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Enjoy the next three years of watching Sidney Crosby play for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Breathe it in. If necessary, be a little more sentimental.You will never see his kind again in your life.I’m not talking about the hockey, the backhand, the vision, the strength, the toughness – you know, all of those things that make him one of the greatest hockey players of all time.No, it’s Crosby the man, a selfless figure in an era when sports are so filled with greed that professional athletes are even further removed from reality.Oh, sure, Crosby is going to make more money next…

The question came 20 minutes into Mauricio Pochettino’s introductory press conference as head coach of the U.S. men’s national team. Asked about the incident for the first time in his native Spanish.”It will give me a break,” Pochettino joked about the opportunity to rest his English.”What challenges made you want to accept a job in the United States?” the reporter asked. The question goes to the root of a problem that has dogged the entire campaign for a glitzy high-rise in New York City’s Hudson Yards development. Why would a manager with such a prestigious reputation see this as his…

Editor’s note: This is a weird and wild short film. To read this week’s complete Weird & Wild column, go here.For weeks, and let’s be honest, months, we’ve spent far too much of our precious time making very important observations about the 2024 White Sox and Casey Stengel’s legendary unlucky 1962 Mets. comparison. But now we know: this is actually the wrong combination.These White Sox teams (current record: 33-114) need a miracle to beat the ’62 Mets (40-120). So it’s time to do something I never thought would happen: It’s time to turn our attention to those even more legendary…

Jordan Chiles paused for 14 seconds, lowering his head to collect his thoughts and emotions.The question – what Chiles felt she lost when the International Olympic Committee stripped her of her Olympic bronze medal in the women’s gymnastics floor exercise – forced her to pause mid-answer. The audience at the Forbes Power Women Summit in New York applauded her as she stood back up and raised the microphone back to her mouth.Fighting back tears, Chiles said she had lost more than just a bronze medal due to the controversy at the Paris Olympics late last month. She said the controversy…

Nikki Doucet, chief executive of the UK women’s professional game, said moving the streaming platform for the Women’s Super League (WSL) and championships to YouTube will expand the reach of the competition.Doucet also confirmed there was a “long-term” timetable for repaying the Premier League’s £20m ($25.2m) loan to Women’s Professional League Limited (WPLL, formerly NewCo) and said her job was to find more More owners like London City Lions’ Michel Kang invest in the club and increase revenue.The WSL and Championship YouTube channels have replaced FA Player as the primary streaming service across regions for the 2024-25 season, with all…

By Hailey Salvian, Shayna Goldman and Sean GentilleWe waited over a year to get the correct PWHL nickname and logo. Now that we have them thanks to Monday’s official unveiling, we won’t waste any more time.Of the six new teams – Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, Montreal Victory, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge and Toronto Scepters – which one is our No. 1? How do you measure the rest?go deeperPWHL unveils team name, logo: ‘We’re super excited’Athletic team Hailey Salvian, Shayna Goldman and Sean Gentille teamed up to select the final rankings.1. Montreal victoryHaley Rank: 1Sean Rank: 3Shanna Rank: 1Xie Na:…

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on Wednesday morning at a precarious moment in the nation’s defense against the Russian invasion.The visit comes as the Biden administration struggles to curtail aid to Russia from Iran, North Korea and China, and as the U.S. presidential elections loom over the conflict.Mr. Blinken stepped off a private overnight train from Poland that also carried his British counterpart, David Lammy. The two men are scheduled to meet throughout the day with Ukrainian officials, including the country’s new top diplomat, Andrii Sybiha, who was appointed last Thursday by…

NEW YORK – In the build-up to Wimbledon, Taylor Fritz said men’s tennis feels more open now than it did in the days of the Big Three.”It only takes one of them to play really well,” he said of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.”We were young and not as good as we are now. You want them to have a day off and you want to have a day off,” Fritz said. “Any team that’s in the top 15 these days, it’s going to be about who plays better.”It’s exciting for all of us because we know we…

new video loaded: These Venezuelan Election Observers Got Death Threats. Now They’re in Hiding.transcriptBacktranscriptThese Venezuelan Election Observers Got Death Threats. Now They’re in Hiding.The New York Times spoke to several election volunteers for Venezuela’s opposition party who found that Edmundo Gonzáles defeated Nicolás Maduro in July. They fled the country after facing death threats from Maduro’s supporters.Anthony is in hiding in this Colombian city on the border with Venezuela. He says he was targeted by paramilitary groups called “colectivos,” key enforcers for Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, after volunteering as an election observer for the opposition party. He fled here to…

Now, on a Saturday in early September, 18 ideas are daring AP voters to blow up their ballots and start over.1. After two weeks, I’m convinced that Georgia, Ohio State, and Texas are the correct top three teams. After that, my guess is the same as yours. Many of the top teams have had close calls against inferior opponents. One of the top five teams was beaten at home by NIU, which won the championship with 28 points.2. This was supposed to be the year Marcus Freeman led Notre Dame back to the national championship game, not another loss at…