Sports
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Sports
As Cable Model Struggles, M.L.B. Takes Over Padres Broadcasts
M.L.B. will retain San Diego’s broadcast team and will offer in-market streaming with no blackouts after Bally Sports failed to…
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Magazine
Is Everyone Playing Padel Without Us?
Americans, bewitched by pickleball, are late to a global sports craze.
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Sports
N.F.L. Walks a Fine Line on Players’ Betting
The suspension of five players, three of whom bet on N.F.L. games, exposes the league’s unsure footing as it both…
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World
The Income Gap Is Becoming a Physical-Activity Divide
Nationwide, poor children and adolescents are participating far less in sports and fitness activities than their more affluent peers.
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Sports
In Troubled Times, the Sports World Offers a Necessary Salve
Three months of athletic brilliance have offered reminders that the soulful, spiritual aspect of games has elevated them to something…
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Politics
How Watching (and Listening to) Sports Made Me Who I Am
When I was a boy, starting in sixth grade I was a hypochondriac. I didn’t know then, and I don’t…
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Arts
When Athletes Go Hollywood
With Tom Brady appearing in the comedy “80 for Brady,” a look at other sports figures who have made their…
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Sports
Looking for an Edge, and Some Fun, Bettors Favor Super Bowl Props
Bets on specific outcomes, like the length of the national anthem, are expected to account for half of the $7…
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World
Ukraine Renews Threat to Boycott Olympics if Russians Compete
Ukraine’s sports minister said his country was marshaling allies to press the International Olympic Committee to bar Russian and Belarusian…
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Politics
Gwen Knapp, Sportswriter Who Looked at the Big Picture, Dies at 61
She was well known in the San Francisco area for focusing on subjects like racism, sexism and drugs, in columns…