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When Real Madrid Signed a Soccer Prodigy and It Did Not Work Out

Mop-haired and dressed in jeans and a black-and-white striped sweater, 16-year-old Martin Odegaard looked like a student walking the streets of Madrid.But this was no ordinary teenager.Ten years ago today, Odegaard was...

The Dodgers Won the World Series. Then They Spent Nearly Half a Billion Dollars.

If effort could be measured in straight dollars and cents, no baseball team in the last quarter century has tried harder to defend a World Series championship than the Los Angeles Dodgers.It...

A New Women’s Basketball League Is an Instant Hit. Now Comes the Hard Part.

MEDLEY, Fla. — Outside a custom-built arena on the outskirts of Miami, a line of fans waited to sit on a throne composed largely of basketballs. They wrote personal answers on a...

A Way-Too-Early Look at Next Season’s College Football Title Contenders

Five years ago, this was a fairly simple exercise: Rank Alabama either No. 1 or 2, then drop Ohio State, Clemson or Georgia immediately before or after. Look like a genius 365...

ESPN Spent Years Courting Nick Saban, and It All Paid Off

The Worldwide Leader in Employing Former Coaches and Players has made many prominent hires over the years, but Nick Saban slots into a class of his own.Multiple eras of ESPN management never...

Final Thoughts From the Last Night of the First 12-Team College Football Playoff

ATLANTA — And now, 12 thoughts from the last night of the first 12-team College Football Playoff.1. Way back on Dec. 4, a few days after Michigan’s fourth consecutive win against Ohio...

Why a Pitcher Purposefully Cost Himself $500,000 With an Ejection

New York Yankees catcher Austin Romine was buckling his shinguards in the dugout when he heard a booming voice and immediately looked up.It was CC Sabathia. He was pissed.“First dude,” Sabathia said.It...

A 3-by-5 Notecard Explains Everything About Andy Reid’s Leadership

When Andy Reid was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, he would pass messages to quarterback Donovan McNabb via notecards. Reid called them nuggets. They were usually short, just a thought...

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