Rafael Nadal Cruises Again at French Open

Rafael Nadal completed another straight-set win to reach the third round of the French Open, extending his Roland Garros record to 81-2.

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N.B.A. Finals Round Table: Does LeBron James Have a Chance?

Our experts weigh in on several N.B.A. finals topics. What’s at stake? How do the Cavaliers keep it close? If the Warriors win, is it a problem?

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Paolo Guerrero, Peru’s Captain, Can Play at the World Cup

A Swiss supreme court judge cleared Guerrero to play at the World Cup despite a doping ban.

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Zinedine Zidane Quits as Real Madrid Coach

The surprise announcement comes less than a week after Zidane led Madrid to its third straight Champions League title.

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On Pro Hockey: The Save of the Year Saves the Capitals

Braden Holtby shoved out his stick and helped the Capitals even up the Stanley Cup Finals.

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N.F.L.’s Alternate ‘Cheerleaders’ Don’t Cheer or Dance. They Mingle.

Noncheering cheerleaders are hired on looks and dressed like cheerleaders, but their primary job is to charm the team’s fans.

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The Journalist and the Equestrian

My two vocations rarely intersected — until I came across a story about Jimmy A. Williams, a trainer who coached many young female riders to Olympic fame, while sexually abusing them.

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N.B.A. Finals: Warriors and Cavs Star in Basketball’s Version of Groundhog Day

In an unprecedented fourth straight year of the same finals matchup, the Warriors are huge favorites over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Chiefs Lineman Becomes First Active N.F.L. Player to Earn M.D.

Guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif has made a request to add “M.D.” to the back of his jersey.

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Golden Betting Slips for the Golden Knights

Some gutsy sports fans bet the long odds that the Las Vegas expansion hockey team would win the Stanley Cup. They are three wins from collecting.

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U.S. Marshals Looking for Ex-Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon to Serve Subpoena

Her lawyer is said to have refused to accept a subpoena on her behalf to testify before a Senate committee next week.

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Sports of The Times: Triple Jeopardy in College Sexual Assault Case Ends an N.F.L. Career

Keith Mumphery was twice cleared for an alleged sexual assault. Then he was tried a third time, without even knowing it. And then his life collapsed.

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2018 French Open: Novak Djokovic Reaches Third Round

Djokovic advanced in straight sets despite a solid performance by the Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar.

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The Italian Open Embraces Its Past While Looking to Its Future

After a 15-year absence, Gardagolf Country Club plays host to the 75th Italian Open, which could have a permanent home once the 2022 Ryder Cup venue is completed in Rome.

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Tech Tip: How to Watch Live Sports Online

Several streaming services offer multiple channels for athletic events, games and matches — which can make ditching the monthly cable bill even easier for some fans.

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Sixers’ Bryan Colangelo Said to Critique Team Anonymously on Twitter

The executive admitted to having one anonymous Twitter account, but a report accuses him of having others, and using them to criticize his players.

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Decluttering His Life Helps Ian Poulter Clean Up His Game

As the two-time winner of the Italian Open approaches another one, he has gone back to basics, hired a former coach, and has his eye on making the Ryder Cup team.

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The PGA Tour and the European Tour Shuffle the Tournament Deck

The golf tours are responding to each other’s changes by shifting their championship events, among other moves.

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John Isner or Mikael Pernfors – Who Is The Greatest Tennis Player Ever From The University of Georgia?

By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher   John Isner’s signature win at the 2018 Miami Open has brought up an interesting discussion in the world of tennis – who is the greater Georgia Bulldog tennis player, John Isner or Mikael Pernfors? Both players honed their skills as college players in Athens, Georgia and were both four-year collegians. [...]

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American M.M.A. Fighter Granted Russian Citizenship

Jeff Monson had professed a desire for at least five years to officially become a Russian.

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Nadal Nearly Loses a Set; Sharapova Nearly Loses Her Match

Rafael Nadal narrowly avoided dropping a set at the French Open for the first time in three years, and Maria Sharapova was pushed to three sets in her first Paris match in three years.

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Serena Williams Wins in Her Return to the French Open

In her first match at a Grand Slam tournament in nearly 16 months, Williams defeated Kristyna Pliskova, 7-6 (4), 6-4, in the first round at Roland Garros.

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On Pro Hockey: In the Stanley Cup Finals, Alex Ovechkin’s Legacy Continues to Evolve

Ovechkin has become a somewhat paradoxical figure: the reason for the Capitals’ success — and the reason for their playoff failures.

