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To Salvage Their Season, the Warriors Enter March Madness Mode

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors find themselves as the butt of the Western Conference Play-In Tournament, needing two wins to make the actual playoffs. A loss this week pushes them...

A New Group Is Buying Minor League Teams at a Feverish Pace. What’s the End Game?

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — The artificial turf at Heritage Financial Park is new. So is the right-field wall that opens wide enough for an 18-wheeler to haul concert equipment onto the field....

An N.B.A. Player Missed a Free Throw. The Reason? To Give Fans Free Chicken.

The final day of the 2023-24 regular season saw several playoff teams jockeying for seeding, other teams trying to improve draft lottery odds and a few just hoping to end the campaign...

In Verne Lundquist’s Final Masters Moment, the Hour Belonged to Him

Of course, you know the calls. Verne Lundquist provided the soundtrack for so many iconic sports moments, from Jack Nicklaus’ 17th-hole birdie putt at the 1986 Masters (“Yes, sir!”) to Christian Laettner’s...

Scottie Scheffler’s Display of Greatness at the Masters Is Worth Cherishing

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The statistical models had it all mapped out. The narrative told in his recent form was the world’s most obvious foreshadowing. His pre-tournament news conference — in which he...

Why the Premier League Title Race Isn’t Over, Despite a New Twist

It seems unlikely that north London denizen TS Eliot was an Arsenal fan, but his poetry suggests otherwise.“April is the cruellest month,” begins The Waste Land. “I have wept and fasted, wept...

Can Caitlin Clark Catalyze a Spike in W.N.B.A. Fandom?

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2024 WNBA draft.Just eight days after playing for an NCAA national championship, Caitlin Clark is poised to become the No. 1 pick in the WNBA...

After a Lap of Honor, Wrexham Moves On to Planning Its Next Promotion

As Wrexham’s lap of honour after clinching a second promotion in as many years reached the Tech End, where the Racecourse Ground’s most vociferous supporters can be found, Paul Mullin decided to...

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