Sports
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Are Runners Getting Faster, Faster?
The highlight of the track and field world championships, which wrapped up in Eugene, Ore., on Sunday, was undoubtedly Sydney…
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He’s Baseball’s Only Mud Supplier. It’s a Job He May Soon Lose.
LONGPORT, N.J. — A 45-gallon rubber barrel sits in a cluttered garage along the Jersey Shore, filled waist-high with what…
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Hope Solo, Former U.S. Soccer Star, Pleads Guilty to Driving Impaired
Hope Solo, a former star goalie with the U.S. women’s soccer team, pleaded guilty on Monday to driving while impaired,…
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M.L.B. Players Choose Status Quo Over International Draft
Major League Baseball and its players’ union couldn’t agree on the specifics of an international amateur draft ahead of Monday’s…
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Postseason Hope Weighs Heavily on Seattle Mariners Fans
SEATTLE — The familiar sinking feeling returned quickly, in the first inning of the first game of the most anticipated…
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American Track Athletes Showed Up. Did American Fans?
Kara Winger arrived at the track and field world championships as one of the most decorated javelin throwers in American…
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As a Deadline Looms, the Dominican Republic Ponders a Draft
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Like so many children on this baseball-mad island, Fraidel Liriano wanted to sign with a…
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For the Hall of Fame’s New Class, Timing Was Everything
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — When John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Jr. wrote his memoir, in 1996, he called it “I Was Right…
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Jonas Vingegaard Set to Win Tour de France on Second Try
PARIS — Head down and legs churning, Jonas Vingegaard crossed the finish line of the penultimate stage of the Tour…
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Pretty in Any Color: Women on the Court Make the Style Rules
Angel Reese considers herself “a pink kind of girl.” Pink nails, pink hair tie, pink shoes, sometimes even “a little…