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Sports of The Times: You Knew the Warriors Were Coming Back. The Rockets Did, Too.

Another sublime third quarter. More pain for Mike D’Antoni. “We thought we had it.”

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Keeping Score: Rockets and Celtics Are Doomed by the 3-Point Shot

The Celtics and Rockets lost largely because they could not make the long shots at home.

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Over, Easy: A Basketball Aficionado Foresees the Warriors’ Surge Past the Rockets

Fabulous Flournoy, a Bronx native, has been a player-coach for a professional team in Britain for the past 17 seasons.

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The Equestrian Coach Who Minted Olympians, and Left a Trail of Child Molestation

For decades, Jimmy A. Williams cultivated the best horses and Olympic champion riders. Now the sport is finally reckoning with his past.

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On Pro Basketball: Look Who Answered LeBron’s Call: Jeff Green, the Former Celtic

Green was a twice a Celtic before rising Sunday night to help defeat his former team in the conference finals and get LeBron James to yet another N.B.A. Final

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The Stanley Cup’s Namesake Produced a Great Trophy. Not Much Else.

Turns out Lord Stanley is the last person you would think would be a namesake for the best trophy in sports.

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To Reverse a Decline, New York Triathlon Skips an Incline

For the first time since the race began in 2001, organizers have modified the run portion of the race, with a flatter course in Central Park to draw more entrants.

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Stan Wawrinka Out of the French Open

Wawrinka lost a five-set battle with Guillermo Garcia Lopez. Marco Trungelliti, the “lucky loser” who drove for nine hours to get into the event, won.

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Defending Champion Jelena Ostapenko, Venus Williams Fall on First Day – Mondays with Bob Greene

Mondays with Bob Greene   STARS   French Open First Week Kateryna Kozlova beat fifth-seeded Jelena Ostapenko 7-5 6-3 Wang Qiang beat ninth-seeded Venus Williams 6-4 7-5   OTHERS Marton Fucsovics beat Peter Gojowczyk 6-2 6-2 to win the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open in Geneva, Switzerland Dominic Thiem beat Gilles Simon 3-6 7-6 (1) [...]

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Stefanos Tsitsipas Balances His Greek and Russian Sides to Rise in Tennis

Ranked 205th a year ago, Tsitsipas, 19, is now 39th. He is a former No. 1 junior player, just like his mother, Julia Salnikova.

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French Open Begins — and Quickly Ends for Ostapenko and Venus Williams

Ostapenko, the defending champion, falls in straight sets to Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine. And the 37-year-old Williams is defeated in straight sets as well.

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Kaliningrad Journal: Russian City’s Dazzling New Soccer Stadium Outshines Its Team

An anticorruption group says World Cup stadium construction became another means for the Kremlin to reward favored oligarchs.

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Stanley Cup Finals Preview: Capitals and Golden Knights Take Different Routes

Both Vegas and Washington can trace their roots to George McPhee. The teams' shared history is one story line to watch when the series begins Monday.

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Not at the Game: This Sophisticated Admirer of the Warriors Says, ‘More Draymond, Please’

If anyone can relate to what Golden State faces it’s Cheryl Reeve, who has coached the Minnesota Lynx to four W.N.B.A. championships.

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1968 Was a Revolutionary Year for France and the French Open

Among civil unrest in France, the Open was the first Grand Slam tournament to allow professionals to play.

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Cavaliers’ Kevin Love to Miss Game 7 vs. Celtics With a Concussion

Love, who banged heads with the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum in Game 6 on Friday night, has at least two other known concussions in his career.

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$10,000 Men’s Open Grass Court Prize Money Tournament To Be Held In Pontiac, Michigan June 20-23

The Wessen Lawn Tennis Club, and its pristine 24 perennial rye grass tennis courts, will be hosting a $10,000 Open Grass Court Prize Money men’s singles and doubles tournament, June 20-23 in Pontiac, Michigan. The event, which is open to all entries, will offer a first-prize of $3,000 to the singles winner, $1,500 to the [...]

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James Harden and P.J. Tucker: Name a More Iconic Fashion Playoff Duo

We’ll wait.

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Champions League Final 2018: Real Madrid vs. Liverpool, Live Updates and Analysis

Real Madrid and Liverpool meet in Kiev for Europe’s club championship. Stay here for live updates and analysis.

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Ben McLachlan Rises in Doubles, but a Regular Partner Would Be Nice

McLachlan, who represents Japan now instead of New Zealand, enters the French Open ranked 25th in doubles, despite having had 10 partners this year.

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Sporting: How Skateboarding Helped Me Cope With War

To relieve the stress of military service in Iraq, a Marine welcomed the distraction of riding her cheap board.

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Vegas? D.C.? Lord Stanley Would Be Baffled

Vegas facing Washington for the Stanley Cup in a series that will stretch into June is a long way from what Lord Stanley had in mind in 1893.

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Rockets’ Chris Paul Will Miss Game 6 Against Warriors

Paul, Houston’s starting point guard, suffered a strained hamstring during the Rockets’ Game 5 victory.

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On Tennis: He’s Just as Good as Roger Federer, in One Category, at Least

Feliciano Lopez will tie Federer’s streak of playing in 65 consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments at the French Open.

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Players to Watch at the French Open

Rafael Nadal is the overwhelming favorite on the men’s side. Serena Williams is a mystery in the women’s draw. But keep an eye on these players at Roland Garros, too.

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Shohei Ohtani Is a Perfect Fit. Just Not in New York.

The Yankees never got a chance to make a pitch to the Angels’ two-way star, but they have seen enough to know he is something special.

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Extra Bases: A Reliever Gets a Game’s First Three Outs, and Then Some Backlash

After Sergio Romo was asked to set up the Rays’ two starters last weekend instead of setting up their closer, at least one opponent said it was bad for baseball.

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Not at the Game: One Smart Coach: How Are the Rockets Getting Away With All That Dribbling?

Eric Musselman used to coach the Warriors, and prefers their style of play. He marvels at what the Rockets are doing in the conference finals.

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Jelena Ostapenko Returns to the French Open a Hero at Home in Latvia

Ostapenko was born and raised in Latvia and stayed in the Baltic nation to train, becoming the country’s first Grand Slam singles champion.

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ESSAY: Missed in Coverage of Jack Johnson, the Racism Around Him

A look at The Times’s coverage of Johnson, who in 1908 became the first black boxer to win the heavyweight title, reveals harsh, often racially coded attitudes.

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M.L.B. Hired Scientists to Explain Why Home Runs Have Surged. They Couldn’t.

The ball is not juiced, it’s just more aerodynamic. But not even scientists hired by M.L.B. can explain precisely why.

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Sports of The Times: LeBron James and the Twilight of the Cavaliers

The 33-year-old James has been a force. The Celtics accepted that, and whipped the Cavs anyway.

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Why Max Scherzer Is the Perfect Pitcher for This Baseball Era

Nobody has mastered the modern game the way Scherzer, the Nationals’ three-time Cy Young Award winner, has. He is averaging 14.25 strikeouts per nine innings.

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Trump Expected to Pardon Jack Johnson as Heavyweight Champions Gather

Decades after Johnson was convicted under the Mann Act, his case drew significant attention as a gross miscarriage of justice.

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Mike D’Antoni Lost the Mustache, and Found Himself

Once known just for flashy offense, D’Antoni has the Rockets on the verge of the finals. His brother Dan is even considering coming to a game.

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David Quinn Comes to the Rangers With a Gift for Developing Young Players

Quinn’s tenure at Boston University was marked by the string of highly touted prospects that came through his system.

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Sports stadiums Help Lead the Way Toward Greener Architecture

The nine-month-old Mercedes-Benz stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United F.C., gets high marks for sustainable design and energy efficiency.

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N.F.L. Teams Will Be Fined for Players’ Anthem Kneeling

Owners voted to fine teams if their players do not stand during the national anthem, though players will be allowed to stay in the locker room during if they choose.

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The N.F.L. and Nike Make Room for Fanatics

A new merchandising deal aims to get the league a step closer to Roger Goodell’s pledge of $25 billion in revenues by 2027.

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Not at the Game: The Best Coach in the Bay Area Breaks Down the Warriors’ Breakdown

“I might lose my lunch,” Sue Phillips, who runs a juggernaut of a high school basketball program, said as she watched Golden State crumble in Game 4.

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Congress Holds Hearing Into Sexual Abuse in Olympic Sports

Kerry Perry, the new chief executive of U.S.A. Gymnastics, apologized before a House subcommittee hearing.

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European Tour PGA Championship: Players to Watch

The tour’s flagship event which begins Thursday at the Wentworth Club’s West Course in Surrey, England, about 30 miles southwest of London.

