Sports
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What the Italian Open Is Foretelling About the French Open
ROME — We will soon find out how much of what happened Sunday at the Italian Open was foreshadowing. The…
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The Loneliest Team in Baseball
OAKLAND — One quiet night earlier this month, fewer than 3,000 fans went to an Oakland Athletics game. It was…
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The Disarray and ‘Stone Age’ Dysfunction of the Las Vegas Raiders
The Las Vegas Raiders have been rocked by a mass exodus of front office leaders amid dire management blunders like…
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Bianca Andreescu’s Extended Break from Tennis Has Served Her Well
ROME — Bianca Andreescu’s first Italian Open had just come to an understandable halt in the quarterfinals against Iga Swiatek,…
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The Phoenix Suns Weren’t Supposed to Get Pushed to Game 7
If one believes in trends, it seems likely that the Phoenix Suns will win Sunday’s do-or-die Game 7 against the…
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Gleyber Torres Powers Yankees Past Blue Jays
Gleyber Torres sent a fastball soaring, started jogging toward first base and raised his right arm about the time a…
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Rafael Nadal Falls Apart on Clay, Just in Time for the French Open
ROME — Quick and dominant in the first set against Denis Shapovalov, Rafael Nadal was quite the opposite down the…
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Naomi Osaka Takes Control of Her Business Interests Off the Tennis Court
The tennis career of Naomi Osaka, one of the biggest sports celebrities in the world, has taken on certain familiar…
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Angels Rookie Throws No-Hitter in Wild Blowout of Rays
In just his 11th career start in the majors, the Angels rookie left-hander Reid Detmers threw a no-hitter Tuesday, ending…
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Celtics’ Horford Turns Back the Clock and the Bucks
Early in the second half of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee…