The clip has a strange dreamlike feel to it. We watch, or so it seems, from behind the windshield of a race car as it drives through the streets of downtown Chicago under a benevolent blue sky. There are no other cars on the road. There are no buses. There are no cyclists. There are …
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The jocks’ room here is cramped, often sounds like an interpreter’s room at the United Nations, and is home to one of the most decorated groups of horse riders I’ve ever seen. John Velasquez, of Puerto Rico, and Javier Castellano, of Venezuela, are Hall of Famers. The Ortiz brothers, Irad Jr. …
After a serious ankle injury in her rookie season and a somewhat tentative sophomore year, Sabrina Ionescu reached the heights everyone expected her to in her third year and her Liberty returned to the WNBA playoffs. The No. 7 Liberty will take on the No. 2 Chicago Sky — the defending champions — in Game …
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TEL AVIV – The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics said Wednesday they plan to boycott a memorial ceremony in Germany scheduled for September to mark the 50th anniversary of the attack, over a dispute with Germany. Government due to compensation. The decision will put pressure on …
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That Mike Tyson’s new project hit stores this summer shouldn’t surprise us. The latest, simply titled “Mike Tyson,” comes out Sept. 6 and is a collection of photographs by Lori Grinker, who followed the fighter for more than a decade starting in the 1980s. Next week, Hulu is set to launch its biographical series titled …
EDMONTON, Alberta — The pandemic has pushed one of Canada’s longtime holiday rituals, the World Junior Championships, from December to mid-summer. But even allowing for that, the absence of fans before Team Canada’s first game this week was striking. In the fan zone outside the NHL Arena in downtown Edmonton, a DJ entertained a crowd …
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This past weekend, I made the classic summer running mistake. I hit the mute button. I really wanted another hour of sleep, and the heat couldn’t really get any worse a little later, right? As I tumbled out of that comfy bed and sweet, sweet air conditioning, a wave of regret, heat, and the steaming …
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After a 19-month absence from football, Deshaun Watson started the NFL preseason on Friday night. Before the game, the Cleveland Browns quarterback did something else that almost seemed like a long time ago: He apologized for the first time after more than two dozen women said he sexually assaulted or molested them during massages. As …
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Former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Las Vegas on Tuesday morning, according to a police report. Through his attorneys, Lynch has denied driving under the influence. Lynch faces a DUI charge and three other charges after police say they found him asleep in a …
Bill Russell, who died last month at age 88, has a rare honor: His No. 6 will be retired, not just for his team, the Boston Celtics, but for the entire NBA. Baseball and Wayne Gretzky #99 retired in hockey. This raises several questions that we will try to answer. What about the NBA players …
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