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American Success on the European Tour

Players like Brooks Koepka and Peter Uihlein are using the European Tour as a way to gain experience, earn money and improve enough to eventually join the PGA Tour.

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Tommy Fleetwood Overcame the ‘Yips.’ Now, He Wants a European Tour PGA Championship Title.

Fleetwood returns to the championship a different man, beaming with confidence and in full possession of his drive.

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The Football Hit Felt All Over Japan

A violent tackle is forcing Japan to ask difficult questions about football’s place in society. “I wasn’t strong enough to say no.”

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Brandi Chastain Plaque Features a Face of Someone Who Is Not Brandi Chastain

It is unclear what, exactly, happened here.

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Lou Lamoriello Joins the Islanders’ Front Office

Lamoriello, 75, spent the past three seasons as the general manager of the Maple Leafs after winning three Stanley Cups while running the Devils.

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On A 30-Year Anniversary, “Trojan Tennis” Book On USC Men’s Tennis Team Is Published

By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher   It was 30 years ago this week that I first saw, in person, the USC men’s tennis team. It was at the 1988 NCAA Championships in Athens, Georgia – the first I would experience. That entire year while a freshman at UGA I heard all of the legendary stories and [...]

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How To Hit Forehands Like Roger Federer

Tennis is definitely one of the most popular sports in the world, ranking just behind football and basketball. It is also one of the most popular sports to bet on due to the great variety of markets. Thousands of people love online betting with Novibet  due to their large selection of bets for different sports [...]

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James Harden and P.J. Tucker: Name a More Iconic Fashion Duo

We’ll wait.

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World Cup 2018: The Big Names Missing Out

Here are six players who are healthy and ready to go but won’t be joining their teams in Russia, to the consternation of some of their country’s fans.

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Not at the Game*: Courtside With Run TMC, Watching the Rockets Miss, Miss and Miss Some More

“It’ll catch up to them in the third quarter,” Chris Mullin said about the Rockets’ shooting, which did catch up with them in the third quarter.

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Five Reasons the Vegas Golden Knights Are in the Stanley Cup Finals

Little was expected of the Golden Knights in their inaugural season. Now they are four wins from the most improbable championship in N.H.L. history.

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Indian Tribes Dig In to Gain Their Share of Sports Betting

As state governments develop plans to introduce sports betting, some American Indian tribes in the casino business are working to make sure they’re dealt in.

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Investigation? N.C.A.A. Scrutiny? Business as Usual in Grassroots Hoops

A federal probe and criticism from an N.C.A.A. commission led by Condoleezza Rice have done little to change how shoe companies in youth basketball operate.

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Svitolina and Zverev Hope Tour Success Turns Into Grand Slam Wins

At the Italian Open, Elina Svitolina beat the top-ranked Simona Halep and Alexander Zverev was tough in a loss to Rafael Nadal. Success at the next level has eluded them.

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Russian Billionaire’s U.K. Visa Delayed Amid Diplomatic Tensions

Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea, missed its final soccer match after his visa expired. It’s unclear if his troubles are a bureaucratic hiccup or if Britain is clamping down.

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Vegas Golden Knights Reach Stanley Cup Finals in First Season

The Golden Knights joined the 1967-68 St. Louis Blues as the only expansion teams since 1960 in the Big Four leagues to reach the championship round in their inaugural seasons.

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Rangers on Verge of a Coaching Deal With Boston University’s David Quinn

Quinn, 51, would come to the Rangers after five years as the head coach at B.U., where his teams made the N.C.A.A. tournament four times and lost in the national title game in 2015.

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J.J. Watt Offers to Pay for Funerals of Santa Fe School Shooting Victims

This is not the first time the football player has offered to help Texans in need. A Hurricane Harvey relief effort he led raised more than $37 million in less than three weeks.

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Chelsea 1, Manchester United 0: F.A. Cup Final: Eden Hazard’s Goal Helps Chelsea Salvage Its Season

Hazard scored from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, but his future with Chelsea remained in doubt.

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Rafael Nadal Beats Novak Djokovic in Rome Semifinals

In their first meeting in more than a year, Nadal’s court coverage was too much to handle for Djokovic, who is still regaining his form from a persistent right elbow injury.

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Winnipeg Looks for Respect, on the Ice and Off It

With the Jets in the N.H.L.’s Western Conference finals, the city some call Winterpeg is having a moment.

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Sporting: LeBron James and the Superstar Fallacy

If he doesn’t make it to his amazing eighth-straight finals, blame his inferior teammates, not him.

