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As the Bears Fell, the Fans Roared: ‘Sell the Team!’

CHICAGO — With two minutes and 14 seconds remaining in a horrendous game against the Seattle Seahawks, the fans seated in the United Club of Soldier Field started to chant.“Sell the team!”“Sell...

The Refused Pass That Sums Up Manchester City’s Problems

Manchester City attempted 683 passes in their 1-1 draw with Everton, but it was one that Nathan Ake refused that revealed the tensions that are gnawing at them. It came just as another...

An Olympic Gold Medalist Takes On the Tour de France of Skiing

Asking an Olympic and world champion to name her favorite race is akin to asking her to choose her favorite child.There is little doubt, though, that the seven races that make up...

Deion Sanders Is a Coaching Star. His Former Teammates Didn’t See This Coming.

Thirty-five years ago, new Atlanta Falcon Deion Sanders arrived in Suwanee, Ga., with a carefully crafted reputation.During his college career at Florida State, he had driven to a game in a white...

Klay Thompson Passes His Idol, Reggie Miller, on the 3-Point Leaderboard

DALLAS — Mychel Thompson was a four-year player at Pepperdine who started 114 games from 2007-11. Early in his college career, the Waves tried recruiting his younger brother.Klay, the Thompson family’s middle...

The Stark Change Behind a College Football Coach Suddenly Speaking Up

ATHENS, Ga. — In the nine years Paul Finebaum had been interviewing Kirby Smart, this was as animated as Finebaum had seen Smart. They were on set together last month on Georgia’s...

‘No One Understood’ This College Football Sensation Would Become a Star

Arizona State was picked to finish last in the 16-team Big 12. The Sun Devils are now meeting Texas in the Peach Bowl in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. The player who...

The Most Strange, but True, Achievements in M.L.B. This Season

I swear this all happened in the Strange But True baseball year of 2024:A man played for both teams in the same game. … Another guy made an out on his own intentional...

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