All posts tagged "Culture"
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/ 3 hours agoThe former Denver Bronco who bought a pub in England – and saw his world implode
Drive north out of London for a couple of hours, head east just past the city of Leicester, bump along some...
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/ 6 hours agoTNT Sports’ boss said they didn’t need the NBA — we’re about to find out
One of the core aspects of basketball is trash talk. It has seemingly been part of the game since Dr. Naismith...
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/ 2 days agoHow Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby: The people and the moments that made a champion
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The thing about a life-changing event that takes two minutes to finish: every move, every decision, even every...
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/ 4 days agoKentucky Derby: Mystik Dan wins in photo finish; betting favorite Fierceness finishes 15th
Mystik Dan won the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The winning...
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/ 5 days agoThe improbable mission of a 5-foot-6, 160-pound college football walk-on
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Sam Salz emerged from Texas A&M’s Bright Football Complex at dusk in early February, eager to explain...
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/ 5 days agoWest Saratoga is a Kentucky Derby long shot. But so was his trainer
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2024 Kentucky Oaks. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Larry Demeritte bends over and unwinds the wrap...
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/ 1 week agoThe woman behind the Kentucky Derby’s most coveted hats: ‘The hat becomes part of you’
It’s a crisp, sunny morning in late March, 40 days until the Kentucky Derby. I’m in a small midtown Manhattan studio,...
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/ 2 weeks agoChasing a hockey dream together: How Luke and Sophia Kunin make the first NHL-PWHL marriage work
ST. PAUL, Minn. — For years, Luke Kunin watched as his girlfriend, then fiancée, then wife, Sophia, supported his career. She...
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/ 2 weeks agoThe Caitlin Clark Effect and the uncomfortable truth behind it
It’s not surprising that corporations are lining up like fans along arena railings to get Caitlin Clark’s autograph. The former Iowa...
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/ 2 weeks agoBernie Williams on a ‘nervous’ journey from World Series to New York Philharmonic
For Bernie Williams, grabbing a bat was easy. He would pull out the same trusty 34 1/2-inch, 33-ounce Rawlings model for...