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The Liberty, in Transition, Make a New Home in the Suburbs

The Liberty have a new coach, a new arena and an owner who wants to sell the team.

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Extra Bases: From Princeton and the Padres to M.L.B. Headquarters

Pitcher Chris Young became a vice president for the league, working under Joe Torre, within weeks of playing in the Padres’ spring training camp.

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Peru’s Paolo Guerrero Vows to Fight Doping Ban: ‘This Is About My Honor’

In an interview, Peru’s crestfallen captain talked about missing the World Cup and his fears for what his ban has done to his aging parents.

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Too Much Time in the Penalty Box Costs the Capitals

Six of Tampa Bay’s 12 goals against Washington have come on the power play, helping the Lightning tie the Eastern Conference finals after losing the first two games.

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Saudi Arabia Emerges as Key Power Player in Soccer

With major decisions on the horizon for FIFA, Saudi Arabia has come off the sidelines and is attempting to exert influence.

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Justify’s Top Foe at the Preakness? Maybe His Own Hind Leg

He’s the strong favorite, but does a bruise that was spotted after the Kentucky Derby make him vulnerable?

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59-Year-Old John McEnroe Falls To Mark Philippoussis In Toronto Invesco Series QQQ Final

TORONTO – Mark Philippoussis defeated John McEnroe 7-5 Thursday in the one-set final at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre to win the RPIA Championships for the second year in a row and win his first Invesco Series QQQ title of the 2018 season. The win was the 11th career Invesco Series QQQ title for Philippoussis, the [...]

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When Even LeBron James’s Best Might Not Be Enough

A string of seven consecutive appearances in the N.B.A. finals by James-led teams is in jeopardy, and no solutions are presenting themselves.

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Preakness 2018: Odds, Contenders and Experts’ Picks

Will the unbeaten Justify complete the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown? Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert weigh in on the contenders.

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Not at the Game: In Alaska, Watching Moose Commercials and the Rockets Stomp the Warriors

Many high school coaches try to play like the Golden State Warriors. The coach of Alaska’s powerhouse high school champions thinks the key is to play like the Houston Rockets.

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Lindsay Whalen Juggles Jobs as a W.N.B.A. Player and an N.C.A.A. Coach

Whalen has taken on dual duties this year: point guard for the W.N.B.A.’s Minnesota Lynx and coach of the University of Minnesota women’s basketball team.

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Sports of The Times: The Dead Live Again in Houston

The Rockets were shirt-sticks-to-your-back hot in Game 2 behind James Harden and Chris Paul, complicating Golden State’s supposedly foregone stroll to the N.B.A. finals.

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Sports of The Times: The Dead Live Again in Houston

The Rockets were shirt-sticks-to-your-back hot in Game 2 behind James Harden and Chris Paul, complicating Golden State’s supposedly foregone stroll to the N.B.A. finals.

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Not at the Game: In Alaska, Watching Moose Commercials, and the Rockets Stomp the Warriors

Many high school coaches try to play like the Golden State Warriors. The coach of Alaska’s powerhouse high school champions thinks the key is to play like the Houston Rockets.

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‘Hard Knocks’ Aims Cameras at the N.F.L.’s Worst Team: the Browns

The HBO documentary series that takes an inside look at an N.F.L. team in training camp has chosen the Cleveland Browns, who are coming off a winless season.

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A New Atlanta, United by Soccer

Smart signings, massive crowds and a stealthy bus ride before home games have helped an M.L.S. team foster an immediate connection with its fans.

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Michael Slive, Who Led the SEC to New Heights, Is Dead at 77

Slive, who led the conference from 2002 to 2015, helped the SEC to navigate a period mired by N.C.A.A. sanctions and to become a college football powerhouse.

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Sailing Around the World, in His Father’s Footsteps

James Blake is an onboard reporter for the Volvo Ocean Race, taking after his father, Peter, a yachting hero who was killed by pirates in 2001.

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At the Volvo Ocean Race, Teammates Turn Into Rivals, for Now

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won Olympic gold and the America’s Cup together. But this time the sailors are on opposing teams.

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Voices: Drowning at Midlife? Start Swimming

I knew, in that place in your soul where you know things, that I was going to become a swimmer at the age of 43, despite never having swam more than a lap or two in my life.

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Michael Bennett’s “Things That Make White People Uncomfortable,” written with Dave Zirin, is both a memoir and a call to political action.

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James had a triple double with a game-high 42 points, but the Boston Celtics won again in the Eastern Conference finals.

