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Oct 24, 2021
In third place on Aug. 13, Atlanta rode a surprising group of trade deadline acquisitions to a pennant, outlasting the 106-win Dodgers. Next up: the Houston Astros.
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Oct 24, 2021
A blowout loss to Mississippi showed a stark difference for a program that had won a national championship two seasons ago.
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Oct 23, 2021
Max Scherzer, a superstar right-hander, blamed a dead arm for his short start in Game 2 of the N.L.C.S. He said he might be available to pitch if there is a Game 7.
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Oct 23, 2021
Bryant was being questioned by a lawyer defending Los Angeles County in her lawsuit about the sharing of photos of human remains from the helicopter crash that killed nine people.
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Oct 23, 2021
A mysterious illness on the eve of the 2019 N.B.A. draft derailed Kris Wilkes's hopes of going pro. As he heals, he's not giving up hope.
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Oct 23, 2021
Charlie Hamlin, a former Olympic rower who dominated races well into his 70s, died in May. On Sunday, his longtime teammates plan to row the Head of the Charles Regatta with an empty seat in his memory.
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Oct 23, 2021
The departure of Lionel Messi shook Barcelona to its foundations. But on a good day, if you look closely, you can see the shoots of a new era.
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Oct 23, 2021
Brought in to clean up someone else's mess, Dusty Baker is back in the World Series with a chance to redefine his legacy as well as the legacy of the team he inherited.
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Oct 23, 2021
Houston's Yordan Alvarez grew up in Cuba believing he'd never need to learn English. The M.V.P. of the A.L.C.S. lets his tape measure homers do the talking.
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Oct 23, 2021
Stained by a scandal but unfazed on the field, Houston returns to baseball's biggest stage looking for another ring.
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Oct 22, 2021
A cheating scandal and a tainted World Series title had the Houston Astros in disarray. James Click got the franchise right back in the business of trying to win championships.
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Oct 22, 2021
Simmons is the latest N.B.A. star to ask for a trade then try to force his way off a team, but Philadelphia is holding firm so far.
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Oct 22, 2021
He created a lightweight, flexible board out of a piece of foam in his backyard in Hawaii in 1971. It introduced millions to the pleasures of riding waves on their bellies.
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Oct 22, 2021
A coach's loving and lively relationship with the Braves' infielders is a key to their success. He's holding out hope for a second chance to manage.
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Oct 22, 2021
Injury woes sent Thompson, the Golden State guard, looking for solace. He found it on the water. No bananas allowed.
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Oct 22, 2021
Babe Ruth. Reggie Jackson. Chris Taylor? A feat that used to come few and far between is happening more often. But it is still unusual enough to stand out.
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Oct 22, 2021
From women's soccer to college sports, athletes have lost faith in leagues and organizations handling abuse and other complaints.
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Oct 22, 2021
Title contender, crisis club or cash cow? What you see in United depends, largely, on what you want to see.
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Oct 22, 2021
The N.L.C.S. heads back to Atlanta after Taylor became the 11th batter with three homers in a postseason game.
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Oct 21, 2021
The requests from two House Democrats could lead to public disclosure of more of the 650,000 emails gathered in the league's investigation of the Washington Football Team's workplace culture.
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Oct 21, 2021
One of baseball's feared hitters, the Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez grew up in Cuba believing he'd never need to learn English. His tape measure homers do his talking for him.
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Oct 21, 2021
He bounced around the N.B.A., won a championship in Toronto then flexed a little power to find happiness in Miami.
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Oct 21, 2021
Johnson prédit le nom des prochaines grandes équipes rivales au sein de la N.B.A, et évoque son seul regret du temps où il dirigeait les Los Angeles Lakers.
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Oct 21, 2021
A pair of ugly losses in a row has Boston reeling. But as the A.L.C.S. shifts to Houston, the Red Sox are buoyed by the idea that they have overcome worse deficits in the past.
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Oct 21, 2021
A double-overtime thriller against the Boston Celtics in the season opener had 11 lead changes and 10 ties.
