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Zheng Qinwen, China’s new tennis star with a heart-wrenching backstory and big forehand
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Total Eclipse of the Park: The Guardians’ home opener coincides with a rare solar eclipse
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Why Kevin Durant’s game-winning shot sparked memories of Jordan for members of the ’89 Bulls
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Why South Carolina’s freshman sensation is wowing Magic Johnson, the NBA and college basketball
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Jim Harbaugh taking Chargers’ head-coaching job: Why he’s returning to the NFL
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The Milwaukee Bucks are hiring longtime NBA coach Doc Rivers, league sources said Wednesday, one day after the team fired…
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What we learned from the Baseball Hall of Fame election: Beltré’s big night, Mauer power and more
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Language barriers, culture shock and isolation: How the NHL’s loneliest players cope
Alexandre Carrier looked over at the stone-faced new guy to his left on the Gatineau Olympiques bench and noticed that…
Why Caitlin Clark could pose a dilemma for Team USA at the Olympics
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‘Don’t move … improve’: Can L.A.’s newest star revive a storied women’s basketball program?
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Where are all the January transfers in the Premier League?
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NFL playoffs: Projecting final 4 teams’ odds to win Super Bowl, with conference title game analysis
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Once upon a time, NHL goaltenders were among the singular stars of the game, and you could tell who they…
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer’s historic milestone deserves historic honor
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Lions are winning playoff games and changing perceptions of what they can accomplish
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Alexander Zverev keeps winning. But nobody wants to talk about his domestic abuse trial
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Nick Dunlap wins American Express, first amateur to win on PGA Tour since 1991
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The NFL is down to its final four teams, and the San Francisco 49ers (+145) remain favorites to win Super…
Why white home uniforms — once an NBA mainstay — have disappeared
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Chiefs move on to sixth straight AFC title game after beating Bills in another playoff classic
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Lions advance to first NFC Championship since 1991 season with win vs. Buccaneers
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Kawakami: This was the playoff comeback the 49ers, and especially Brock Purdy, really needed
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Lamar Jackson challenges teammates at halftime, then carries Ravens to win over Texans
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Coco Gauff, under the Australian Open radar, is having a very different kind of Grand Slam
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NFL playoff predictions: 9 coaches, executives predict divisional-round winners
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As Jason Kelce retires, teammates tell stories from his and Travis’ college days at Cincinnati
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Tara VanDerveer’s secret to becoming the winningest college coach? Never stop learning
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Taylor Swift’s jacket brings star boost to Kristin Juszczyk, wife of 49ers’ All-Pro fullback
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Gary Sheffield, one of baseball’s great offensive forces, is still defending himself
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Victor Wembanyama at the halfway point: The good, the bad and the unbelievable
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How a Stanford professor helped lay the foundation for this 49ers era
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Jim Harbaugh is chatting with the NFL. Who replaces him at Michigan if he leaves?
Jim Harbaugh did everything Michigan fans could’ve hoped the former Wolverines star quarterback would do when he returned to Ann…
Top 10 Tara VanDerveer moments as Stanford coach nears all-time wins record
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As Draymond Green returns, can he and Warriors wind down a dynasty the right way?
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Christian Pulisic interview: ‘I want to show the world what the U.S. can do’
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Alabama hiring Washington’s Kalen DeBoer to replace Nick Saban as coach: Sources
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Brian Daboll vs. Wink Martindale: Inside the Giants coaches’ messy divorce
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After years of American growth, has F1’s U.S. fandom plateaued?
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Elina Svitolina: Ukraine’s unbreakable spirit is a big motivation for me
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Cutter Gauthier received death threats for not wanting to play for Flyers, says he wouldn’t wish them on ‘worst enemy’
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Inside Bill Belichick’s downfall after 24 years, six titles with the Patriots
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ESPN used fake names to secure Emmys for ‘College GameDay’ stars
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Nick Saban retiring as Alabama coach, ending ‘a truly remarkable’ career with 7 national titles
Nick Saban, who is widely considered the greatest college football coach because of his run guiding storied programs against the…
Pete Carroll ‘competed hard’ to remain Seahawks’ coach but agrees to step down; GM to lead search
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Michigan’s championship is a tale of two narratives, appreciated only by telling both
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Baseball Hall of Fame ballots 2024: The Athletic’s voters explain their selections
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Blingy, binky and beside the point: How football mouth guards became fashion statements
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How Novak Djokovic changed his game to become the GOAT
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Special report: Maddy Cusack – why her family want a new investigation into her death
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Guenther Steiner leaves Haas F1 team: The reasons behind his shock exit
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Brian Flores isn’t afraid and isn’t looking back — how about the rest of the NFL?