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The event has almost all of the top prospects, extensive coverage on ESPN and the support of the league.

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CP3 plays many roles in the N.B.A. Besides being the starting point guard for the Rockets, he is an outspoken voice on social issues, and leads the player union.

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Judging from Monday night’s gut-punch to the home team, looks like it’s time to book N.B.A. finals hotels in the Bay Area.

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We want to see how great basketball minds not at the games see them. Here’s David Arseneault, the men’s basketball coach at Grinnell College.

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Robinson Cano Suspended 80 Games for Positive Drug Test

Cano, the Mariners’ all-star second baseman, does not plan to appeal the suspension, but said taking Furosemide, a diuretic, was inadvertent.

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Panthers Will Be Sold for Record $2.2 Billion

Jerry Richardson, the founding owner, has agreed to sell the team to David A. Tepper, a billionaire hedge fund owner.

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Some teams earn a No. 1 draft pick by playing badly. Some get their No. 1 by playing badly on purpose. Others get their No. 1 by getting really lucky.

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The tennis star leans toward natural products and — no surprise — expects to see results.

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Washington scored in the opening minute of the game and twice in the last 1:02 of the second period Sunday to pull away to a 6-2 victory over Tampa Bay.

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A Chinese mountain climber who lost his legs and tried many times to climb Mt. Everest reached the top on Monday.

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Supreme Court Ruling Favors Sports Betting

The case concerned New Jersey, but it has implications for other states eager to allow and tax sports gambling. Americans are estimated to annually place $150 billion in illegal wagers on sports.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers were rested. They were hot. And most important, they had LeBron James. So how did they lose?

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For the past three years, the Yankees have quietly sent flowers to the families and colleagues of police officers killed in the line of duty anywhere in the country.

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Celtics Stifle LeBron James and Pummel the Cavaliers in Game 1

The Celtics took the floor to a video that began with the broadcast of Gordon Hayward’s injury. “Their season’s over,” Charles Barkley said at the time.

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James Harden and Chris Paul led Houston to the No. 1 seeding in the West, but can Stephen Curry help Golden State rise again after the team’s injury-filled season?

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Mets Pull DeGrom After 1 Inning in Loss to Phillies

After a rain delay, deGrom needed 45 pitches to get through the first. The Mets said he was not removed because of an injury.

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Jerry West Just Wants to Feel Wanted

For his last act, can the N.B.A. legend have a hand in fixing the Clippers once and for all?

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He saw the exit clearly. Huddersfield was as good a place as any for such a momentous occasion, even if was all too abrupt.

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Cleveland’s LeBron James has been to seven consecutive N.B.A. finals. Can Boston end his run and continue to thrive without two of its biggest stars?

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Born in England and educated at Cambridge, she found her true calling on Japanese television analyzing the quintessential Japanese sport.

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The board of directors for U.S.A. Swimming did not vote on the measure, which would restrict use of the suits by athletes younger than 13, because its input is not formally required.

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Tiger Woods Climbs Leaderboard With a 65 at the Players Championship

Starting the third round on Saturday 14 shots behind the leader, Webb Simpson, Woods hit 11 of 14 fairways, 16 of 18 greens and had 27 putts.

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How to Prepare a Horse for the Preakness

“He was a horse who wants to be a little king,” the trainer Rodolphe Brisset said about his bay colt Quip.

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The fifth-seeded Thiem arrived at the semifinals after dealing top-ranked Rafael Nadal his first loss on clay in a year.

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James Paxton’s gem for the Mariners on Tuesday was only the second major league no-hitter thrown by a Canadian. Not even the Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins threw one.

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Everyone wants to blame black athletes, but the real story begins with how games were remade after 9/11.

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Nadal had won 50 consecutive sets on clay, before falling to Thiem, 7-5, 6-3, in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open. Nadal will also lose the No. 1 ranking.

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Five times already this month, the Yankees have won by taking the lead in their final at-bat.

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Raptors Fire Dwane Casey Days After He Wins Coaching Honor

Casey led Toronto to the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, but a second-round sweep by the Cleveland Cavaliers cost him his job.

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Don R. Mueller, a former physics professor who calls himself Professor Tennis, has been on a yearslong campaign to persuade tennis players that they could be so much better if they considered physics.

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Young Swimmers May Have to Wait to Dress Like Katie Ledecky

U.S.A. Swimming is considering a measure that would restrict the use of expensive high-tech suits by competitors under 13.

