Sports
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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…
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Representing a Nation on TV, and a Running Team on Instagram
At the track and field world championships, distance runners compete on behalf of their countries. What’s less visible to the…
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A Powerhouse Team of Stars, Ring or No Ring
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — A humble little baseball sits at the bottom of a display case for David Ortiz on the…
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Sydney McLaughlin Broke Her Own World Record. Again.
There was a time, not so long ago, when Sydney McLaughlin was challenged whenever she planted herself in the starting…
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Adidas and Puma to University of Oregon Frats: ‘Nice House, Bro’
The fraternity brothers of Sigma Chi had company this spring. A construction crew would arrive for work each day with…