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Quebec Still Longs for Its Lost Hockey Team, a Nationalist Symbol
When the Nordiques left Quebec nearly 30 years ago, the hockey team’s departure fueled the kind of mythologizing and nostalgia familiar to fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Nordiques’ stint in Quebec, playing there in the N.H.L. from 1979 to 1995, overlapped with the French-speaking province’s two failed attempts to secede from the rest of…
Warriors’ Chris Paul to undergo surgery on fractured left hand
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul will undergo surgery next week to address a fractured left hand, the team announced Friday. Paul, 38, appeared to suffer the injury during the second half of a 113-109 home win over the Detroit Pistons. His timetable for a…
‘Like a freight train once we got hot’: How ‘twin energy’ fueled tennis’ greatest ever double act | CNN
CNN — When you spend every moment of every day with another person – eating, sleeping, training, competing – it’s hardly surprising that you should develop a formidable partnership, even less so if you share the same DNA. For Bob and Mike Bryan, their “twin energy” was at the heart of their triumphs and titles…
Franz Beckenbauer, German soccer star, dies at 78
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Franz Beckenbauer, who led the West German national team to World Cup championships as player and coach and whose on-field presence was so dominant that he was nicknamed “Der Kaiser,” died Jan. 7 at 78. His family announced his death in a statement to German…
Coco Gauff ‘can’t really get upset’ at climate protesters who caused 45-minute delay in her US Open semifinal | CNN
CNN — Coco Gauff said she couldn’t “really get upset” with the climate protestors who caused a 45-minute delay in the middle of her US Open semifinal against Karolína Muchová on Thursday. Gauff, who went on to win the match 6-4 7-5 and reach her second grand slam final, was leading at the start of…
Spirit signs USWNT defender Casey Krueger to three-year deal
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save One day after announcing Barcelona’s Jonatan Giráldez as its next coach, the Washington Spirit made another offseason splash by signing U.S. national team defender Casey Krueger to a three-year contract. A two-time NWSL Best XI honoree, Krueger spent the past eight seasons with the Chicago…