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How Cornhole Went Pro
The best part about watching professional cornhole on TV may be listening to it. As aural A.S.M.R. goes, it ranks…
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Major League Baseball Came to Birmingham. Then Willie Mays Died.
Baseball hopes a celebration of its past in the home of one of its legends will attract more African American…
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Willie Mays, ‘Poetry on the Diamond’
Readers pay tribute to the beloved Giants great, who died on Tuesday.
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Red Carpet Looks From the 77th Annual Tony Awards
Broadway’s biggest stars made their grand entrance.
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5 Ways This Year’s Tony Awards Reveal That Theater Is Changing
As Broadway prepares to celebrate the best of the season, our theater reporter explores what the nominations tell us about…
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The N.B.A. Sees Its Future in Africa
The league has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to cultivate an immense potential fan base on the continent and…
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43 Tony Nominees and the Shows That Shaped Them
‘Purlie Victorious’ Kara Young “My mime teacher had a double-jointed hand, and she taught me this skit about a dying…
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Jessica Lange and Paula Vogel on Breaking, and Keeping, the Family Contract
In the Tony-nominated “Mother Play,” the writer conjures warm memories and thorny ones, not to judge her mother, but to…
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Jerry West, One of Basketball’s Greatest Players, Dies at 86
He was a high-scoring Hall of Fame guard for the Lakers and later an executive with the team. His image…
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A Public Housing Playground Barred Outsiders. Neighbors Objected.
Signs put up at Wise Towers say the playground is only for residents. There have been tense encounters with some…