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Quincy Wilson is no superhero, but at 16, he’s making magic at Olympic trials

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EUGENE, Ore. — Just in case you were wondering, Quincy Wilson isn’t working with the benefit of vibranium. His purple kit inspired by...
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Missing Bats, Part 1: How an obsession with strikeouts upended the balance of baseball

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As a boy pitching on Little League fields in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Tyler Glasnow fixated on missing bats.“Ever since I was...
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Inside the Lakers’ decision to hire JJ Redick and how he shapes their future

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Seven weeks after firing Darvin Ham, the Los Angeles Lakers landed on their next head coach on Thursday: JJ Redick, the 15-year NBA...
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Five years after Tyler Skaggs’ death, his loved ones’ grief remains raw

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LOS ANGELES — Without even noticing, Debbie Skaggs, the mother of the late Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, slips into the present tense. For...
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MLB offense is nearing all-time lows — hitters have theories: ‘Pitching is out of control’

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Here’s a thought that defines baseball in 2024: What if the whole sport suddenly turned into Bruce Bochy?No, not Bruce Bochy, the future...
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What’s it like when Steph Curry shows up at a pickup game? ‘Even the adults were screaming’

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It started like any other pickup basketball game at an open gym — players sweating on the court, others waiting on the sidelines...
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Matija Sarkic remembered: ‘He was half of me – it’s devastating’

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Oliver Sarkic was having breakfast in Mauritius, just three days into his honeymoon, when his phone rang.It was his father, Bojan. In a...
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‘God bless me’: The story behind Yankees pitcher Luis Gil’s throat tattoo

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They’re three words, tattooed in capital letters across Luis Gil’s throat, and they’re as loud as the screams he unleashes after a big...
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NBA Player Tiers: Kevin Durant, Steph Curry hang on in Tier 1, but how much longer?

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This is the fifth annual NBA Player Tiers project, in which Seth Partnow names the top 125 players in the league after each season and...
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Football injuries nearly destroyed Jim McMahon. Somehow, he keeps coming back

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A mountain rises above sandy red dirt not far from Jim McMahon’s home in Arizona. There are saguaros, jagged rocks, maybe some rattlers....
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