Sports
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The Blind Side of Sports Storytelling
“The Blind Side” played on sports fans’ penchant for too-tidy narratives, our columnist writes. A legal battle between the N.F.L.…
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Neither Messi, Nor Miami, Has Come Back to Earth
The goals keep coming, And a team that once looked poor keeps winning.
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Aliyah Boston Has Officially Arrived
Boston, the Indiana Fever rookie forward and center, has already become a face of the W.N.B.A. just months into her…
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Playwrights’ Hoop Dreams Take Flight Off Broadway This Summer
Basketball is central to the plot in new shows, including “Flex” and “The Half-God of Rainfall.”
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Carlos Alcaraz Shows Novak Djokovic That His Championships Are Numbered
Djokovic had won the past three Grand Slams he played in to reach 23 major titles, but Alcaraz, Wimbledon’s newest…
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Alcaraz Wins Wimbledon in a Thrilling Comeback Against Djokovic
Carlos Alcaraz won his first Wimbledon title and left Novak Djokovic, the overwhelming favorite, with his first finals loss at…
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For Sweden, the Right Way to Play Is the One That Wins
The World Cup semifinal between Spain and Sweden will be a battle of styles, of passing versus pragmatism. Opponents discount…
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Tampa Bay Rays Shortstop Sits Out Amid Investigation
The Rays said Major League Baseball was investigating social media posts about Wander Franco, but his manager said it was…
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A ‘Perfect Marriage’ Between Team and Player
Jason Heyward is on a winning club, has been reunited with Freddie Freeman and is having fun playing baseball again.…
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A Hotbed of Distance Running Talent Emerges in Uganda
With a mile to go in the 2017 World Cross Country Championships, Joshua Cheptegei had one thing on his mind:…