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April 14, 2024

U.S. Soccer took a gamble waiting for Emma Hayes, leaving USWNT’s style of play in limbo

John K. Fomby

Associated media - Connected media In November, U.S. Soccer gambled that it was worth sacrificing a year of continuous preparation under a permanent manager to hire Emma Hayes. For eight…

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April 13, 2024

Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship

John K. Fomby

Linked media - Connected media The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz of chest hair, the twirling shirt, the body swerve to evade the Manchester…

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April 11, 2024

Pat Zachry, Pitcher Known for a Lopsided Trade, Dies at 71

John K. Fomby

Associated media - Linked media Pat Zachry, who was a co-winner of the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1976, but who is probably best known for being…

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March 26, 2024

Some Things Are More Important Than History

John K. Fomby

Linked media - Linked media He didn’t care that it was a no-hitter. He just wanted the Yankees to win. More than five hours after we arrived at Yankee Stadium,…

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March 26, 2024

USWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone

John K. Fomby

Related media - Linked media For those who weren’t following along during the 2011 World Cup qualifying cycle — in which the U.S. lost to Mexico in the CONCACAF semifinals…

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March 24, 2024

A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland

John K. Fomby

Linked media - Related media Still, the Athletics continued to be competitive, reinventing themselves by shrewdly using data to assess undervalued skills, a process that became known as “Moneyball,” after…

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March 23, 2024

Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports

John K. Fomby

Associated media - Associated media As journalists from the Sports desk began other assignments across the newsroom — and, in a few cases, roles at The Athletic — Times Insider…

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March 23, 2024

The tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’

John K. Fomby

Linked media - Connected media Everyone seems to have a slightly different estimate of how many people were outside the stadium on that strange November afternoon, but the consensus is…

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March 22, 2024

How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs

John K. Fomby

Related media - Linked media As an old ballplayer, when the back pain attacked, he figured he would just play through it. “I took four Advil, drank a huge cocktail…

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March 21, 2024

A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late

John K. Fomby

Related media - Linked media Memory, Now and Five Years Ago Chris Nilan is a quintessential Bostonian of a certain time and demographic, the kind they make movies about: A…

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