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Washington is in the conference finals for the first time in the Alex Ovechkin era, but Tampa Bay is loaded for a run at another Stanley Cup.

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In 1996, Patricia and a friend were arrested and indicted by a grand jury for aggravated sexual assault, but the case collapsed after the alleged victim declined to testify.

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Binghamton, N.Y., home of the Mets’ Class AA team, is embracing the so-called Tebow effect. Churches want him, and restaurant menus invoke him.

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The 32-year old former Manchester United star is set to become the latest big-name Premier League player to join Major League Soccer.

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Amaro lost his job as the Phillies’ general manager in 2015, almost as he predicted to his daughters. Now a Mets coach, he still loves the city he called home for much of his life.

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When Rafael Nadal finally calls it a day, he will rightly be remembered as one of the greatest players to ever pick up a racquet. With 16 Grand Slam titles to his name, the Spaniard has proved that he has both the ability and versatility to win on any surface. However, with Nadal currently cutting through the field [...]

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Mets Bat Out of Turn Against the Reds

The Mets’ official lineup card did not agree with the actual order in the first inning, nullifying Asdrubal Cabrera’s ground-rule double to left on Wednesday.

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A Qatari broadcaster paid hundreds of millions of dollars for exclusive rights to major events. Its officials believe someone in Saudi Arabia is pirating the broadcasts.

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The National Basketball Coaches Association will announce Casey as their 2017-18 Coach of the Year, two days after the Raptors were eliminated from the playoffs.

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Washington and its star are in the Eastern Conference finals after more than a decade of coming painfully close.

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Major League Baseball’s first games in Europe will be June 29 and 30, 2019, at the Olympic Stadium in London.

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They had the best record in the Eastern Conference and a new approach designed for playoff success. Enter LeBron James.

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The former chief executive of ESPN, who resigned in December after revealing a substance abuse problem, has landed at Perform Group.

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Linda Haywood, a Chicago retiree, traces her lineage to Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, and strives to erase a racially charged conviction.

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First-place Boston arrives for a three-game clash starting Tuesday with the Yankees on an 18-3 tear.

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Reid, a free agent safety, says the league has blackballed him for his protests during the national anthem.

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Luke Heimlich is among the best collegiate pitchers and may take Oregon State to the College World Series. He was also convicted of molesting his 6-year-old niece, a crime he says never happened.

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The Mountain from Game of Thrones Wins World’s Strongest Man

Hafthor Julius Bjornsson took a break from playing the brutal warrior known as the Mountain and won the World’s Strongest Man competition.

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The Mountain from Game of Thrones Wins World’s Strongest Man

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N.H.L. Tells Brad Marchand of Bruins to Stop Licking Opponents

The Boston Bruins left wing licked an opponent during a game on Friday for the second time in a month. He could face discipline if it happens again.

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A lawsuit claims that Steven and Jean Lopez, an Olympian and his star coach, sexually assaulted girls and women for years, and that Olympic officials knew.

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The Celtics forward put on a display of the myriad ways his experience helps as he guided a roster of young players to an overtime victory in Game 3.

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A lawsuit claims that Steven and Jean Lopez, an Olympian and his star coach, sexually assaulted girls and women for years, and that Olympic officials knew.

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Rather than adopt another team or renounce hockey, some Atlanta Thrashers supporters have chosen to stick with the franchise, which left for Winnipeg in 2011.

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Red Bulls Roll Past New York City F.C.

Alejandro Romero Gamarra had a goal and two assists to lead the Red Bulls on Saturday in the New York derby.

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Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor’s double error led to a pair of runs in a four-run fifth inning. It is the Yankees’ first 14-1 stretch since 1998.

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With an extremely deep field, a number of horses have a solid chance to win the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby. Stay here for live updates, odds and analysis:

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4 Dodgers Pitchers Combine for a No-Hitter Against the Padres

Rookie Walker Buehler and a trio of relievers combined for the franchise’s 23rd no-hitter in a 4-0 victory over San Diego that took place in Mexico.

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Mets and Matt Harvey Part Ways

The Mets declared an end to Matt Harvey’s tenure with the team on Friday after he refused to take a minor-league assignment.

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As one horse farm owner put it, the high costs of breeding horses can lead to big payoffs, or nothing at all.

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Colin Kaepernick: ‘Love Is at the Root of Our Resistance’

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A sport once linked to suburbs and private schools up and down the Eastern Seaboard finds converts further afield, and is looking in cities for more.

