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Jon Jones, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s light-heavyweight champion and perhaps the top pound-for-pound fighter in mixed martial arts, is once again facing the prospect of his career being derailed by a positive drug test. If the...
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When the Yankees acquired Todd Frazier last month, it meant moving Chase Headley from third base to first. When Greg Bird, the first baseman currently tearing it up in his minor league rehabilitation assignment, is ready to return to a...
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A big sporting tournament is also a festival. As much an English festival as Glastonbury, Wimbledon is also a pilgrimage site. Radiohead or Rafa play the main stage, but some duo you’ve never heard of called Isner-Mahut will do something...
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Near the end of a conversation with Roger Federer earlier this month, in a small dining room that had been set aside for us off the lobby of the Mount Stephen Hotel in Montreal, I asked if he happened to catch the final poignant seconds of...
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For decades, women’s tennis was blessed with first-name-basis rivalries that remain etched in the public’s consciousness. But as tennis fans salivate at the prospect of a long-awaited first United States Open meeting between Roger...
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Occasionally, as the players of Manchester City and Everton strode through the tunnel on their way back to their changing rooms, one would glance out of the corner of his eye at the walls of glass flanking them. For a second, he looked...
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Some pitchers have thrown no-hitters, and a lucky few have authored perfect games. But you have to dig deep into baseball history to find an exquisitely agonizing performance to rival Rich Hill’s on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh. Hill, a...
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The most talked-about N.F.L. player this season may not even be taking the field. The player, Colin Kaepernick, a former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, caused conflict last season by kneeling during the national anthem before...
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If you’re a baseball lover, you might already feel the buzz. This coming weekend, August 25th-27th, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association are holding the inaugural “Players Weekend” with all 30...
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When Kyrie Irving’s trade request from the Cleveland Cavaliers went public last month, it was all but expected. At 25, the rising basketball star wanted to grow beyond LeBron James’ shadow on the court. But of all the teams...
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