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Last week new Michigan coach Dusty May spent a day with the Miami Heat staff, then flew to Pittsburgh to trade ideas with Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy and Charlotte Hornets assistant Josh Longstaff. May will read any book or study any basketball team’s film if he thinks it might equip him with an idea…
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On Tuesday, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced that it had sanctioned men’s world No 1 Jannik Sinner for twice testing positive for clostebol, an anabolic steroid and banned substance. It also announced that an independent tribunal convened by the ITIA had reviewed its investigation into Sinner’s anti-doping case, and had found “no fault…
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On a sofa in the corner of a Winnebago motorhome in the TV compound at Old Trafford, Rebecca Lowe is flicking through pages and pages of hand-written notes. “Normally, I don’t do all of this prep on a Friday morning,” says Lowe, who has been the face of U.S. broadcaster NBC’s Premier League coverage for…
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Terry Fontenot was playing hooky from an Atlanta Falcons OTA workout day in Cooperstown, N.Y., in June when he got a surprise in his hotel room. The Falcons’ general manager spent the day watching his son, Kaiden, play in the Cooperstown All-Star Village baseball tournament. That night, he sat down with…
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For the second time, The Athletic is rolling out its NBA 40 under 40 list. Look around the league and you’ll see how many of its leading faces are successful at such a young age. The Boston Celtics won the NBA title this season with 36-year-old Joe Mazzulla behind the bench. The NBA’s Coach of…
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Stacy Lewis is back sitting at the top table of the media room, answering a belated question from someone too shy to shout over the gusts of wind during the press conference. Her five-year-old daughter Chesnee wants to know if she can get a swimming pool — “a big one” —…
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Welcome to the dog days. Most of the NBA will spend the next few weeks lounging on deck chairs near various distant seas before the slow march back into playing shape begins after Labor Day. Before you know it, we’ll start a whole new cycle of October promises. Before we get to that point, it’s…
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NEW YORK — There won’t be a Gardy Party on Old-Timer’s Day. Retired New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner won’t attend Saturday’s festivities, which will include a pregame ceremony honoring the 2009 World Series-winning team at Yankee Stadium. His absence was the most notable on a list of attendees that includes Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez,…
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PARIS — The week was almost over, the Olympics nearly wrapped, when Erin Matson walked into the lobby of a botanical-themed boutique hotel. A sort of gilded garden pulled from a Parisian dream. This place is how the other side lives, and the name fit. La Fantaisie. Nike booked a block of rooms during the Olympic…