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Oct 21, 2021
The Boston center called China's leader, Xi Jinping, a "brutal dictator" on social media, igniting an online backlash in the country. The N.B.A.'s online partner stopped streaming the team's games.
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Oct 21, 2021
As offenses have grown increasingly complex, teams have looked for defensive players who can do a little bit of everything.
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Oct 21, 2021
Its contract is up, but the Austin track's chief executive, Bobby Epstein, expects that a new one will be signed.
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Oct 21, 2021
He bounced around the N.B.A., won a championship in Toronto then flexed a little power to find happiness in Miami.
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Oct 21, 2021
He is replacing Valtteri Bottas next season and is not expected to go easy on his teammate, Lewis Hamilton.
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Oct 21, 2021
A midseason pickup from Cleveland, Eddie Rosario has been nothing short of incredible. He led the way in yet another win.
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Oct 21, 2021
Kansas City travels to Tennessee in a rematch of a recent A.F.C. championship game; the Bengals meet the Ravens in a key A.F.C. North game; and the Raiders move on with their interim coach.
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Oct 20, 2021
A blowout win in Game 5 sends this series back to Houston, decidedly in the Astros' favor. The resilient Red Sox may have finally met their match.
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Oct 20, 2021
Marla Messing, installed as the interim chief executive of the National Women's Soccer League, takes over after the league was rocked by allegations of abuse of players.
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Oct 20, 2021
The revised agreement eliminates race as a consideration in evaluating dementia claims by former players.
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Oct 20, 2021
A team that remade its roster around big names finds that getting them all on the same page is still a work in progress.
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Oct 20, 2021
Coach Steve Nash and the team's other stars, Kevin Durant and James Harden, have had to re-envision a plan on the fly.
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Oct 20, 2021
Neither Bobby Cox's stroke in 2019 nor Atlanta's current playoff run has stopped Manager Brian Snitker from visiting his mentor, searching for bits of magic.
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Oct 20, 2021
A team that remade its roster around big names finds that getting them all on the same page is still a work in progress.
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Oct 20, 2021
In a makeshift strategy their pitching coach compared to the Celtics of yesteryear, Houston is relying on its bullpen to carry the team through the A.L.C.S. On Tuesday, it worked.
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Oct 20, 2021
With two outs in the ninth, Nathan Eovaldi thought he had a strike three. Laz Diaz disagreed and by the time the dust settled, Houston had scored seven runs, tying the series.
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Oct 20, 2021
The Knicks are positioned to build on last season's success after an off-season of smart moves.
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Oct 20, 2021
The process then moves swiftly through preparation, false hope and recrimination.
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Oct 19, 2021
A three-run homer from the struggling outfielder tied the game and a double by Mookie Betts put Los Angeles ahead to stay. With that, dreams of an Atlanta sweep faded away.
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Oct 19, 2021
Reggie Jackson, the Hall of Fame slugger and longtime Yankees adviser, has a new role with the Astros, helping reassure the team as postseason pressure mounts.
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Oct 19, 2021
A 12th consecutive season without a championship has ownership looking for improvement, but General Manager Brian Cashman says Boone is "part of the solution."
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Oct 19, 2021
Johnson predicted the N.B.A.'s next great rivalry and said he has only one regret from his time running the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Oct 19, 2021
The Bearcats are No. 2 in the Associated Press poll and appear to be in good position to make the playoff. That's if they win out and find favor among those who select the semifinalists.
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Oct 19, 2021
Jonathan Martin faced bullying in his N.F.L. locker room and depression. He will donate his brain to C.T.E. research to determine if head trauma contributed to his mental health woes.
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Oct 19, 2021
The Premier League imposed a moratorium on sponsorships linked to investors only days after a Saudi-led group took control of one of its teams.
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Oct 19, 2021
Boston's Kyle Schwarber doesn't look like a typical leadoff hitter, but he is giving the Red Sox exactly what they need.
