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Nick Kyrgios Is Having a Very Good U.S. Open. Make That Summer.
His tennis, always sublime some of the time, has been sublime far more of the time. There is no arguing with Nick Kyrgios’s recent results: a ...
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Celtic’s Tokyo Drift
Ange Postecoglou did not have much time. The Australian coach was not Celtic’s first choice as manager: The Glasgow club had, instead, spent ...
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What’s the Deal With Riesling?
When introducing the subject of dry German rieslings last month, I wondered why so many people say they do not like the wines, whether dry or ...
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Your Final Wine School Assignment
This column will be the last installment of Wine School. I’m distressed to say that. I’ve learned so much in the 100 columns that have presented ...
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John McEnroe Gets His Revenge
John McEnroe was sitting on a couch 43 stories above Manhattan, his gray curls and sleepy, crinkled eyes betraying every one of his 63 years ...
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Frances Tiafoe Gets the Next American Shot at the Big Three
It happens at just about every Grand Slam. One of the American men of the so-called next generation begins to look dangerous, raising hopes that ...
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Baseball Traveled to Japan 150 Years Ago. By Way of Maine.
GORHAM, Maine — This small town on the East Coast can make a claim of being one of baseball’s birthplaces. But Gorham, about a 30-minute drive ...
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Nick Kyrgios Upsets No. 1 Daniil Medvedev at the U.S. Open
Nick Kyrgios’s finest season continues to get finer, and on Sunday he defeated No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, the defending U.S. Open men’s singles ...
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After a Frenzy, Las Vegas Emerges Over Seattle
SEATTLE — Despite the game looking like a Las Vegas Aces pummeling of Seattle in the first half, somehow Storm guard Jewell Loyd stood at the ...
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Picture(s) of Excellence at the Open
It was hard not to watch Serena Williams. And who would want to look away? Since she played her first U.S. Open, in 1998, she played with ...