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Sabrina Ionescu Opens Up About Kobe Bryant and Rookie Year Woes

Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. Sabrina Ionescu could spend a considerable amount of time, if she wished, dwelling on everything that was snatched away from her in what was scripted to be a momentous year. She prefers to focus on the fortune

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2020 Sep, 23

Players’ Alliance Gets $10 Million From M.L.B. and Union to Build Diversity

Major League Baseball and the players’ union have pledged $10 million to the Players Alliance, a nonprofit formed this summer by more than 100 current and former Black players in the wake of George Floyd’s death, aiming to help build Black participation in the sport, from front offices to the

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2020 Sep, 21

Albert Pujols Passes Willie Mays in Home Runs, if Not Dominance

Relegated to a part-time role for a basement-dwelling team, Albert Pujols — the man they used to call The Machine — stepped to the plate in the fifth inning of Friday’s face-off between the Angels and the Texas Rangers. The 40-year-old fell behind in the count, 1-2, before taking a

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2020 Sep, 19

In a Short Season, Shane Bieber Is a Head Above the Rest

Shane Bieber was working on a shutout with two on and two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning on Thursday night in Detroit. The Cleveland Indians led by 10 runs, and Bieber had thrown more pitches than he had in any game this season. Sandy Alomar, the Indians’

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2020 Sep, 18

Nuggets Surprise Everyone but Themselves

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The game, the series and one team’s season were essentially over by the time Jamal Murray stared in the vicinity of the opposing bench as he bounced a no-look, behind-the-back pass to Nikola Jokic, the other half of the Denver Nuggets’ fearsome duo. Jokic collected the

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2020 Sep, 16

Gil Hanse Restores Courses to Their Glory

Gil Hanse is an acclaimed golf-course architect, who teamed with the L.P.G.A. Hall of Famer Amy Alcott to build the Olympic course for the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016. This week his restoration of Winged Foot Golf Club’s West Course will get its international debut as host of the 2020

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2020 Sep, 16