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Ohio State Investigates Sexual Misconduct Complaints Against Former Team Doctor

Dr. Richard H. Strauss, who died in 2005, is the subject of decades-old accusations from men once in the wrestling, hockey, swimming and other programs.

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Extra Bases: Pitching Again After 3 (Three!) Tommy John Surgeries

Injuries kept Jonny Venters, a left-handed reliever, out of the majors for nearly six years. He somehow made it back.

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China Horse Club Makes a Run for the Roses

The secretive and deep-pocketed club does not reveal its members, but everyone knows its horses, including the Kentucky Derby favorite Justify.

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2018 Kentucky Derby: Odds, Contenders and Experts’ Picks

Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert weigh in on the contenders for the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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Bill Torrey, Who Brought the Stanley Cup to Long Island, Is Dead at 83

The original general manager of the Islanders, he built four consecutive N.H.L. championships in the early 1980s.

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Jeff Parker, who played in the N.H.L. from 1986 to 1991 and died last year at age 53, will be seen as another link between hockey head hits and C.T.E.; the league has denied that such a link exists.

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There is no shortage of story lines surrounding the 20 horses who earned a spot in the starting gate for the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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Mendelssohn is a Kentucky Derby Contender, via Ireland

From his home in Ireland, Mendelssohn could become the first Europe-based starter to capture the Derby.

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Not all Roads Lead to the Kentucky Derby

International horses have not had much success at competing in the first leg of the Triple Crown despite Churchill Downs’ attempts to expand.

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Career Turn: From N.C.A.A. Star to Grammy-Nominated D.J.

An illness ended Tucker Halpern’s basketball career, but eight months in bed led him down a career path he didn’t expect: into music, as part of the dance pop duo Sofi Tukker.

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Mets Get Good News: No Serious Injury for Jacob deGrom

DeGrom, who left Wednesday’s game with elbow discomfort, is not expected to miss a start after an M.R.I. revealed no structural damage.

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Serena Williams Will Skip Madrid Open Next Week

Williams, who had her daughter last summer, has not played a WTA tournament since March.

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Jason Witten Said to Be Retiring to Join ‘Monday Night Football’

Witten, 35, was an ironman at tight end, playing 15 games in his rookie season, and 16 every season thereafter.

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“Trojan Tennis: A History of the Storied Men’s Tennis Program at the University of Southern California” For Sale and Download

“Trojan Tennis: A History of the Storied Men’s Tennis Program at the University of Southern California” by USC men’s tennis historian and Marshall School of Business professor S. Mark Young, the first-ever book about a college tennis program, is now available for sale and download via New Chapter Press. “Trojan Tennis” documents the most successful [...]

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On Soccer: Champions League: Liverpool Outlasts Roma to Advance to Final

After a big first-leg victory, a 4-2 loss was enough for Liverpool to reach its first Champions League final since 2007.

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Mo Salah, Breaking Down Cultural Barriers, One Goal at a Time

The Egyptian soccer player has taken England’s Premier League by storm, bringing unexpected success to his Liverpool team and a positive image of Islam to fans.

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Redskins Cheerleaders Describe a Trip to Costa Rica That Crossed a Line

Men were granted up-close access to photo shoots on the beach when the women were nude, the cheerleaders said.

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Eric Reid Files Grievance Against N.F.L., Saying Owners Are Keeping Him Out

His move follows Colin Kaepernick’s claim that owners have colluded to keep him out of the league because of his kneeling during the national anthem.

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Harvey is now in the bullpen. In the best-case scenario, it could be a temporary move.

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Cavaliers and Warriors Take Big Steps to Another Rematch

This was supposed to be the year that time ran out for the Warriors and Cavaliers. But a fourth straight Final between them suddenly looks a lot more likely.

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Stephen Curry Returns to Warriors in Game 2 Against Pelicans

The Warriors, who are 5-1 in these N.B.A. playoffs, get the two-time M.V.P. back tonight. Curry had been out since March 23 with a knee sprain.

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Two goals from Karim Benzema, one after a stunning blunder by Bayern’s goalkeeper, position Madrid to claim its third straight Champions League title.

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Kentucky Derby 2018 Draw: Contenders, Post Positions and Odds

Justify, who is undefeated in three starts and will break from Post 7, was made the morning-line favorite at 3-1 for the 144th running of the race.

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Flyball, in which four-dog teams compete in a choreographed relay race, is a weekend ritual for many, as sacrosanct as youth soccer or bowling for others.

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