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Oct 19, 2021
The San Jose Sharks forward, who was reported to be under investigation for using a fake Covid-19 vaccination card, said he had "made a mistake."
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Oct 19, 2021
A reporter heard New Yorkers were crossing the Hudson River to New Jersey to bet on football and soccer games. So he did what reporters often do: He went to see for himself.
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Oct 19, 2021
The Red Sox have won consecutive blowouts against the Astros, showing some swagger while setting a record for bases-loaded homers in a postseason series.
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Oct 19, 2021
James's Los Angeles Lakers revamped their roster in a bid for another championship. For Golden State and Curry, familiar faces were just fine.
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Oct 19, 2021
Jonathan Martin faced bullying in his N.F.L. locker room and depression. He will donate his brain to C.T.E. research to determine if head trauma contributed to his mental health woes.
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Oct 18, 2021
Nick Rolovich said in July he would not get a Covid-19 vaccine and maintained his stance once a state mandate was announced in August. Four of his assistants were also fired.
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Oct 18, 2021
Nick Rolovich and four of his assistants lost their jobs because they would not comply with the state's mandate.
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Oct 18, 2021
Louisiana State said "wins and losses on the field" led to Coach Ed Orgeron's dismissal, but he seemed determined to tempt fate in other ways.
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Oct 18, 2021
For the Dodgers, deep pockets and extreme ambition make everyone expendable. Just ask players like Kiké Hernández and Joc Pederson, who took their October magic elsewhere.
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Oct 18, 2021
For many teams, losing Ronald Acuña Jr. would have been a crushing blow. To the Braves' Alex Anthopoulos, it was a puzzle to solve. He seems to have the right pieces.
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Oct 18, 2021
For many teams, losing Ronald Acuña Jr. would have been a crushing blow. To the Braves' Alex Anthopoulos, it was a puzzle to solve. He seems to have the right pieces.
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Oct 18, 2021
A matchup between the Astros and the Red Sox is loaded with representation of the Caribbean island. Some friendships had to be put on hold.
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Oct 18, 2021
For the Dodgers, deep pockets and extreme ambition make everyone expendable. Just ask players like Kiké Hernandez and Joc Pederson, who took their October magic elsewhere.
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Oct 18, 2021
Thrilling wins in consecutive games, both decided in their last at-bat, have Atlanta heading to Los Angeles with some breathing room ahead of Game 3.
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Oct 18, 2021
With an improved Golden State and the new-look Lakers, the Western Conference could be unpredictable — and fun.
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Oct 18, 2021
The Bucks might be better, while the Sixers and Nets are playing wait-and-see with key stars. The Eastern Conference could play out in several ways.
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Oct 18, 2021
With an improved Golden State and the new-look Lakers, the Western Conference could be unpredictable — and fun.
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Oct 18, 2021
A week into the season, the N.H.L.'s newest team is 1-1-1 on the ice, and undefeated in the contest of local public opinion. Nowhere is that more obvious than Seattle's original hockey bar.
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Oct 18, 2021
The Bucks might be better, while the Sixers and Nets are playing wait-and-see with key stars. The Eastern Conference could play out in several ways.
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Oct 17, 2021
With Coach Rich Bisaccia in charge, Las Vegas was calm and effective against the Broncos despite the recent turmoil after Jon Gruden's resignation as coach last week.
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Oct 17, 2021
Badosa won her first top-tier title on Sunday with a hard-fought 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (2) victory over Azarenka in a final that required three hours and four minutes.
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Oct 17, 2021
Badosa won her first top-tier title with a hard-fought 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (2) victory over Azarenka in a final that required 3 hours 4 minutes.
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Oct 17, 2021
Lamar Jackson can lead the Ravens to any kind of win, the Jaguars made the most of the Dolphins' gaffes and Aaron Rodgers did Aaron Rodgers things against the Bears.
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Oct 17, 2021
The Sky battled back from a large second-half deficit to beat the Mercury in a thriller.
