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Can MLB save the starting pitcher? The search for solutions to baseball’s ‘existential crisis’

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Who’s pitching tonight?For 100 years, that wasn’t just a casual question. It was the question that defined baseball.The answer always had a chance...
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Tennis Briefing: Djokovic water bottle conspiracy? Over-eager umpires? Why so many injuries?

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Welcome to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the story behind the stories from the last week on court. This week,...
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Why Padres’ Robert Suarez is spamming fastballs — and why hitters still can’t hit them

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SAN DIEGO — Kyle Higashioka spent seven seasons crouching behind home plate for Aroldis Chapman, Gerrit Cole and other pitchers with rare arms...
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Darryl Strawberry wanted to quit baseball at 19. These two Mets brought him back

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To this day, 43 years later, Darryl Strawberry still has a nickname for his 1981 season with the Class A Lynchburg Mets.“I call...
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Mbappe leaves PSG as their greatest talent – but not universally loved

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In the end, Kylian Mbappe’s farewell to the Parc des Princes echoed his time at Paris Saint-Germain.There was one more goal, another trophy...
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Magnussen’s tactics have helped Haas — and put him in danger of a race ban

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If you’d have told Haas going into this Formula One season that, after Miami, it would have points from four rounds and sit...
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Bronny James expected to stay in 2024 NBA Draft

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By Shams Charania, Lukas Weese and Sam VecenieBronny James, the son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is expected to stay in the 2024...
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Duhatschek: Carson Soucy’s cross-check to Connor McDavid’s face was reckless. What will the NHL do?

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So, for most of Sunday night’s game between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers, there were two parallel narratives — one on the...
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Remembering ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, who changed how the NFL is covered

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The phone call Adam Schefter always feared came on his first Sunday at home in five months. It was early March, and ESPN’s...
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WNBA is entering a new era: Skyrocketing viewership, sold-out arenas, young stars

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Sue Bird hopes that when she’s in her 50s and 60s, she can be like a former NBA player who currently throws out...
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