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Late in January, while the Washington Post was gearing up for the Olympics, staffers got an email from managing editor Kimi Yoshino. “As we assess our priorities for 2026,” she wrote, “we have decided not to send a contingent to the Winter Olympics.” A few days later the Post announced that it would send four
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From DiMaggio’s fifty-six-game hitting streak in 1941 to the ‘Tiger Slam,’ a look back at the true sporting marvels of the ages
Golf has never been weirder or better. In 2022, the upstart LIV Golf, funded by Saudi Arabia’s $700 billion sovereign wealth fund, took on PGA Tour, poaching stars including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka. Mohammed bin Salman’s regime lured them by shovelling oil money into their pockets, with Mickelson signing for a reported
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MMA has overtaken the sport in the public mind
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As fewer parents are letting their children play, many are seeking a less dangerous alternative
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You can bet the game’s embrace of its sportsbook partners will turn out better for them than for bettors
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The NBA relies more and more on international players who grew up playing soccer
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It has been more than a century since baseball had such a double threat
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You can’t play at the game’s highest level without serving Mohammed bin Salman
Golf wasn’t supposed to be this much fun. Now in its second season, LIV Golf keeps upping the stakes in its revolt against the game’s establishment. The two sides kept things polite at April’s Masters, where LIV’s Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka made a run at the green jacket only to finish second behind PGA
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His suicide remains one of literary history’s mysteries
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An unhinged David Koresh and a bungling government collided
