Sports
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With Exasperation, College Football Is Just Trying to Get Through the Playoff
In this malleable, ebb-and-flow pandemic world, there may be one certainty gleaned from the last nearly two years of living…
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Will N.H.L. Stars Play at the Winter Olympics?
It seemed as if everything was settled. N.H.L. players were returning to the Olympic men’s hockey tournament after missing the…
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I Investigated Bonds and Clemens. Yes, They Belong in Cooperstown.
Friday is the last day for voters in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to submit their 2022 Baseball Hall…
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N.F.L. Week 17 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
With the league barreling toward the end of the regular season and facing a coronavirus surge that included 90 players…
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World Junior Championship, a showcase for hockey’s top prospects, is canceled.
The World Junior Championship, an annual showcase of the next generation of hockey stars, which was already underway in Canada,…
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John Madden’s Life in Football: Decades of Passion for the Game
John Madden spent a decade on N.F.L. sidelines as a coach, three decades on the air as a commentator and…
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How John Madden Became the ‘Larger-Than-Life’ Face of a Gaming Empire
Trip Hawkins first met John Madden in the dining car of an Amtrak train traveling from Denver to Oakland, Calif.,…
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What to Watch For in N.F.L.’s Christmas Day Games
It’s not a misprint. If you’re scrolling through your television listings on Christmas Day, you’ll see two N.F.L. games on…
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N.B.A. Christmas Day Games: What to Know
The N.B.A. has long looked to Christmas Day as a highlight of the young season, a made-for-TV spectacle that brings…
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In the Premier League, There’s No Looking Back
And so on we roll, heads down and teeth gritted, grimly determined to reach the other side, wherever and whenever…