Sports
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Kansas Runs Past Villanova to Get to the N.C.A.A. Final, Avenging a 2018 Loss
NEW ORLEANS — When Kansas Coach Bill Self sat down in recent days to look at film of his last…
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Knocked Down Repeatedly, Bueckers Says She’ll Be Ready for the Final
When Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers and Stanford’s Haley Jones fought for a rebound in the fourth quarter on Friday night, Bueckers…
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Are Super Seniors the Secret to N.C.A.A. Tournament Success?
If this year’s N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments look a little bigger — a little older — your eyes are not deceiving…
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What to Watch in the Men’s Final Four
NEW ORLEANS — The men’s Final Four features four blue bloods in the bayou. Among them, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas…
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A High School Reunion at the Final Four
NEW ORLEANS — Brandon Slater, a senior forward at Villanova, is at the Final Four with one goal: winning a…
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With Defensive Wizardry, UConn Outlasts Stanford to Reach Title Game
Connecticut, which overcame a winding, frustrating, injury-ridden regular season to resume its customary position as a postseason power, lasted ...
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Liverpool, Manchester City and a Bar Set Too High
Manchester City had everything ready. A few days before the 2019 F.A. Cup final, the club’s executives had already mapped…
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South Carolina Back in N.C.A.A. Championship Game With Win over Louisville
Throughout the course of the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament, Dawn Staley, South Carolina’s storied coach, has preached a message of…
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In a Blow to Mets, Jacob deGrom Hits the Injured List
JUPITER, Fla. — Entering the 2022 season with a record payroll and several new talented players, the Mets had high…
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Tobacco Road Prepares for Basketball Nirvana — or Apocalypse
The tobacco industrialist Washington Duke, whose fortune helped finance what became Duke University, made a final proclamation on his deathbed…