Sports
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The Red Sox Ride a Wave of Offense Into the A.L.C.S.
BOSTON — So this was how it ended for the Tampa Bay Rays, the team that pushes and pokes conventional…
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Raiders Coach’s Emails Included Homophobic and Misogynistic Comments
When the vaunted N.F.L. coach Jon Gruden was confronted with a racist email he had sent in 2011 to insult…
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Mr. Joctober: Pederson’s Blast Was all the Offense Atlanta Needed
Only one division series this fall is truly a clash of the luckless. The Milwaukee Brewers have not reached the…
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‘Let Them Talk’: Astros Spend a Rainy Day Discussing Allegations
CHICAGO — Before Game 4 of the American League division series between the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros…
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Is China’s Soccer Boom Going Bust?
The emails and letters complaining about unpaid salaries have been stacking up for months. Some claim losses in the thousands…
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In Rolling Over Chiefs, Bills Encounter Little Resistance
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before Patrick Mahomes even saw the field for the Kansas City Chiefs as their starting quarterback…
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Chicago’s Crowd, and its Offense, Comes Alive Against the Astros
CHICAGO — The first two of games of this American League division series between the Houston Astros and the Chicago…
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A Tough (Correct) Call and a Walk-Off Homer Have the Rays on the Brink
BOSTON — Christian Vazquez’s night began on the bench. It ended with a triumphant jog around the bases. In an…
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U.S. Suffers First Defeat in World Cup Qualifying
Continuing the good vibes from one performance to the next can be tough, it turns out, when you switch out…
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What We Learned From Week 5 in the N.F.L. Season
Imagine being Mason Crosby, trotting onto the field for a fourth — fourth! — attempt at a game-winning field goal.…