Player
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Sports
Joe Kapp’s Lawsuit Paved the Way for N.F.L. Free Agency
The Vikings and Patriots quarterback successfully challenged pro football’s standard contracts in the 1970s, setting a legal precedent that the players’ union used to win later court battles.
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Sports
Ball Doctoring: A History of Excuses, Denials and Knowing Winks
If baseball’s history is any indication, Max Scherzer’s suspension over ball-doctoring accusations will not affect his long-term reputation.
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Sports
At Indian Wells, the Players Have a Playground of Their Own
To protect the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the tournament’s founder took a “get off my lawn” approach so that tennis players could always count on getting on his lawn.
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Sports
W.N.B.A. Draft: Aliyah Boston Goes No. 1 to Indiana Fever
Boston, a senior forward from the University of South Carolina, was the second-ever top pick from her college.
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Sports
L.S.U. Buoyed by Trash-Talking, Shot-Swishing Angel Reese
The crowds of fans waiting for autographs and selfies after Louisiana State women’s basketball games have gotten so large that the team has been traveling with a police officer. On a squad full of personalities, the main attraction is Angel Reese ...
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World
Bobby Beathard, Mastermind of N.F.L. Dynasties, Dies at 86
Using unconventional tactics, he built powerhouse teams in Washington and Miami and helped mold teams in Kansas City, Atlanta and San Diego, his hometown.
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Sports
Barcelona Goes to Court to Keep a Star Player on Its Roster
As rivals haggled over prices on the final day of the transfer window, Barcelona found a new way around the Spanish league’s financial rules.
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Sports
With ‘Little Steps,’ Victoria Azarenka Is Making a Deep Run
Azarenka has taken a more process-oriented approach than in the past. But the outcomes have been good, too, as she’s in an Australian Open semifinal for the first time since she won it all in 2013.
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Sports
For Some Players at the Australian Open, No Spotlight Is No Problem
Jessica Pegula leads a cohort of players into the quarterfinals that few outside the locker room were paying attention to before the tournament. In this intensely mental sport, that was a good thing.
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Sports
At the Australian Open, American Men Advance en Masse
Sebastian Korda, Ben Shelton, J.J. Wolf and Tommy Paul all made the fourth round in singles. Not since 2004 have four men from the United States gone this far in Melbourne.