Brian Flores swiveled in a chair and repeated the question. “Is there anything else I want to say? … Is…
Why Manchester City are being sued by Superdry
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2023-24 NFL Week 18 playoff scenarios and bracket: Packers, Bills, Steelers clinch berths
The Jacksonville Jaguars lost to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday setting off some AFC playoff dominoes. The Pittsburgh Steelers and…
Patriots lose to Jets in what could be Bill Belichick’s final game as coach: What’s next for New England?
Coach Bill Belichick’s potential final game with the New England Patriots was one for the record books — in a…
Rafael Nadal is focused on clay – and other things we learned from the first Australian Open warm-up week
For months, Rafael Nadal has been trying to temper expectations for his comeback, telling the world that he had little…
NFL’s Black Monday stories: ‘For the coaches and families, it’s an absolute nightmare’
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Warriors’ Draymond Green reinstated after 12-game suspension: When will he return?
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Michigan stymies Michael Penix Jr., Washington to claim first national championship since 1997 season
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Bird, ‘The Wire,’ a life sentence paroled and a Colts game 40 years in the making
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Michigan vs. Washington coaching confidential: Opposing coaches’ thoughts on the title game
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NCAA signs lucrative TV deal for championships, but keeps women’s basketball in bundle
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Lakers coach Darvin Ham’s standing in question amid locker room disconnect: Sources
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There’s no world juniors for women. What would it take to make it happen?
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The Super Bowl winning coach and his family who have fallen in love with Wrexham
Where does a former NFL coach with a Super Bowl title to his name go on holiday for the new…
Why Wayne Rooney was sacked by Birmingham City – 15 games into ‘long-term project’
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Behind the scenes with Curt Menefee, ‘leader’ and ‘therapist’ for ‘Fox NFL Sunday’
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Michael Penix Jr. propelled Washington to the CFP. He saved his best for when he got there.
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NFL Power Rankings Week 18: Browns and Packers move up, plus a lesson from every team
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Michigan’s Rose Bowl win ‘just means more’ for Wolverines … and entire Big Ten
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A stroke took Charlie Manuel’s words away. Baseball is giving them back
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Why the Patriots’ Bill Belichick-Robert Kraft partnership is on the verge of a breakup
Confetti rained down around Bill Belichick and Tom Brady as the two hugged near midfield, Super Bowl champs together for…
Regan Smith’s long road back to the Olympic spotlight
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Six teams, one draft and loads of Ikea furniture: How the PWHL was made in six months
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Valencia’s Nou Mestalla ‘ghost ground’: After 15-year delay, will it finally be built?
The cheers rang long and loud around Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium as fans celebrated Hugo Guillamon’s late equaliser against Barcelona in…
Michael Penix Jr.’s magnificence carries Washington over Texas, into title game vs. Michigan
There wasn’t a single play Michael Penix Jr. couldn’t make Monday night. When Texas blanketed his receivers, the Washington quarterback…
Michigan overcomes Alabama in OT to win first CFP game, reach national championship
It’s been nine years in the making, but Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines will finally get to stand on…
What we learned in NFL Week 17: Ravens, Niners clinch top seeds, Bears get first pick in draft
The top seeds have been decided. So has the team picking first in next spring’s draft. But the complete playoff…
Georgia took the Orange Bowl seriously, but it was embarrassing for college football
MIAMI — This was a debacle, and Kirby Smart knew it. He was the one who benefitted from it. His…
Broncos’ silence after Russell Wilson’s benching is deafening: Sando’s Pick Six
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