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Former Houston Rockets assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson has died at age 86, the team announced Monday. The cause of his death was not disclosed. Dawson, known as “CD,” spent nearly three decades with the Rockets from 1980 to 2007, starting as an assistant coach under Del Harris …

Aaron Judge has broken records and compiled an array of individual honors on his way to becoming one of the faces of Major League Baseball during his career with the New York Yankees. Baseball card collectors have been drawn to the 2017 American League Rookie of the Year and 2022 …

NEW YORK — In the build-up to Wimbledon, Taylor Fritz said men’s tennis feels more open now, compared with the Big Three era. “It took just one of them to be playing incredibly well,” he said of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. “We were younger and not as …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Minnesota Vikings linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel not only resolutely put any New York Giants comeback hopes to rest when he intercepted quarterback Daniel Jones in Sunday’s season opener, he provided a blunt reminder that the Giants have far more questions than answers at the quarterback position. …

The Paralympics in Paris brought us powerful, important and surprising stories. The Athletic’s Charlotte Harpur was there and now she brings you her most memorable moments and takeaways from the Games, while also looking forward to the Los Angeles Games in 2028. Best moment: France vs Argentina, blind football final …

This was going to be about the search. It was going to be one of those pieces with an absence at its heart, a kind of magical mystery write-around, Frank Sinatra Has A Cold for the Brazilian football heads. Sometimes you get the interview. Sometimes you just have to shrug …

Golf enthusiasts regard a trip to the Masters Tournament as the stuff of dreams. Here are photos from this year’s tournament. Source link

For a time he was one of Europe’s best golfers, winning 20 tournaments, before moving into TV, offering commentary for the Golf Channel and CBS Sports. Source link

He won the P.G.A. Championship twice and his 150-yard shot in 1972 is still talked about. But Player said he was proudest of one he hit at the 1968 British Open. Source link

A group of Kentucky businessmen are trying to give the P.G.A. Championship a Louisville feel, complete with nods to Churchill Downs. Source link