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With Exasperation, College Football Is Just Trying to Get Through the Playoff

In this malleable, ebb-and-flow pandemic world, there may be one certainty gleaned from the last nearly two years of living…

Will N.H.L. Stars Play at the Winter Olympics?

It seemed as if everything was settled. N.H.L. players were returning to the Olympic men’s hockey tournament after missing the…

I Investigated Bonds and Clemens. Yes, They Belong in Cooperstown.

Friday is the last day for voters in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to submit their 2022 Baseball Hall…

N.F.L. Week 17 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread

With the league barreling toward the end of the regular season and facing a coronavirus surge that included 90 players…

World Junior Championship, a showcase for hockey’s top prospects, is canceled.

The World Junior Championship, an annual showcase of the next generation of hockey stars, which was already underway in Canada,…

John Madden’s Life in Football: Decades of Passion for the Game

John Madden spent a decade on N.F.L. sidelines as a coach, three decades on the air as a commentator and…

How John Madden Became the ‘Larger-Than-Life’ Face of a Gaming Empire

Trip Hawkins first met John Madden in the dining car of an Amtrak train traveling from Denver to Oakland, Calif.,…

Manuel Santana, Influential Spanish Tennis Champion, Dies at 83

MADRID — Manuel Santana, who as one of Spain’s first great tennis champions won four Grand Slam titles in the…

A Christmas Visit That Changed Everything

For 72 years, David Schacker has held on to a tattered black-and-white photograph, now buried deep in a closet at…

As Olympics Near, China Tightens Rules and Athletes Invent Their Own

Athletes and sports officials around the world have for months been viewing the approaching Winter Olympics in Beijing, set to…

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