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At the good old (emphasis on ‘old’) hockey game: How 13 octogenarian skaters lived their NHL dream
OTTAWA — When asked to give his name, Larry Doshen instead grabbed his trading card. The photo was fairly recent, capturing him in black hockey pants as he cradled a hockey stick. He was helmetless, with a head of gray hair to match his “Silver Foxes” jersey. Holding the card aloft, Doshen’s hand shook. He […]
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Making the jump from college hoops to the NFL: ‘I was like, what? Change sports?’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After pouring in 19 points for Coastal Carolina in a first-round loss to Southern Miss in the Sun Belt Conference tournament on March 4, Colin Granger went back to the team hotel in Pensacola, Fla., to have dinner with his parents and discuss his future. In football. Granger had told Chanticleers coach […]
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MLB Power Rankings: Braves with a big drop; How about that NL West?
By Grant Brisbee, Chad Jennings and Levi Weaver Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results. Two surprising weekends can make a big difference in football, but small samples mean less in baseball. Keep that […]
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Three takeaways from MLB’s wave of extensions: How Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached $500 million
There’s nothing that excites a journalist quite like a deal coming together past its initial deadline. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 14-year, $500 million contract extension with the Blue Jays came nearly two months after Guerrero’s deadline to end talks at the start of spring training. It capped off another week of significant extensions across the sport, […]
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The Briefing: Liverpool’s odd ending, a derby of nothingness and Southampton’s anti-survival blueprint
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s Premier League football. This was the weekend when Aston Villa closed in on the Champions League places, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace shared as many red cards as goals, Arsenal slipped up […]
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Jessica Pegula reclaims American No. 1 women’s tennis ranking with a clay-court free hit to come
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the most mercurial player on the men’s tour did what he does best, there was an American shuffle at the top of the women’s rankings and a Wimbledon champion’s quandary revealed […]
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How one Ipswich backpass caused two of the craziest minutes in the Premier League this season
Just when you think you’ve seen everything that football has to offer, along come Ipswich Town. Amid another morale-sapping defeat that all but sealed their relegation from the Premier League, Ipswich, with a little help from their opponents, Wolverhampton Wanderers, served up the maddest two minutes of Premier League action you are likely to see […]
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MLB players won’t even pay to read this article: ‘You stay rich by being cheap’
In 2009, Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke went viral after telling Yahoo Sports he was boycotting Chipotle’s guacamole. “I mean, $1.50 is already pretty darn high. So they changed it to $1.80, and I’ll never again get guacamole,” Greinke said. “It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win.” […]
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ESPN’s Pat McAfee and others amplified a false rumor. A teenager’s life was ‘destroyed’
It is Feb. 26, and “The Pat McAfee Show” is filming in Indianapolis the week of the NFL Scouting Combine. McAfee sits behind a desk. Before him is an arc of chairs, occupied by a few of what he describes as his “stooges” and a featured guest: Adam Schefter, ESPN’s NFL insider. Schefter’s presence and […]
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Inside Draymond Green’s defensive mind, which seeks to ‘completely destroy’ you
The Golden State Warriors’ regular season will end on a Sunday afternoon at Chase Center in one of Draymond Green’s favorite matchups. Against the LA Clippers. It will likely have postseason implications, so Green will no doubt be intense. But it’s not one of his favorites for the matchup against Ivica Zubac, the bruising center […]
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