Sport
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News
Pickleball went pro. Can it profit?
Investors are pouring money into the less exclusive cousin of tennis.
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News
Can the N.F.L.’s Rules for Team Ownership Survive its Skyrocketing Valuations?
Other sports leagues have changed their rules to allow private equity firms to invest. But so far, the N.F.L. has resisted.
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Newyork
Ron Labinski, Who Designed a Cozier Future for Stadiums, Dies at 85
An architect, he followed his hunch that teams would abandon ugly concrete multipurpose arenas for fan-friendly single-sport facilities, like Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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Sports
Will Pickleball Be as Fun to Watch as It Is to Play?
Pickleball had no problem attracting millions of amateur players. Now, as the sport looks to grow at the professional level, it must convince spectators that the game is as fun to watch as it is to play.
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World
White House says Russian Olympians should only be permitted as neutral participants.
The Biden administration said on Thursday that Russian and Belarusian athletes should only compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris as neutral participants, but did not weigh in on the bigger question: whether the athletes should be allowed in at all ...
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Sports
Qatar Got the World Cup It Wanted
DOHA, Qatar — In the end, Qatar got what it wanted. The tiny desert state, a thumb-shaped peninsula, craved nothing more than to be better known, to be a player on the world stage, when in 2009 it launched what seemed like an improbable bid to stage ...