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‘We didn’t ever get a chance to say goodbye’: The football clubs on the fault line

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Ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final in Istanbul, The Athletic’s Adam Leventhal visits Turkey for a series of reports examining the impact of February’s earthquakes on the country, its people and their football clubs. Osman Bozkurt stands on a dusty street in Kahramanmaras, south-east Turkey, squinting into the midday sunshine. He points behind him. “This is where …

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Like Steph Curry? Or Katie Smith? On comparing women’s players to NBA vs. WNBA stars

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Diana Taurasi is an impassioned and opinionated person, and when a person offering opinions also has the gravitas of being on the short list of the greatest players in the history of her sport, which is where Taurasi sits, there is a bit of an E.F. Hutton impact: People listen. Last Thursday, during a Phoenix …

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West Ham players take knee after alleged racial incident during Dallas match: This is ‘bigger than football’

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West Ham United players took a knee before their match against Culture by Mo Ali FC on Friday following an alleged racist incident that occurred during a game against Dallas United on Thursday. Officials at The Soccer Tournament (TST) in North Carolina who were in proximity to the incident Thursday told The Athletic that a …

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Ted Lasso finale reminds us to ‘have some fun’ even with uncertain future

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Smattered throughout a hotel suite in Beverly Hills late Tuesday night were some cast members, writers and producers of “Ted Lasso.” They gathered there, one last time, to say goodbye to the man with the mustache. They waited a bit as co-creator Brendan Hunt troubleshot exactly how to get the Apple TV+ app up and …

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