Sports
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After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth
Meiko Locksley was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still...
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WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury End 10-Season Playoff Streak
The W.N.B.A.’s Phoenix Mercury will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2012. Their sustained success was rare among major pro sports teams.
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Sources: Boro still in pursuit of USMNT’s Hoppe
12:57 PM ET English championship side Middlesbrough is still pursuing Mallorca and United States forward Matthew Hoppe, though he continues to draw...
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Euro vs. World champs! England to host USWNT
9:02 AM ET The England women's team will face the United States Women's National Team at Wembley on Oct. 7, the FA announced on Tuesday. The match...
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Frances Tiafoe Is Ready to Win the U.S. Open and Make Tennis Cool
Returning to the U.S. Open after last year’s electric run and crushing defeat, the boundary-busting American thinks he can win it all — and make...
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How to Recognize a Tennis Prodigy
The people who coached Frances Tiafoe as a child said they could see even then that he would become one of the world’s top players. But how did...
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Carlos Alcaraz Is Bending Tennis to His Will and Taking Over the Game
Alcaraz, the defending U.S. Open men’s singles champion, has forced the best players in the world to adapt to his playing style, or risk losing for...
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A Fan Favorite Is Still Trying to Clear Her Major Hurdle
Ons Jabeur, the Tunisian player who is popular among spectators and fellow competitors, is the only woman to appear in three of the last five major...
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Spanish Soccer Chief Finds His Defenders Backing Away
Luis Rubiales was widely condemned for kissing a player after the Spanish women’s team won the World Cup, but retained a few public supporters....
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The Suddenly Hot ‘Coco and Jessie Show’ Is Ready to Open in New York
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula enter the U.S. Open with both on a roll. Can they withstand the home-country pressure?
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Novak Djokovic, Back in New York and Loving It as Never Before
Led by Carlos Alcaraz, tennis youth is coming for Djokovic. “My role nowadays is to prevent them from that.”
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Ser-Od Bat-Ochir of Mongolia Returns to the World Championship
There is no one else quite like Ser-Od Bat-Ochir. The 41-year-old marathoner has represented Mongolia at every major competition since 2003.