Sports
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Dortmund, Bayern Munich and the Siren Song of Yesterday
Change comes neither easily nor naturally at Germany’s two most successful clubs. Will success in the Champions League delay it again?
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Horse Racing’s Loudest Critic Is Favored in Its Biggest Race
In the world according to Mike Repole, everyone involved in horse racing is a dummy. Except him, Mike from Queens or the Commish, as some of his followers on X call him. Stuart S. Janney III, chairman of the nonprofit Jockey Club, is clueless and ...
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A Race the Whole World Is Watching
Taiwo Aina for The New York Times The race to decide this year’s English soccer champion has captivated fans. But it’s not just an English story. The Premier League is the world’s most global league, with a reach that carries its games, its teams and ...
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A Race the Whole World Is Watching
Taiwo Aina for The New York Times The race to decide this year’s English soccer champion has captivated fans. But it’s not just an English story. The Premier League is the world’s most global league, with a reach that carries its games, its teams and ...
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Alpine Is Trying, It Really Is, to Win in Formula 1
The team keeps making changes, to its cars and to its team, but continues to struggle.
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Andrettis Keep Fighting to Enter F1
The sport just rejected their offer to create the 11th team, but Michael Andretti said they were not going away.
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The Miami Grand Prix Matures
The Miami race had a rocky first year, but organizers learned from their rookie mistakes.
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As Kentucky Derby Nears, Last Year’s Deaths Cast Long Shadow
The Kentucky Derby has been run through two World Wars, the Great Depression, civil rights unrest and, most recently, a life-paralyzing pandemic. Now, on the 150th anniversary of America’s most famous race, the Sport of Kings faces another formidable ...
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NASCAR and Its Race Teams Fight Over the Sport’s Future
When Michael Jordan and his right-hand man, Curtis Polk, bought a NASCAR team in 2020 with the driver Denny Hamlin, they were prepared to endure short-term losses. Drivers, mechanics and a sales staff had to be hired. The Next Generation cars that ...
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I’ll Sign Your Baseball if You Sign Mine
As fans and collectors clamor for autographs, Major League Baseball players have built a network — and an etiquette — for signing things for each other.