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Liverpool’s Record Shirt Deal Is With a State-Backed Airline, Not Another Bank

Liverpool confirmed on Tuesday that Turkish Airlines becomes its main club partner from June 1, 2027, putting the carrier on the front of the men’s, women’s…

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Bryson DeChambeau walking off the eighteenth green at dusk with a golf bag on his shoulder, a blurred gallery and flagstick behind him

Bryson DeChambeau Went Public With a Girlfriend the Same Summer His League Ran Out of Money

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By Mark Masterson · Aug 26

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The New NFL Brain Study’s Real Finding Is the Floor, Not the Headline

For a decade the NFL had one reliable defense against the brain-bank numbers, and…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 26

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By Mark Masterson · Aug 25

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The NFL Is Fighting Nielsen Over Seven Changes, One of Which Involves a Wristband

On August 31, Nielsen switches on seven changes to the methodology that decides how…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 24

Iger and Kushner Paid $12.5 Billion for the Team Mark Walter Bought for $10 Billion

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner agreed to buy the Lakers at a record $12.5…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 22

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Two months ago the players of the WNBA re-elected Nneka Ogwumike, unopposed, to a…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 21

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Goodell Says NFL Teams Abroad Are Coming. He Carefully Did Not Say Whose Team Would Move.

Roger Goodell told a German broadcaster this week that he has no doubt the…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 19

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Nick Kyrgios Spent Two Years Attacking Tennis’s Drug Testers. Now He Has Failed One of Their Tests.

Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended since August 4 after a sample he gave…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 19

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Tommy John Was Given a 1-in-100 Chance. Now Teenagers Get the Same Operation.

Tommy John died Saturday at his home in Bradenton, Florida, at 83, and the…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 17

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Geno Auriemma Points Out the WNBA Is Fighting About a Player Who Does Not Exist

Geno Auriemma noted the WNBA has never had an openly transgender player, then asked…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 14

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Teddy Bridgewater Got Suspended for Buying His Players Dinner, and Now He Is Done Playing for Good

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Famous Sports Rivalries That Continued at the Poker Table

Spectators in rain ponchos fill the covered grandstand of a small floodlit ballpark at dusk as rain streaks through the light, with neighbourhood rooftops and a water tower beyond the outfield wall

The Women’s Pro Baseball League Put All Four Teams in One Ballpark, and That Is the Point

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The WNBA Deleted Its Own Video of Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese Betting $400 on a Game

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