Sports
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The Nets Had a Chance to Win Over New York. Now, They’ll Try Again.
Right after the final buzzer sounded on Game 7 between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Nets during the N.B.A.’s Eastern…
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Red Sox Power Up, Again and Again, to Even Series With Astros
HOUSTON — Since late last season, whenever a Boston Red Sox player smashes a home run, he plops down afterward…
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Sky Bring Hoops Championship Buzz Back to Chicago
CHICAGO — It has been more than 23 years since Michael Jordan stole the ball from Utah Jazz forward Karl…
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Paula Badosa, Victoria Azarenka in Surprise Indian Wells Final
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Victoria Azarenka’s and Paula Badosa’s tennis seasons did not begin on a high note. Both had…
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Houston’s Shortstop Was Right on Time With Go-Ahead Homer
HOUSTON — There are bat flips and home runs celebrations. And then there is what Houston Astros star shortstop Carlos…
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For Papua New Guinea, a Long Journey to Cricket’s Big Stage
Thousands turned up at the airport to welcome Papua New Guinea’s cricket team on that sunny day in 2019. They…
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Just Like Their Manager, the Red Sox Keep Coming Back
Some year-long suspensions are better than others. The suspension Major League Baseball levied on Alex Cora, for example, could not…
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Soccer’s Problem With Silver Medals
In all the photographs, there is one constant. In some of the images, Spain’s players stare at the ground, disconsolate,…
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Why Are the Boston Red Sox Singing ‘Dancing on My Own’?
BOSTON — The soundtrack of a baseball clubhouse tends to follow a predictable pattern, its beat sticking mostly with hip-hop,…
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For the Giants, a Rapid Ascent, a Hard Fall and Hopes of a Rematch
SAN FRANCISCO — The three-time champion wound his way through the tunnel outside the San Francisco Giants’ clubhouse after the…