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Sports
With Nothing Left to Lose, the Mets and the Padres Get Desperate
Outrageous payrolls created outlandish expectations, but two of baseball’s most disappointing teams are just hoping to end the first half…
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Embracing Their Strength (or Lack Thereof)
Tampa Bay’s outrageous season has been fueled by home runs. Cleveland barely hits any. Both teams follow the numbers and…
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A Barcelona Star Chases Trophies and Answers
Aitana Bonmatí always asks the same question. Every game Barcelona Femení plays generates a flood of performance data. The team’s…
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Vegas Golden Knights Win the Stanley Cup in Just Their Sixth Season
The Golden Knights beat the Panthers, 9-3, on Tuesday to win the N.H.L. championship, four games to one.
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The Nuggets Almost Won a Title in 1976. Denver Can Make History Now.
Eight-year-old L.J. Jones thought his grandfather Ralph Simpson had been keeping a secret from him. So he demanded answers. “Grandpa,…
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Sports
The New A.C. Milan Picks Up Where the Old One Left Off
Is there muscle memory to Champions League success? An Italian giant, no longer fallen, is hoping to draw on its…
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Style
Ted Lasso, and the Fantasy of Soft Masculinity
A fan-favorite show wraps up a series in which the mostly male characters became more vulnerable, empathetic and comfortable being…
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Sports
The Liberty Took a Few Jets and a Boat to Become a Superteam
Clara Wu Tsai and Joe Tsai, the Liberty owners, improved their facilities and chartered flights, drawing a W.N.B.A. fine —…
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Manchester City and Real Madrid Will Eventually Have to Be Themselves
The teams drew the first leg of their Champions League semifinal as each tried to prevent the other from playing…
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Rangers-Devils: A Simmering Rivalry Gets Some Playoff Heat
The teams will begin their first-round series on Tuesday, but haven’t met in the N.H.L. playoffs since 2012, and who…