Sports
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A True Prizefight Follows a Summer of Sideshows
Two days before he was scheduled to try to defend his heavyweight titles against the undefeated Oleksandr Usyk, Anthony Joshua…
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How an Olympic Skateboarder Spends Her Sundays
Alexis Sablone doesn’t really have weekends. “It’s never like, ‘Oh, I’ve got to get back to work tomorrow,’” she said.…
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Marcos Alonso and the Genius of Thomas Tuchel
Things got so bad, at one point, that even Marcos Alonso’s father was telling him to go. His fallout with…
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In 2021, the Mendoza Line Isn’t So Scary
Even baseball fans who aren’t into statistics are familiar with batting average. If it starts with a 4, that’s historically…
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‘Every Single Pitch, Everyone’s Staring’
PHILADELPHIA — With the Philadelphia Phillies clinging to their playoff hopes and a one-run lead in the eighth inning on…
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For the U.S. Ryder Cup Team, Motivation Burns Naturally
HAVEN, Wis. — Steve Stricker, the United States Ryder Cup captain, has not delivered a single rousing speech to his…
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‘Football Is Like Food’: Afghan Female Soccer Players Find a Home in Italy
AVEZZANO, Italy — Two days after Taliban fighters seized Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, the Italian journalist Stefano Liberti received ...
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Jimmy Greaves, English Soccer Star, Is Dead at 81
Jimmy Greaves, one of the greatest goal scorers in English soccer, has died. He was 81. Tottenham Hotspur, where he…
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With Playoff Positions on the Line, Old Rivalries Get New Life
There are few things better than traditional rivals battling each other for postseason position in late September. So while five…
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Before Balls and Strikes, Umpires Make a Call to Pray
Credit...Chloe CushmanCHICAGO — The umpires dialed in at about 3 p.m. on a Friday, calling from places like St. Louis…