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How Team USA beat Canada to clinch berth in 4 Nations Face-Off final: Takeaways

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MONTREAL — Team USA, riding the surge of three first-period fights in the opening nine seconds, claimed a 3-1 win over Team Canada...
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Remembering Dikembe Mutombo: All-Star record setter and ‘phenomenal human being’

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SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a shared skill among former NBA stars who played from 1991 to 2009. Many of them can do a...
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Rosenthal: When the Red Sox drafted Alex ‘Bergman’ in 2012, plus more MLB notes

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The morning after Alex Bregman made his free-agent decision, Fred Petersen sent a text to his former boss with the Boston Red Sox,...
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Jannik Sinner’s tennis ban and WADA agreement reopen deep wounds in the sport

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Tennis, a sport with such a clear hierarchy of haves and have-nots that it resembles a medieval feudal system, is once again under...
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Mac McClung proves the NBA Slam Dunk Contest doesn’t need stars, just passionate showmen

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SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA Slam Dunk Contest contest needs to be saved. It needs the game’s stars to participate.How many times have you...
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LeBrun: USA-Canada rivalry leads to ‘mayhem’ and ‘bad blood’ in 4 Nations Face-Off

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MONTREAL — Nine seconds of pure bedlam.And the idea was born from a three-person group chat earlier in the day.Matthew Tkachuk, Brady Tkachuk...
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Jalen Hurts toasts Philly fans at Super Bowl parade: ‘I know about this city, one thing we do, we fight

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PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have returned home and celebrated the second Super Bowl championship in franchise history Friday.Five days after the Eagles’ 40-22...
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The impact of being only player from your country to play in the Premier League

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Gunnar Nielsen’s Premier League career was brief.Extremely brief, in fact: it lasted 17 minutes. The goalkeeper was introduced as a late substitute for...
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Who are the Washington Generals? The Harlem Globetrotters’ archrival, and much more

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Editor’s note: Throughout the week, The Athletic highlighted the Harlem Globetrotters and their contributions to basketball, vision for entertainment and overall commitment to...
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Did USC’s JuJu Watkins prove herself as national Player of the Year in statement win?

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LOS ANGELES — The celebrities were out at the Galen Center as USC hosted its undefeated crosstown rival UCLA in a top-10 showdown....
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