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Knicks Get ‘Must-See TV’ Player in Obi Toppin

Obi Toppin’s fairy-tale path from a skinny high school tweener without a single offer from a four-year college to an N.B.A. lottery pick began with a promise. He made it four years ago to Rodrick Harrison, the basketball coach at Mount Zion Prep near Washington. It came after the disappointment of

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2020 Nov, 19

Anthony Edwards Drafted No. 1 by the Minnesota Timberwolves

The Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night started an N.B.A. draft unlike any other by selecting Georgia guard Anthony Edwards with the first overall pick. James Wiseman, a center from the University of Memphis, went second to the Golden State Warriors, while LaMelo Ball, the popular guard from Chino Hills, Calif., was

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2020 Nov, 19

Where Russell Westbrook Is Wanted

The next two weeks will be frenetic but also refreshingly familiar (and presumably safe) throughout the N.B.A. The league’s Transaction Game, as we like to call it, has resumed with a flourish and is one of the few aspects of the forthcoming season that should not be endangered by coronavirus interruptions. The

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2020 Nov, 18

Very Good? Very Bad? For the Chicago Bears, Mediocre Seems Just Right

On Oct. 18, things were looking up for the Chicago Bears. They stood at 5-1, and a switch at quarterback from Mitch Trubisky to Nick Foles in Week 3 seemed to have paid off. But since then, it has all turned wrong. The team has lost four straight games, and in

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2020 Nov, 17

Lindy McDaniel, Ace Reliever for Mediocre Teams, Dies at 84

Lindy McDaniel, who pitched for 21 years in the big leagues and became one of baseball’s most dependable relievers in spite of the mostly mediocre teams he labored for, died on Saturday in Carrollton, Texas. He was 84. His death, at an urgent care center, was caused by Covid-19, his

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2020 Nov, 16

Giants Make a Case to Win the Grim N.F.C. East

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The N.F.L. isn’t going to disband the N.F.C. East, that wretched assemblage of teams galloping toward collective infamy. Nor, at last check, does it plan to rescind the division’s automatic postseason berth as punishment for producing such unsightly football week after week after week. The playoffs, per

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2020 Nov, 15