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A Bid to Steal Home Offers a Taste of the 20th Century

ARLINGTON, Texas — As he charged for home plate in the fourth inning on Sunday night, carrying the hopes of the Tampa Bay Rays, Manuel Margot could have been sprinting backward through time. You almost expected him to burst through to a different dimension, back to a distant World Series

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2020 Oct, 26

N.F.L. Punishes Titans for Their Handling of Coronavirus Outbreak

The N.F.L. has fined the Tennessee Titans $350,000 for their handling of the largest outbreak of coronavirus infections this season that forced the league to reschedule a dizzying array of games. The league, though, did not suspend anyone associated with the Titans, including their coach and general manager, or players who

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2020 Oct, 25

World Series: Rays Bounce Back With a Narrow Win Over the Dodgers

Early indications that the Los Angeles Dodgers would simply sweep away the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series were momentarily checked on Wednesday, when good competition returned to the Fall Classic. The Rays responded after bad loss in Game 1 by beating back the Dodgers, 6-4, in Game 2 at

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2020 Oct, 22

N.F.L.’s Next Man Up Ethos Persists Through Injury and Pandemic

It’s never an easy transition, the CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz said last Sunday, shifting from discussing a grotesque season-ending injury to talking about football plays, but since that is what he and analyst Tony Romo were tasked with, that is what they did. It’s what millions of TV viewers did, too,

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2020 Oct, 16

Premier League Rejects Reform Plan Pushed by Two of Its Owners

LONDON — Less than a week after the owners of Manchester United and Liverpool shocked English soccer’s leagues, clubs and fans with reform proposals that would have led to the biggest changes in the sport in a generation, their big idea has been unanimously rejected. For now. At an emergency meeting of

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2020 Oct, 14

Premier League Reform Plan Seeks to Reshape English Soccer

Taken together, the proposals amount to the biggest changes in English soccer in more than a quarter of a century. An 18-team Premier League. Hundreds of millions of dollars in extra payments from Premier League clubs to their poorer rivals. And an end of direct payment to clubs relegated from

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2020 Oct, 11