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As the NFL’s 15-month investigation into sexual misconduct claims against Deshaun Watson neared a resolution, one of his accusers filed suit Monday against Watson’s former team, the Houston Texans, alleging that the organization “turned a blind eye” to Watson’s behavior toward female massage therapists. Watson, a quarterback who was traded to the Cleveland Browns in …

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WIMBLEDON, England — It is about tradition this year at Wimbledon on the 100th anniversary of Centre Court, but as the defending men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic walked back onto the grass on Monday to launch this year’s tournament, it was also about change. There is plenty of it at the All England Club in …

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In the flat red frame of a photograph, a woman smiles upward. With the camera, we gaze down upon the whirl of her body. Near her face, a basketball sinks through the net; below her feet, a white line divides the image, like the fold of a pocket mirror. On the other side of the …

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A couple of months after Eliud Kipchoge, a Kenyan, became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, Chris McCormack and a few other elite athletes sat around a table in Bahrain, talking about how far they could push the limits of human exertion. They all knew a good deal about the …

The Eliud Kipchoge Ripple Effect: Sub-7 and Sub-8-Hour Triathlons Read More »

WIMBLEDON, England — The moment Amélie Mauresmo, the French Open tournament director, said women’s tennis did not have as much appeal as men’s tennis right now, there was little doubt she was going to get an earful. Those objecting included a British woman named Catherine Whitaker, who delivered a scathing, 10-minute, 35-second dressing down of …

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Marlin Briscoe, a pioneering quarterback who had to overcome prejudice against Black athletes playing the position during the 1960s, and who later won two Super Bowl rings as a wide receiver with the Miami Dolphins, died on Monday. He was 76. Briscoe had been hospitalized in Norwalk, Calif., just outside Los Angeles, where he died …

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Fallout from baseball’s nastiest brawl of the season hit the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners swift and hard Monday with 12 uniformed personnel between the two teams receiving a total of 47 games’ worth of suspensions for their actions in Sunday’s spirited melee. Major League Baseball made its strongest statement …

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Champion of Ennea! Benfica’s ninth consecutive women’s hockey title, the start of the red football season and the black woman who decides the men’s hockey title are key topics in Benfica news. 1 Extraordinary feat for our women’s hockey team: Benfica are national champions! For nine consecutive champions, only Marias, in volleyball, has an eagle …

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TAMPA, Fla. — The pain in Nazem Kadri’s thumb, operated on earlier this month, was so severe that he could not lace up his skates for the last three games of the Stanley Cup finals. Just gripping his stick was a chore, but he did it well enough to score one of the defining goals …

In the Stanley Cup, Nazem Kadri Wanted to Be ‘in the Thick of It’ Read More »