Sports
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With Exasperation, College Football Is Just Trying to Get Through the Playoff
In this malleable, ebb-and-flow pandemic world, there may be one certainty gleaned from the last nearly two years of living…
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Will N.H.L. Stars Play at the Winter Olympics?
It seemed as if everything was settled. N.H.L. players were returning to the Olympic men’s hockey tournament after missing the…
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N.F.L. Week 17 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
With the league barreling toward the end of the regular season and facing a coronavirus surge that included 90 players…
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World Junior Championship, a showcase for hockey’s top prospects, is canceled.
The World Junior Championship, an annual showcase of the next generation of hockey stars, which was already underway in Canada,…
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John Madden’s Life in Football: Decades of Passion for the Game
John Madden spent a decade on N.F.L. sidelines as a coach, three decades on the air as a commentator and…
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How John Madden Became the ‘Larger-Than-Life’ Face of a Gaming Empire
Trip Hawkins first met John Madden in the dining car of an Amtrak train traveling from Denver to Oakland, Calif.,…
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Manuel Santana, Influential Spanish Tennis Champion, Dies at 83
MADRID — Manuel Santana, who as one of Spain’s first great tennis champions won four Grand Slam titles in the…
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As Olympics Near, China Tightens Rules and Athletes Invent Their Own
Athletes and sports officials around the world have for months been viewing the approaching Winter Olympics in Beijing, set to…
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Inside the Mind of Kyler Murray
TEMPE, Ariz. — Kyler Murray never played soccer beyond the FIFA video game, but when Real Madrid and its star…
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The Evolution of the Foul
By Sopan Deb Illustrations by Anthony Gentles When Dr. James Naismith invented basketball, he proposed 13 rules, which he published…