Soccer

There Is No Such Thing as a Bad Player

Patrick Bamford bounced around for a long time, the sodium glow of his youthful promise fading in the shadows of all those blind alleys. A few months at Crystal Palace, when he did not start a game, and a spell at Norwich City, where he failed to convince his manager he

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2020 Nov, 06

Baseball Had a Successful Season. The Tricky Part Is Doing It Again.

When Julio Urias struck out Willy Adames of the Tampa Bay Rays to secure the World Series title for the Los Angeles Dodgers last week, it capped an arduous achievement for baseball. There were months of bitter negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players’ union over the structure and finances

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2020 Nov, 05

Friday Night Bytes: Can Analytics Revolutionize High School Football?

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — The Mater Dei Prep Seraphs faced fourth-and-6 from the Middletown South 40-yard line in a scoreless October game with about four minutes left in the first quarter. Their coach, Dino Mangiero, encountered a pretty standard decision: Go for it or punt? His headset crackled. The voice on the other

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2020 Nov, 05

In a New Uniform, Tom Brady Battles Back Against His Nemesis, the Giants

Once again, it was the underdog Giants across the field who were leading the game, and on his sideline Tom Brady could not help but vehemently bang his helmet on the bench in enduring frustration. Since Brady had seen this turn of events more than once before, he had safely

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2020 Nov, 03

What We Learned From Week 8 of the N.F.L. Season

A Packers home loss to lowly Minnesota. Pittsburgh toppling the Ravens in Baltimore to stay undefeated. The Dolphins and the Bengals pulling off wild upsets behind rookie quarterbacks. The theme of Week 8 was to expect the unexpected, though the Jets proved to be a stabilizing force by losing to

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2020 Nov, 01

Steven Cohen Is Approved as Mets Owner After Clearing 2 More Hurdles

Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund manager, received two critical rubber stamps on Friday that all but completed his $2.4 billion purchase of the Mets: One was from Major League Baseball’s owners and the other from New York City — the latter having posed a potential hurdle of late. “Owning

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2020 Oct, 30