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Can You Be A Tennis Star If You Can’t Win A Final?

Félix Auger-Aliassime, who opens his Wimbledon campaign on Tuesday, is the youngest player in the top 20 of men’s professional tennis. The 20-year-old Canadian is poised to lead the sport once the Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer eventually retire. As a teenager, he was already following in their footsteps, becoming […]

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The MLB Contender Nobody Saw Coming

Relative to preseason expectations, the two most impressive teams in baseball so far this season have probably been the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox — a pair of clubs few thought would be headlining baseball’s two toughest divisions. But while both teams missed the playoffs last year and appeared to be in periods […]

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Who’s The Real ‘Playoff P’?

In Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George had what for most star-caliber players would be an unusual game. George’s shot on Saturday was way off the mark; he finished the evening just 5 of 20 from the field and 1 of 9 from beyond […]

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The Islanders Kept Things Interesting, While The Canadiens Shocked Us All

neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): It wouldn’t be the Stanley Cup playoffs without some wild results, and the semifinal round has certainly delivered in that department. On Wednesday night, the New York Islanders overcame a 2-0 deficit (and an 8-0 loss the game before) to force Game 7 against the defending-champion Tampa Bay Lightning before […]

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