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“‘Zo? Yeah, I got him. (Dikembe) Mutombo? Got him twice. Got the big dude in Indiana, (Rik) Smits. Got Dale Davis, too. Haven’t gotten (Patrick) Ewing yet.” Then, he paused and smiled. “We play them on Tuesday.”— Vince Carter, “Fresh Vince,” Sports Illustrated, Feb. 28, 2000 Even watching it live, …

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani bounded through the puddles of Budweiser and the plumes of cigar smoke polluting the Dodgers clubhouse. He wore a smile as he emerged, drenched but delighted, from the bacchanalia as the team celebrated its victory over the Padres in the National League Division Series. On …

Five years ago today, in a park in Vienna, Eliud Kipchoge ran the most significant marathon ever. The clock stopped at 1:59:40. Kipchoge was already a legend. He had won 10 consecutive marathons between 2014 and 2019, including Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. This, though, was something …

It is a rarity to see Yunus Musah without a smile. An ear-to-ear grin is a mostly-permanent feature for the 21-year-old midfielder. But as he sprinted towards the corner flag on Saturday night in Austin, Texas, having scored his first goal in a U.S. senior men’s national team jersey in …

NEW YORK — It’s Thursday night, the final buzzer sounds, media obligations are over, phones are blowing up with messages from anyone and everyone, and one of the most dramatic and memorable WNBA Finals games in league history is in the rearview. Now what? You can attempt to live in …

What would it take for the Cleveland Browns to bench quarterback Deshaun Watson? It’s the biggest topic surrounding a floundering team as it faces the Philadelphia Eagles, in need of a win of their own coming off a bye. Jayden Daniels has captivated the league so far in 2024. But …

LOS ANGELES — With the Los Angeles Dodgers on the brink and their season at risk of yet another early postseason exit, it was Kiké Hernández who spoke. As a young role player for a perennial contenders years ago, Hernández was known as a promising goofball whose game flashed as …

Will the NHL’s newest club finish as one of the highest-scoring teams in the league? Will Pierre-Luc Dubois finally find a long-term home with the Washington Capitals? Are players like Juraj Slafkovský going to make a significant jump in their production? Those were among the responses The Athletic got this …

It sank. Of course it did. It was a several-hundred-pound goalpost heaved into the Cumberland River, but any of the students who marched down Broadway could be forgiven for thinking it might float. That’s because a few described something like magic in the air that night. The goalpost, however, wasn’t …

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables has seen it all in his 15 trips to the Cotton Bowl for the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry game, long known as the Red River Shootout. He remembers losing his first as a Sooners assistant 38-28 in 1999 but dominating the Longhorns 63-14 the next year en route …