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After a Fall, Venus Williams Is Eliminated on Wimbledon’s First Day

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She walked onto the court late on a gray and chilly afternoon with that rocking gait that has become so familiar to tennis...
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Cricket Dispute Has Australia Leading and England Crying Foul

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It just wasn’t cricket.Even as salaries soar and stakes mount, professional cricket has clung to the notion that it is a game for...
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There Won’t Be Much New York in Seattle at This Year’s All-Star Game

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The Mets and the Yankees have the two largest payrolls in Major League Baseball, with more than $600 million in combined player salaries,...
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The Ultramarathoner Racing Against the Course, and Himself

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Trudging up a brier-covered mountain in freezing temperatures with a dying headlamp, Nickademus de la Rosa knew his attempt to finish the Barkley...
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Ben and Bryan Shelton, Son and Father, Hit the Road as Player and Coach

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Last year, when Ben Shelton decided to leave college and turn professional, he wondered aloud to his father, Bryan, a former player on...
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GOATs Are Everywhere in Sports. So What Really Defines Greatness?

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If you are reading this column, I have great news: You’re the GOAT!That’s right: Among those who have happened upon this space, I...
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Red Bull Rolls Onto Home Soil in Austria

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Max Verstappen wants you to know this is all harder than it looks.Verstappen will start from pole position in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix....
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A Champion Swimmer Returns, Slowly but Determinedly, to Competition

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During the eight months Caeleb Dressel spent not swimming, he was surprised by the things he came to miss. Some were simple, like...
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Andy Murray Returns to Wimbledon a Man in Full and on a Mission

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In late May, with most of the world’s best tennis players focused on the red clay at the French Open, Sir Andy Murray...
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In the Conference Realignment Game, a Deadline Is Not a Deadline

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The latest turn of the college football-driven conference realignment carousel took me back to the Pleistocene Era of journalism, when I worked as...
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