Games
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Hosting the Olympics Costs Billions. What Does a City Get Back?
It was a sunny morning in mid-June and the athletes’ village for the Summer Olympics, in Seine-Saint-Denis, just outside Paris, was still nominally under construction. Workers sweated in hard hats and yellow vests, watching over the empty site. Built ...
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Books
Readers Share Their Favorite Sports Video Games (Boomshakalaka!)
NHL ’94 and MVP Baseball 2005 live on decades later. So do the arcade-style games NBA Jam and Mario Tennis.
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World
Lausanne, Where the Olympics Never End
A new arts district, stylish restaurants and a museum that pays homage to the Games greet visitors to this Swiss city, home to the International Olympic Committee.
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News
Why the N.F.L. Put a $7 Billion Antitrust Case in the Hands of an Unpredictable Jury
A class-action lawsuit over the cost of Sunday Ticket subscriptions underscored how valuable broadcast deals have been for the league’s success.
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News
As N.B.A. TV Deal Nears, Warner Bros. Discovery Is on the Outside
The company’s TNT channel and the N.B.A. have long been inextricably linked, but that may end after next season. Plus, Charles Barkley is retiring.
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World
Doping Regulator Knew of Previous Positive Tests by Chinese Swimmers
Three athletes who failed drug tests before the 2021 Olympics had tested positive for a powerful steroid several years earlier. They were not suspended in either incident.
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Books
For These Games, a Release Date Is Just the Beginning
More and more video games are building player bases with perpetual updates and seasonal content. Fans of Destiny 2 just completed a 10-year story arc.
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News
Grab Them. Then Stump Them.
What’s a five-letter word for an activity that media and technology companies are increasingly relying on to gain subscribers and keep them coming back? G A M E S Apple released a series of word-focused puzzles in its subscription news service last ...
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World
House Panel Seeks F.B.I. Investigation Into Doping by Chinese Swimmers
The bipartisan request for a criminal inquiry relies on a law that gives the Justice Department the power to prosecute doping offenses that do not occur in the United States.
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Books
Between ‘Star Wars’ Trilogies, a Golden Age of Video Games
A remastered version of Star Wars: Dark Forces reminds gamers of a period in the 1990s when LucasArts could take risks with cherished intellectual property.