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Business
The New N.F.L. Owners?
As team valuations skyrocket, the league is weighing whether to relax ownership rules that prohibit investment from private equity funds.
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Sports
Knowledge Is Power. But Is It Fun to Watch?
Data has driven soccer to new heights. But narrowing the margins in matches might come at the expense of their…
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News
Vic Davalillo, First Venezuelan to Win a Gold Glove, Is Dead
Over 16 seasons in the major leagues, he won two World Series titles in the 1970s and had a reliable…
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Sports
Swedish Soccer Prioritized Fans Over Finances. Now, Business Is Booming.
While most of Europe’s leagues engage in a Sisyphean quest to source as much money as possible, Sweden has chosen…
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Sports
Tug-of-War Over N.B.A. Rights Provides Glimpse of Media’s Future
The league’s longtime television partners, including ESPN and Turner, are undergoing major changes, which could alter how games are watched.
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Sports
With Fans Ever More Fickle, Sports Leagues Warm to Rule Changes
Baseball’s pitch clock is just one example of how professional sports are competing for public attention in an ever-evolving entertainment…
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Magazine
Inside New York’s Least Competitive Bowling League
The noise of the onlookers rose to a crescendo of screams as the ball hurtled toward the pins: Strike! A…
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Sports
Wanted: Female Athletes. Multiple Vacancies.
Australia’s major sports need talent to stock their women’s leagues. They are all looking at the same athletes.
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Magazine
What Is ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Doing to Soccer?
Hollywood has turned a perfectly good fourth-tier Welsh team into a TV show instead. That can’t be great.
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Sports
A Premier League Love Story Has Heartbreak Ahead
Luton Town’s rise to the world’s richest soccer league proves England’s fabled merit system still works. What happens next may…
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