Blues in ...

How Sudan's national team are succeeding even as civil war rages; Vicario breaks his ankle; why Italian clubs want Scots ...

There’s still some tradition here, and the job can pay well, but resources elsewhere in the program have been hard to come by ...

The Baller League leans on that concept with the help of celebrity names. KSI, the YouTuber turned part-time boxer, will head ...

Notre Dame is rising, Indiana is holding steady and the SEC's hopes of having more than three College Football Playoff teams ...

The good vibes lasted for 48 hours this time. Then Vicario's ankle surgery was announced. Spurs' tough schedule suddenly ...

Only five players have scored in the Premier League for Newcastle this season — the numbers behind their bluntness make for ...

Denver has had five different players lead the team in rushing during a game this season, the most since 2010.

The Los Angeles Chargers are an improved team. But Monday night’s 30-23 loss to the Baltimore Ravens showed just how far they ...

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