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Joy Neville, a Groundbreaking Referee, Learned Not to Fear Mistakes

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Joy Neville could not avoid rugby even if she tried. Her father and all four of her older brothers played rugby, including one...
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New Zealand Is Trying to Shake Off Its Losses

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In recent weeks, a mood of cautious optimism swept through rugby fans and sports analysts in New Zealand. After a year of dismal...
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The Hardest Ticket at the U.S. Open? Ball Person.

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Thirty minutes before the gates to Arthur Ashe Stadium opened at 4 p.m. on June 22, a cluster of people began gently rolling...
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Coco Gauff Wobbles, Then Steals the Show at the U.S. Open

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In the opening set of her third-round match against Elise Mertens on Friday, Coco Gauff looked fallible, frustrated and like she would be...
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Caroline Wozniacki Is Getting Very Good at Comebacks

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America likes to fancy itself the land of second chances. Show some humility. Work hard. A new you, or perhaps a better version...
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Bill Pinkney, Globe-Circling Sailor Who Set a Racial Mark, Dies at 87

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He was the first Black person to sail alone by way of the arduous southern route, rounding the perilous Cape Horn and withstanding...
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Why Are So Many Players Getting Sick at the U.S. Open?

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Early in the second set of her second-round match on Thursday night, a ball bounced just past Ons Jabeur’s reach, and she lost...
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Gil Brandt, 91, Dies; Helped Make the Cowboys ‘America’s Team’

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Gil Brandt, who in nearly 30 years as a scout and talent evaluator helped build the Dallas Cowboys into a National Football League...
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One Dead After Sports Riot. (It Was a Goat, and It Was Already Dead.)

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Frequently, spectators are angry with the refereeing at a game. Once in a while, that anger spins out of control, and people are...
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‘It’s Different When It’s Your Little Girl’

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This was the Alex Smith comeback years in the making.He had endured a gruesome compound fracture in his right leg that led to...
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