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Miami Marlins Hire Kim Ng as Baseball’s First Female G.M.

Long viewed as the person who would break baseball’s glass ceiling, Kim Ng was named general manager of the Miami Marlins on Friday, thus becoming the first woman in baseball history to lead a front office. Ng, 51, was most recently M.L.B.’s senior vice president of baseball operations. In more than

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2020 Nov, 13

For Aging Masters Champions, Pandemic Cannot Mute Augusta’s Call

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The men met for dinner at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday night. They donned their green jackets, asked after grandchildren, cracked wise, drank wine and thought back to the long-ago shots that were their meal tickets now. They gathered because that is what most men who won

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2020 Nov, 13

Mirror Images: Jose Abreu and Freddie Freeman Win M.V.P. Awards

Jose Abreu is a right-handed slugger in the American League, and Freddie Freeman is a left-handed slugger in the National League. Otherwise, the two might as well be the same player. Both play first base and have made three All-Star teams since 2014, when Abreu joined the Chicago White Sox after

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2020 Nov, 12

The Hard Part Is Still to Come for the N.B.A.

As daunting as a comeback seemed for the N.B.A. in May and June, when worriers like me openly fretted about all the threats to the viability of Bubble Ball, there is an uncomfortable reality generating little coverage in basketball circles in advance of the Nov. 18 draft and the free-agent

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2020 Nov, 11

At Augusta National, Patience and Experience Pay Off

At last year’s Masters Tournament, the cut after the first two days was three over par. Adam Scott, the 2013 champion, was the co-leader on Friday night at seven under. But just six shots back, having easily made the cut at one under par, was another past champion: Bernhard Langer,

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2020 Nov, 11

The Dolphins Appear to Be Relevant. How About That?

The Miami Dolphins were arguably the N.F.L.’s least relevant team from the turn of the 21st century until two Sundays ago. They were never truly great during that span, but were rarely terrible enough to be comically entertaining, either. They produced few stars or personalities and fewer memorable moments. The Dolphins

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2020 Nov, 11