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Eric Hall, British Soccer Agent With a Flair, Dies at 73

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. LONDON — Eric Hall, Britain’s most extravagant soccer agent in the 1980s and ’90s, often confessed that he knew little about the sport. Many said that was his greatest strength, even if

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2020 Nov, 30

Diego Maradona, a Hero Who All Too Human

The day that Diego Maradona said goodbye, as his voice cracked and the place that had always been home heaved and sobbed, his mind drifted to the mistakes that he had made, the price that he had paid. In his valedictory moment, he did not seek absolution. All he asked, instead,

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2020 Nov, 27

Diego Maradona Is Mourned in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES — People laid flowers and lit candles below the mural of Diego Maradona outside the stadium here that bears his name. A man cried inconsolably. At the Obelisk in central Buenos Aires, another man waved a banner depicting Mr. Maradona that read, “God Is Argentine.” There was a sense

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2020 Nov, 26

The N.B.A. Slam Dunk Champion Cashes In

In a Miami hotel room, Derrick Jones Jr. and his agent, Aaron Turner, sat on a gray, three-seat couch with a laptop propped open on a coffee table in front of them. This was the start of N.B.A. free agency last weekend, compressed and frenzied, squeezed in just after the draft

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2020 Nov, 25

College Football Changes Thanksgiving Traditions Amid Pandemic

At Colorado, the Thanksgiving meal for football players, a ritual since at least the mid-1990s, will not happen. Ohio State’s seniors will miss out on a tradition of Thanksgiving practice. At Virginia, any players who attend a large Thanksgiving gathering could have to quarantine. College football players across the country are

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2020 Nov, 25

Tom Brady Passed Twice on One Play. And It (Sort of) Worked.

It’s one of the first rules you learn when you get taken into the backyard and taught how to play football: You can only throw one forward pass each play. On Monday night, Tom Brady tried to get away with breaking that rule. And in a way, it worked. Early in the fourth

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2020 Nov, 24