Sports
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What to Watch in the Super Bowl on Sunday
The final showdown of the N.F.L. season arrives Sunday with what fans hope will be a fitting climax to a…
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Once a Youth Football Mecca, L.A. Now Struggles to Find Kids Who’ll Play
LOS ANGELES — Susan Miller Dorsey High, a public school tucked away in one of Los Angeles’s historically Black neighborhoods,…
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Valieva Is ‘Innocent and Clean,’ Her Coach Declares
Kamila Valieva, the Russian figure skating star at the center of a doping scandal threatening to overshadow the Beijing Olympics,…
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M.L.B. Moves in Players’ Direction, but Delays Seem Inevitable
For roughly an hour on Saturday, the lead negotiators and lawyers from Major League Baseball and the players’ union met…
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For N.F.L. Perfection, a Steep Price
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — On a sunny January day nearly 50 years ago, Nick Buoniconti, Jim Kiick and Jake Scott…
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Curling’s Scottish Soundtrack, Delivered by Bagpipers from Beijing
BEIJING — The curling arena darkened and strobe lights blotted the ice. A band of bagpipers marched in almost like…
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China’s Hockey Squad Shows a Powerhouse’s Weakness: Team Sports
BEIJING — There may be no team at the Olympic Games with more potential to shock — or shame —…
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Why Are Russians in Beijing if Russia Is Banned for Doping?
BEIJING — The figure skating competition at the 2022 Beijing Olympics was thrown into turmoil on Friday with the revelation…
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Lia Thomas Is Cleared to Swim at N.C.A.A. Championships
The N.C.A.A. on Friday cleared the way for the swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender woman who has turned in the…
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Aaron Rodgers Wins Fourth N.F.L. M.V.P. Award
LOS ANGELES — Before Aaron Rodgers teed off this week at the 16th hole of a pro-am event in Arizona,…