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Rafael Nadal and the Price of Greatness
‘Rafa,’ the new Netflix documentary about Rafael Nadal, isn’t just about why the great tennis player was willing to endure so much but whether it was…
Joe Nocera
This Week in Canada: The Good Guys Don’t Always Win
You won a hockey game, dear Southern neighbors, not World War III.
Rupa Subramanya
Fight Club: Does Baseball Suck?
Is the sport still a national treasure, or has it gone the way of rotary phones and dial-up internet? Batter up.
Joe Nocera and Will Rahn
Caitlin Clark’s Conundrum
Women’s basketball has never seen such a talent. Players—and owners—who refuse to acknowledge that reality are practicing their own form of racism.
Joe Nocera
Willie Mays Defined Baseball’s Golden Era
Having grown up in Jim Crow Alabama, he never thought he’d play in a major league—let alone become America’s most exciting player.
Joe Nocera
Can Cricket Recolonize America?
Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln were fans. As an Englishman in the U.S., I’m rooting for a revival.
Oliver Wiseman
Bill Bradley: The Knicks Could Be Champions
‘I still believe the unselfish team wins,’ the NBA legend tells The Free Press. ‘And these Knicks are unselfish.’
Joe Nocera
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