Sports
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After Competing Without a Hijab, a Top Iranian Chess Player Heads for Spain
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, ranked No. 17 among women in the world, will not return to Iran after forgoing a head scarf…
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Days of Wins and Roses: Covering Pelé’s Cosmos
While the public saw one version of the Brazilian soccer legend in his three years in New York, covering the…
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Georgia and Ohio State Know All About No. 4 Seeds Making Title Runs
Top-seeded teams have been more likely to win College Football Playoff semifinals. But teams ranked fourth — including Ohio State…
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Pelé Set Soccer’s Gold Standard. It Can’t Be Matched.
The debate over the game’s greatest player always begins with comparison to the Brazilian master. But Pelé’s on-field artistry was…
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Tributes Pour In as Brazil Readies for Pelé’s Funeral
Pelé’s body will lie at midfield at the Estádio Urbano Caldeira, his former club’s stadium, for 24 hours.
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When Pelé Took New York by Storm
In August 1967, it was hard to imagine that Americans might get interested in soccer. Then Pelé played at Yankee…
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Unmotivated Cowboys Beat Unmotivated Titans
Take two teams. Subtract incentive. Result: Thursday night’s game.
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Sedona Prince Has a Good Feeling About the Next Era
For many, the basketball player’s TikTok was a before-and-after marker of how society talks about modern women’s sports. For Prince,…
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Pelé, a Name That Became Shorthand for Perfection
The best gauge of what Pelé meant to soccer is that he was synonymous with excellence even before people saw…
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Pelé, the Story in Pictures
He was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in the tiny Brazilian village of Três Corações, where he played soccer barefoot,…