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All Night Long. Why Some Tennis Matches Never Seem to End.
Andy Murray’s second-round match at the Australian Open didn’t end until after 4 a.m. As matches more often go into…
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A Cold-Weather N.F.L. Warning: Don’t Get Burned Staying Warm
When the temperature drops at football games, out come the big jackets and the hand warmers. Sometimes, things can get…
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Chet Holmgren Seeks a Silver Lining in a Lost Rookie Season
Chet Holmgren didn’t feel like he’d arrived in the N.B.A. after the Oklahoma City Thunder selected him with the No.…
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Review: ‘Not About Me’ Remembers Decades Shrouded by AIDS
Eduardo Machado’s autofictional play follows the playwright’s alter ego as he navigates gay life in the 1980s and ’90s.
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Claire Chase Uses Her New Platform to Showcase a Hero
When the composer and performer Pauline Oliveros died in 2016, at 84, her reputation in music was secure. Her early…
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Yukihiro Takahashi, Pioneer of Electronic Pop Music, Dies at 70
A drummer and singer, he was best known as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, one of Japan’s most successful…
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World
Jalen Hurts and the Eagles Are Perfecting Football’s Easiest Play
Quarterback sneaks are the most effective call in the N.F.L., but some teams hesitate to turn their most critical player…
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A Decade After U.S.T.A. Sidelined Her, Taylor Townsend Is Moving On, in Life and in Tournaments
When Townsend was the world’s top junior player, the leaders of tennis in the United States told her to hit…
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Top-Seeded Rafael Nadal Loses at Australian Open After Injury
Nadal, who has won 22 Grand Slams, lost in the second round to Mackenzie McDonald, an American who has never…
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World
Extreme Heat, Torrential Rain Plagues Australian Open
At the first Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season, the heat got so intense that play was halted for…