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N.F.L. Announces the Weeknd for Its Super Bowl Halftime Show

The Weeknd, the Canadian pop star, has been chosen to play the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla., in February, a performance that may face challenges because of pandemic restrictions. “We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl, and one can only dream

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2020 Nov, 12

Shane Bieber and Trevor Bauer Win Cy Young Awards

Shane Bieber still keeps a screenshot in his cellphone of a text message exchange he had earlier this year with Trevor Bauer, a former teammate in Cleveland whose locker was next to his. Although the Indians traded Bauer to the Cincinnati Reds midway through the 2019 season, the two starting

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2020 Nov, 11

Saying He Was a ‘Scapegoat,’ Jeff Luhnow Sues the Astros

Jeff Luhnow, the former general manager of the Houston Astros, is free to work again in Major League Baseball. His one-year suspension — punishment for the team’s sign-stealing scandal — expired at the end of the World Series, as did suspensions for the former Astros manager A.J. Hinch and the

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2020 Nov, 09

Stars in a Slog: The Premier League Grind Will Only Get Worse

MANCHESTER, England — For a moment, it looked as if Jürgen Klopp was taking issue with Pep Guardiola. Klopp, the Liverpool manager, had sought out Guardiola, his Manchester City counterpart, as soon as the final whistle had blown on their teams’ draw on Sunday. Klopp pulled Guardiola in close, and

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2020 Nov, 09

Eddie Johnson, N.B.A. Star Who Fell Into Crime, Dies at 65

Eddie Johnson, who fell from N.B.A. stardom into drug abuse and a life of crime that resulted in a life sentence for sexually assaulting a young girl, died on Oct. 25 in a state prison in Milton, Fla. He was 65. The Florida Department of Corrections reported his death, at the

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2020 Nov, 06

The Houston Rockets Have to Keep James Harden Happy. But How?

Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. The N.B.A. draft will take place on Nov. 18, nearly five months later than scheduled. An abbreviated free agency period will likely be stuffed into Thanksgiving week afterward. The off-season, like the 2019-20 season that preceded it,

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2020 Nov, 04