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Jonas Vingegaard Set to Win Tour de France on Second Try

PARIS — Head down and legs churning, Jonas Vingegaard crossed the finish line of the penultimate stage of the Tour…

Pretty in Any Color: Women on the Court Make the Style Rules

Angel Reese considers herself “a pink kind of girl.” Pink nails, pink hair tie, pink shoes, sometimes even “a little…

Representing a Nation on TV, and a Running Team on Instagram

At the track and field world championships, distance runners compete on behalf of their countries. What’s less visible to the…

A Powerhouse Team of Stars, Ring or No Ring

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — A humble little baseball sits at the bottom of a display case for David Ortiz on the…

Sydney McLaughlin Broke Her Own World Record. Again.

There was a time, not so long ago, when Sydney McLaughlin was challenged whenever she planted herself in the starting…

Adidas and Puma to University of Oregon Frats: ‘Nice House, Bro’

The fraternity brothers of Sigma Chi had company this spring. A construction crew would arrive for work each day with…

N.B.A. Mostly Keeps Low Profile in Public Campaign to Free Brittney Griner

The N.B.A. is a $10 billion corporation that has the power and reach to promote not just its teams and…

Does Soccer Still Need the Header?

It would be futile to predict when, precisely, it will come. It is not possible, from the vantage point of…

You Might Be a Hall of Famer, but Do You Have a Statue?

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The unofficial greeters at the Hall of Fame stand together, in bronze, by the ticket booths in…

Noah Lyles’s Sweet Redemption: A 200 Meter Gold, and an American Sweep

Noah Lyles is the best in the world again. Lyles, the reigning 200-meter world champion who only managed a bronze…

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