Sports
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Karim Benzema, the Surest of Sure Things, Lifts Real Madrid at Chelsea
LONDON — Luka Modric has, by this stage, seen pretty much all there is to see. He has won four…
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A Plan That Worked Perfectly, Until the Moment It Didn’t
MANCHESTER, England — After a while, feeling bored, cold and wet, Éderson decided to go for a walk. The Manchester…
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A Plan That Worked Perfectly, Until the Moment It Didn’t
MANCHESTER, England — After a while, feeling bored and cold and wet, Éderson decided to go for a walk. The…
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A Challenger Emerges in the National League
In the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the National League West had the two best teams in…
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Still Going, Even as the Glory Fades
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — He started to believe in a curse. Then he trusted in a different kind of…
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Is the UConn Dynasty Done? Auriemma Likes the Outlook for Next Year
MINNEAPOLIS — Connecticut has spent almost three decades as the most formidable threat in women’s college basketball, dangerous even when…
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What to Watch in the N.C.A.A. Men’s Championship Game
NEW ORLEANS — It all comes down to one final game. North Carolina and Kansas — two blue bloods in…
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South Carolina, a Dominant Force All Season, Delivers a Championship Over UConn
MINNEAPOLIS — It was a 40-minute championship game, yes. But if South Carolina set out on Sunday to show that…
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After Injury, Armando Bacot Isn’t Deterred by Quick Turnaround
NEW ORLEANS — First, Armando Bacot laid his forehead on the court and forced himself onto his back. The pain…
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Leaky Black Has a Lot on His Mind, And That’s OK
NEW ORLEANS — What had gotten into Leaky Black? It was an innocuous question, asked after Black, a once-reluctant shooter…