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OLD BESPAGE, N.Y. — Bruce Bennett may have watched more NHL games than anyone in history, and the home of the 69-year-old offers a glimpse into his career. On the sidelines many times over 50 years.The living room walls are lined with signed jerseys, clubs and photos of Wayne Gretzky, many of which are engraved with notes thanking Bennett for his friendship and work. There is a Stanley Cup model. There’s also a closet full of camera lenses, wires and other equipment.Bennett has a loft office above the living room. There are several pictures of him hanging on the wall.…

Finishing fifth and still standing on the Formula 1 podium provided an unusual end to George Russell’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.On the other side of the podium was Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, who recovered from 19th on the grid on Sunday night to finish third behind Lando Norris and Carlos Carlos Sainz then took the podium.Between Russell and Leclerc, wearing black and white racing suits, is veteran racing driver Sonny Hayes from APXGP.Hayes is the fictional character played by Brad Pitt in “F1,” a film produced by Warner Bros. and Apple that has been integrated into the F1 world for…

Thousands of Syrians have been traveling to and from the Lebanese border since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Some families hoped to reunite with loved ones, while others are leaving amid an uncertain future.

In a matter of days, Syria’s capital — once the stronghold of Bashar al-Assad’s government — became the epicenter of a new chapter in the country’s history after opposition forces overran the city. Christina Goldbaum, a New York Times correspondent, traveled to Damascus to find out how residents were reacting to the sudden breakthrough in the 13-year civil war as more than five decades of brutal rule by the Assad dynasty come to an end.

Three weeks ago Conor Neylan received £30,000 for winning the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, double the biggest prize of his seven-year professional tennis career.This neatly encapsulates what Neyland’s award-winning book Racket is all about – the reality of being a tennis player outside the elite. For a player like Nyland, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 129 in the world and never got further than the first round of a major, the allure of the majors gives way to The training of the second echelon (challengers) and the third echelon (ITF).Racket covers a side of…

After Saturday’s free skate, Ilia Malinin lay on the ice, eyes closed and absorbed in the action. Quadruple jumps, including a quad axel, a quadruple jump no one had ever landed before – and even a backflip in his typically spectacular style.The routine included a fall and a few other missteps, but it didn’t matter. American star Marinen, who turned 20 years old, easily defeated Japanese opponent Yuma Kajiyama in the Grand Prix final to win the men’s singles championship and complete his unbeaten record in 2024, further consolidating his status as a superstar.Perhaps the only thing that doesn’t sit…

With the Cleveland Browns losing to the Denver Broncos on Monday night, Jameis Winston’s experience reached an all-time high. The Browns are not your typical 3-9 team, and the Pittsburgh Steelers already know that.Should the top-ranked Steelers get upset again in Week 14? Our writers Mike Sando, Zak Keefer and Jeff Howe are at Competitor’s roundtable previews the remaining slate for Week 14.Our writers also pondered whether it might be too late this season for a team making a playoff push to throw a rookie quarterback into the fire. It’s a hot topic in Atlanta, where the Falcons and Kirk…

Hi, I’m Malcolm Washington, the co-writer and director of “The Piano Lesson.” So this scene here is the climax of the film. So all spoilers ahead. In the film, Berniece, played by Danielle Deadwyler, she has a complicated relationship with the piano and has been afraid to play it because, in her words, she doesn’t want to wake the spirits up that the piano conjures. Her brother, Boy Willie, who’s been trying to sell the piano the whole movie, is having a fight to the death with a ghost upstairs as he has to confront a kind of spiritual reckoning…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Atop the Mercedes hospitality unit at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit, Lewis Hamilton with his car as nearby fans toiled in the midday heat Engineer Peter Bonnington sat at a table and did some rehearsals.They’d gone through this routine many times before – 245 times, in fact – but the 246th time brought with it even more emotion. Twelve years, 84 race wins and six world titles later, marking the most successful driver-team partnership in F1 history, this was Hamilton’s final race weekend as a Mercedes driver.Hamilton’s conversations with Bonnington, whom Hamilton affectionately calls…

After Notre-Dame caught fire in 2019, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to reopen the cathedral in five years. The timeline seemed a Hail Mary. Yet here we are. Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic for The New York Times, brings us a behind-the-scenes look at the faithful restoration of Notre-Dame, which opens to the public on Dec. 8.