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After Years Away, One of Basketball’s Greats Returns at 41
SYDNEY, Australia — It was an inconspicuous return. Just over a year ago, Lauren Jackson, one of the greatest players…
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With His 700th Homer, Albert Pujols Gives Us One Last Surprise
It was June 2001, the first half of the first season of a career nobody saw coming. Albert Pujols was…
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Federer, Even in Defeat, Gets Fitting End to Storied Career
The last match of Roger Federer’s 24-year professional career was about to begin, and Andy Murray, one of his rivals…
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This Threat to Democracy Is Hiding in Plain Sight
In the weeks after the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and his allies were unable to get far in their…
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Donald Blinken, Ambassador, Financier and Art Patron, Dies at 96
Donald Blinken, a financier, patron of the arts and Democratic Party donor who became an ambassador to Hungary, helping to…
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Trump’s ‘Magical Powers’ of Declassification
More from our inbox: Censorship, From the Right and the LeftRepublicans on Gay MarriageLocalize Development AidArt About AbortionNo credible ...
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How Do You Handle a Wounded Putin?
The world shifted this week. Vladimir Putin showed that he knows how deeply wounded he is. He knows that his…
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Neymar Is Still a Singular Star, but He Has More Help on Brazil
LE HAVRE, France — As the announcer at the Stade Océane cycled through Brazil’s team on Friday, before the squad…
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Meet the opponents for Federer and Nadal: Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock.
Here’s a 22nd century tennis trivia question: “Who was Roger Federer’s last opponent?” Trick answer. There were two: Jack Sock…
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Stop Making Asian Americans Pay the Price for Campus Diversity
The Supreme Court is poised to begin adjudicating lawsuits that claim the admissions policies of Harvard University and the University…