Sports
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Serena Williams, Moving Toward Retirement, Ends Her Magical Run at the U.S. Open
As Serena Williams walked onto the court at the U.S. Open this week, the question was how the greatest player in modern tennis would handle the ...
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How Ajla Tomljanovic Faced Down Serena Williams and 24,000 Others
When Ajla Tomljanovic was a little girl, she asked her father about a prized photograph of him holding a big trophy on his head. Ratko ...
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Why LeBron James Is Worth $100 Million to the Lakers, Win or Lose
If one believes in science, historical trends and the limits of human capabilities, there’s a high likelihood that the 37-year-old LeBron James ...
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Serena Williams Willed Her Way to a Glorious Goodbye
It was match point, which Serena Williams had faced many times before. It was career point, which was startlingly new territory for one of the ...
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Is There Such a Thing as Too Big for Baseball?
By several measures, Aaron Judge, the superstar outfielder for the Yankees, has been the best player in Major League Baseball this season. After ...
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Russell Wilson, Ciara among the celebrities in the stands for Williams’s match.
Serena Williams continues to attract celebrities and politicians to her U.S. Open matches. In attendance Friday:the N.F.L. quarterback Russell ...
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At the U.S. Open, Coco Gauff Is Playing With a Veteran’s Confidence
On Thursday, Coco Gauff saw a photo memory from five years ago. It had the caption “courtside seats” at Arthur Ashe Stadium as she had watched ...
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College Football Playoff Will Expand to 12 Teams
The College Football Playoff, already a financial gusher for the country’s most powerful conferences, will triple in size to 12 teams no later ...
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Bueckers Says She’ll Stay in School. (That’s Where the Money Is.)
Some college basketball fans have been wondering whether Paige Bueckers, the star UConn guard who will miss the season with a knee injury, would ...
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With the PGA Tour Season Over, LIV Golf Looks to Strengthen Its Foothold
BOLTON, Mass. — Roughly 11 weeks ago in the Boston suburbs, men’s professional golf welcomed the game’s best players to the 122nd U.S. Open. Five ...