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May 24, 2022

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A Fitting Farewell for a Frenchman in Paris

New York TimesMay 24, 2022

by New York TimesMay 24, 202201

Christopher Clarey PARIS — Farewells can be particularly tricky for aging tennis players. Part of the professional game’s Darwinian appeal is that there is no place to hide. There is no exiting the arena gracefully through substitution, no convincing manner to mask the erosion of skills and speed. It is......

Iga Swiatek’s Plan Is Falling Into Place

New York TimesMay 24, 2022

by New York TimesMay 24, 202200

Christopher Clarey PARIS — Iga Swiatek, unbeaten since February, was sitting in the players’ restaurant at the French Open and twisting her head right and left at high speed, her eyes comically wide as they darted to and fro. This was her impression of her former self. “I remember a......

Inside the Chelsea Sale: Deep Pockets, Private Promises and Side Deals

New York TimesMay 24, 2022

by New York TimesMay 24, 202200

Tariq Panja and Rory Smith LONDON — The British government on Tuesday moved closer to giving its blessing to the purchase of Chelsea F.C., one of European soccer’s blue-ribbon teams, by an American-led investment group after deciding it had sufficient assurances that none of the proceeds from the record sale......

Will Aaron Judge Hit 60 Home Runs This Season?

New York TimesMay 24, 2022

by New York TimesMay 24, 202201

Benjamin Hoffman Aaron Judge bet on himself, and it appears he is ready to cash in — if he can stay healthy. After going deep twice in a loss on Monday to Baltimore, Judge, 30, the Yankees’ right fielder, had a major-league-leading 17 home runs. That was five more than......

Amid a Housing Crunch, Homes Pop Up on the Fairway

New York TimesMay 24, 2022

by New York TimesMay 24, 202200

Keith Schneider With large expanses of grass and trees, former golf courses are being reconsidered for housing, but developers face challenges, including community resistance. Source link: Click here for more...

It’s the Celtics’ Turn for a Romp

New York TimesMay 24, 2022

by New York TimesMay 24, 202200

Sopan Deb On Monday, the advantage belonged to Boston from the start. The Celtics were quicker to loose balls, more active in disrupting passing lanes and more coordinated in switches, limiting quality looks for Miami. They were more urgent in getting back on defense and rotating in the paint, not......

Bedlam on the Ice, Torn Loyalties Off It, Define Battle of Alberta

New York TimesMay 24, 2022

by New York TimesMay 24, 202200

David Waldstein ON THE ROAD BETWEEN CALGARY AND EDMONTON, Alberta — A white sedan trundled down a quiet road in Gasoline Alley, a tiny hamlet alongside Highway 2, with two flags flapping in a Saturday breeze. One fluttered for the Edmonton Oilers hockey club and the other for the Calgary......

Aaron Judge Continues to Rake With Two Homers in Loss

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

The Associated Press Ramón Urías hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning off Gerrit Cole and the Baltimore Orioles withstood Aaron Judge’s two home runs to beat the Yankees, 6-4, Monday night, sending New York to its season-high third straight loss. “I thought we grinded out at-bats really well,”......

Dwayne Haskins Reportedly Was Drunk Before Fatal Accident

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Emmanuel Morgan Dwayne Haskins, 24, the backup Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and a former standout at Ohio State, was heavily intoxicated when he was struck and killed by a truck on a Florida highway in April, according to multiple reports of a toxicology examination released by the medical examiner’s office in......

Josh Donaldson Suspended for ‘Jackie’ Comments

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202201

Benjamin Hoffman Major League Baseball suspended Josh Donaldson for one game after determining the Yankees third baseman had made “disrespectful” comments to Tim Anderson, a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox. On Saturday, Donaldson, who is white, was confronted by various members of the White Sox after he repeatedly referred......

A Writer Who Was Around the Game, and of the Fans

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Tyler Kepner Roger Angell helped me survive college midterms. Late at night, studying in the library at Vanderbilt University, I’d make a deal with myself: When these are over, when you’re settled into your seat for the flight home, Roger will take you back in time. I would find The......

As the French Open Begins, the War in Ukraine Roils the Locker Room

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Matthew Futterman PARIS — The idea by the men’s and women’s tennis tours was to take a strong stand against Wimbledon’s decision to keep out players from Russia and Belarus, then let tennis and competition move the conversation away from politics and the invasion of Ukraine. It has not worked......

For Some Parkinson’s Patients, Boxing Can Be Therapy

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Rachel Fairbank For Cheryl Karian, a 72-year-old retired physician assistant, boxing is medicine. Ms. Karian, whose Parkinson’s disease was diagnosed in 2020, doesn’t compete or spar, but every Tuesday and Thursday, she trains for an hour at Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai in downtown Houston. Before her diagnosis, Ms.......

Naomi Osaka Out in the First Round of the French Open

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202201

Christopher Clarey Viewed objectively, Osaka’s loss to Anisimova was no upset. Osaka, a former No. 1 from Japan, is one of the biggest stars in sports and the highest paid female athlete in the world by a large margin. But she has not been a dominant force on tour for......

Naomi Osaka Loses in the First Round in Paris

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202201

Christopher Clarey PARIS — Amanda Anisimova knocked Naomi Osaka out of another Grand Slam tournament on Monday, defeating her, 7-5, 6-4, in the first round of the French Open. Anisimova, a 20-year-old American with a power game that bears quite a resemblance to Osaka’s, had to save two match points......

The Dallas Mavericks Just May Not Be Good Enough Yet

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202201

Scott Cacciola DALLAS — Jason Kidd, the coach of the Mavericks, had a concise message for his players before Game 3 of the N.B.A.’s Western Conference finals on Sunday night. Open shots, he reminded them in the locker room, are easier to make than contested shots, so get into the......

7 Great Biking Cities (and Which Trails to Ride)

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

A bike is a game changer when exploring a new city: It’s cheap, speedy and a fun way get in some exercise while on vacation. From a 1,300-foot climb in Bogotá to a 22-mile, best-of-Paris loop (don’t worry, there’s wine and ice cream at the end), seven writers offer their......

8 Rails-to-Trails Adventures in the U.S.

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Lauren Sloss In the early 20th century, the patchwork of the United States was quilted together by almost 300,000 miles of railroad lines. When train transport fell into disuse in the 1950s and ’60s, a movement began to transform those abandoned industrial corridors into recreational space. Those miles of track......

Measuring Family Milestones, Beneath America’s Tallest Peak

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Caroline Van Hemert I didn’t understand then how much would change, or how quickly. Soon after, the park road was closed because of melting permafrost and landslides, locking a bike trip to Polychrome Pass into the archives of the past. I couldn’t see past the present chaos of family life,......

E-Bike Bliss on Two Hawaiian Islands

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Tim Neville Today an old haul road still runs along the western edge of Maui and John and I found part of it just north of an intersection off the main road in Kaanapali. This road, now derelict, may one day form part of the West Maui Greenway, a proposed......

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