Sports
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Europe
Gwen Knapp, Sportswriter Who Looked at the Big Picture, Dies at 61
She was well known in the San Francisco area for focusing on subjects like racism, sexism and drugs, in columns…
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America
Bomani Jones Calls an Audible
“Game Theory,” his HBO talk show, has pulled off the difficult feat of mixing sports and comedy with a political…
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Opinion
The Qatar World Cup Is Peak ‘Sportswashing.’ But Will It Work?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Wednesdays. When France…
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Opinion
Yes, the Players in the World Cup Do Keep Falling Over for No Reason
LONDON — It is a part of the viewing experience of World Cup football (soccer, as Americans know it). At…
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Europe
How Colleges and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life
A RISKY WAGER How Colleges and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life An advertisement promoted a betting app at Michigan State’s…
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America
Key Findings From The Times’ Investigation of Sports Betting
Four years ago, it was illegal to gamble on sports in most of the United States. Today, anyone who turns…
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Science
World Cup in Qatar Caps Big Gulf Push Into International Sports
For most of Mariam al-Anezi’s life, it felt as if no one knew where Qatar was. She would tell people…
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Europe
Fred Hickman, Longtime CNN Sports Anchor, Is Dead at 66
Fred Hickman, a skilled and affable journalist with CNN’s “Sports Tonight” who was one of the first Black people to…