Sports
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Winners Get Their Due. But Losers Are Wonderfully Human.
There’s glory in defeat. Losses, at least, make athletes more relatable to the rest of us.
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Japan’s Enduring ‘Sound of Summer’
Created 75 years ago for the country’s prestigious high school baseball tournament, Yuji Koseki’s “The Crown Will Shine on You” stirs memories as it inspires new ones.
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Names Old and New Top British Open Leaderboard
Conditions were calm at Royal Liverpool as the final men’s golf major of the year began. Don’t expect them to stay that way.
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Catch Them if You Can
Corbin Carroll changed everything for Arizona and Elly De La Cruz has revitalized Cincinnati. The phenoms, and their contending teams, face off this weekend.
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Japan’s Hall of Fame Goes Global With Induction of Foreign-Born Stars
Randy Bass and Alex Ramirez found unexpected stardom in Japan, and now they have gained the rarest of distinctions for foreign players with no Japanese heritage.
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Orlando Magic’s Political Donation Is ‘Alarming,’ Players’ Union Says
The team donated $50,000 to a super PAC supportive of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. The union said that does not mean Magic players support him.
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Morocco Wins, Then Waits, and Then Starts Celebrating
It had been more than an hour since Anissa Lahmari had scored the goal that put Morocco in front, the one that was poised to deliver another historic win for her team at its first Women’s World Cup. But it was not over yet. And so Morocco’s players ...
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This Jazz Artist Makes Pro Football Hall of Fame Speeches Sing
When the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s inductees began to ramble, executives turned to Jezra Kaye to help them rein it in.
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‘Break Point’ Is the Best Way to See the Full Psychodrama of Tennis
The Netflix docuseries gets the highs and lows of the pro circuit right.
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Two spots are up for grabs in Group F with three teams tightly chasing them.
Jamaica vs. Brazil Brazil needs to win this match to avoid elimination, because it can’t count on Panama, the worst team in the group, to beat France. But Jamaica has its sights set on the round of 16, too, and it can advance with a win or a draw ...