Sports
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How Do You Pitch to Stan Musial? Very Carefully.
Carl Erskine is one of the last stars left from a golden age of baseball. He offered insights into what it was like to face some of the greats, and how the game has changed.
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Soccer’s Next Big Thing Is Buying in Bulk
Networks of clubs help top teams streamline their scouting, methods and player acquisition. But who do they really serve?
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Bob Huggins Resigns From West Virginia After Drunken Driving Charges
The men’s basketball coach, who was arrested Friday in Pittsburgh, had been suspended in May after he used a homophobic slur in a radio interview.
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FIFA Will Allow Rainbow Armbands at Women’s World Cup
Captains will be offered choices reflecting several anti-discrimination efforts. The rainbow-colored design is similar to one banned at the men’s World Cup in Qatar.
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Suddenly, There Is Money in Women’s Golf
Prize money has been growing, and players are landing sponsors. “Elevating purses continues to elevate everyone,” said the L.P.G.A. commissioner.
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His Sexuality Doesn’t Define Him, but It Can Set Him Apart
The hateful email was a surprise, but for Eric Bach, it was not entirely unexpected. The young broadcaster had been anticipating something like it for some time. Three years earlier, while he was studying journalism at Michigan State University, he ...
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Carlos Alcaraz Gets a Shot at Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon Singles Final
“For Novak, it is one more day, one more moment,” Alcaraz said of Sunday’s final. “For me, it’s going to be the best moment of my life, I think.”
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University of Tennessee Fined Millions for Cash Payments to Athletes
The N.C.A.A. said Tennessee had a culture of wrongful payments to athletes, including cash for hotels, meals and car payments, among other things. The university was fined $8 million but avoided a postseason ban.
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Little by Little, Pogacar Gains on Vingegaard at the Tour de France
An incremental strategy closes the gap but doesn’t change the yellow jersey, for now.
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Marketa Vondrousova Ends Elina Svitolina’s Wimbledon Run
Vondrousova beat Svitolina, the Ukrainian tennis star who had won the hearts of fans, in straight sets to advance to the women’s singles final.