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Oct 17, 2021
As long-suffering fans cheered the arrival of Saudi riches at their club, talk of the new owners' plans and the current team's flaws took the day off.
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Oct 17, 2021
Jacksonville Coach Urban Meyer and rookie quarterback won their first game as pros on a 53-yard field goal as time expired, ending the team's 20-game losing streak.
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Oct 17, 2021
Garrett Whitlock was rehabbing from elbow surgery when the Red Sox saw his videos on social media. Getting him for a pittance from a rival was icing on the cake.
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Oct 17, 2021
"Out there, you have to do whatever you can to stay positive, and I did stay positive the whole time. That was a win in itself," Sara Hall said after placing third in the Chicago Marathon.
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Oct 17, 2021
Atlanta's Max Fried has recorded 18 outs in each of his last two starts, standing out in an era of openers, quick hooks and mustachioed middle men.
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Oct 17, 2021
Austin Riley's ninth inning single pushed Atlanta to victory over Los Angeles in Game 1 of the N.L.C.S. — just like his homer did in last year's Game 1.
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Oct 17, 2021
Viewed by some as gentrifiers, the Nets finally may have the starpower to win a championship and loosen the grip the city's other N.B.A. team has on the region.
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Oct 16, 2021
Grand slams in consecutive innings set the tone in a game that dragged on past four hours but was never in doubt.
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Oct 16, 2021
Sky forward Kahleah Copper's hot shooting against the Mercury in Game 3 of the W.N.B.A. finals has the team one win away from its first title.
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Oct 16, 2021
Many tennis stars have shut down their seasons or pleaded fatigue after a long year, but Azarenka and Badosa have thrived in the California desert.
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Oct 16, 2021
Carlos Correa's mammoth home run, and over-the-top celebration, gave the Astros a strong start to a battle of pitching-starved teams.
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Oct 15, 2021
Papua New Guinea is making its debut at the Twenty20 World Cup. The hard part, the team and its coaches said, is already behind it.
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Oct 15, 2021
Alex Cora spent a season in exile, and the Boston Red Sox sank to the A.L. East basement. With their manager back, the resilient Red Sox are in the A.LC.S. These things are related.
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Oct 15, 2021
It was notable when Spain's players kept their runner-up awards after losing a final. It shouldn't be.
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Oct 15, 2021
San Francisco had a 109-win season dissolve at the hands of a bitter rival, but they still view their future as bright. "This won't be the last time we play them in the playoffs."
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Oct 15, 2021
A dance club anthem has become the unexpected soundtrack of a red-hot team. Credit (or blame) goes to a backup catcher.
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Oct 15, 2021
San Francisco had a 109-win season dissolve at the hands of a bitter rival, but they still view their future as bright. "This won't be the last time we play them in the playoffs."
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Oct 15, 2021
He was a budding talent for Cleveland when he was knocked over by Pete Rose in the 1970 All-Star Game. It was, he said, "something people will continue to talk about."
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Oct 15, 2021
L.A. got its 110th win of the year by dispatching the Giants, who finished with 109 victories. Now the Dodgers will meet Atlanta for the National League pennant and a trip to the World Series.
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Oct 15, 2021
A late single by the scuffling Cody Bellinger was the difference in a hard-fought pitching matchup between 109-win teams.
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Oct 14, 2021
The archrivals will settle their division series tonight, with the winner advancing to the National League Championship Series. The loser — despite winning 109 games this year — will go home.
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Oct 14, 2021
Jeff Pash, the league's general counsel, brokered penalties, discussed a cheerleading scandal and arranged perks in emails with the former president of the Washington Football Team.
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Oct 14, 2021
The archrivals will settle their series in this decisive game, with Logan Webb starting for San Francisco and Corey Knebel on the mound for Los Angeles. Follow our live coverage.
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Oct 14, 2021
For the fifth time in baseball history, teams with 100 or more victories will face off in a do-or-die postseason game. For the Dodgers and the Giants, a rivalry complicates matters.
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