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The so-called Cohen Tax, as it was nicknamed when M.L.B.’s collective bargaining agreement reached earlier this year, is a financial threshold that was designed to either reign in Cohen’s spending or allow...

Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers whose shoestring catch known as the “Immaculate Reception” in 1972 remains one of the most memorable moments in N.F.L. history,...

DOHA, Qatar — Everything was going swimmingly, right up to the point that my editor — sitting to my left in the cavernous bowl of Lusail Stadium, a soccer arena so vast...

As Argentina’s national soccer team touched down in Buenos Aires on Tuesday after winning the World Cup, millions of Argentines flocked to greet the players. The government declared their homecoming a national...

And Augusta, which has become entangled in the Justice Department’s antitrust inquiry into men’s professional golf, will continue to admit players who are in the top 50 in the world rankings at...

PHILADELPHIA — By Jan. 8, 2018, Nick Saban had coached Alabama to four national championships, fully understanding that football was a ruthless game requiring remorseless decisions. On this night, he would make...

“It’s a part of Egypt that’s ignored and we know nothing about, to some extent,” Ms. El Samra said, motoring through the gravelly sand. “This is a part of Egypt where you...

The Week 15 games so far have featured three overtime finishes, including the Jaguars’ upset of the Cowboys, and some winter weather. In other words, there has been enough drama to set...

Every woman who looked to be of grandmother age was serenaded with a chant that has become a rallying cry of this year’s World Cup in Argentina: “Abuela, la, la, la, la,...

DOHA, Qatar — In those early months of the season, before anything was decided, the superstars of Paris St.-Germain mostly talked about what they could win together.The French championship was surely viewed...