DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There was a 16-car pileup near the start of the afternoon race and another fiery one right before it ended shortly…
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Bubba Wallace Needed NASCAR Help. Michael Jordan Took It Personally.
Michael Jordan started receiving text messages from friends who had never before shown interest in NASCAR after Darrell Wallace Jr. made an impression this week…
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The 2020 Moments When Sports Made Sense
In a year in which Covid-19 caused more than 1.7 million deaths worldwide, sports competitions took place amid much debate over their necessity and the…
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The N.B.A.’s $500 Million Hope for the Holidays
Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. The most frequently posed query in N.B.A. circles over the…
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Flattened Basketballs as Art
For many of us, the outdoors serve as a refuge — a place to gather (at a social distance, of course) and live some sort…
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Michael Jordan’s Big Play in NASCAR Could Help Diversify Its Fan Base
Years ago in the early 1990s, Willy T. Ribbs, the first Black man to compete in the Indianapolis 500, sought a deep-pocketed partner, a heavy…
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