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Dillon Cousin is from Slidell, La., a suburb of New Orleans, and he grew up playing baseball. Although Cousin, 19, said everybody in his family — “that’s not even an exaggeration” — is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black university in New Orleans, he committed to a university in Alabama instead. … Read more

After years of working construction in Florida and playing in not especially lucrative darts events in the United States, Danny Baggish finally made his big breakthrough earlier this month. At age 37, he qualified for the PDC Pro Tour, the top level of world darts. Although a few Americans played on tour a decade ago, … Read more

Tiger Woods was injured in a serious car crash, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday, adding in a statement that paramedics pulled him from the wreckage with the rescue tool called the “jaws of life.” The incident happened about 7:12 a.m. local time on Tuesday near the border of Rolling Hills Estates and … Read more

Until Monday, Kevin Mather was the president and chief executive of a Major League Baseball team with two dubious distinctions. His franchise, the Seattle Mariners, is woeful, both currently and historically. It is the only team to never reach the World Series and owns the longest active postseason drought in North American professional sports. The … Read more

The New York Rangers on Monday vigorously defended their winger Artemi Panarin, even as he took a leave of absence amid allegations that he hit a woman in a bar a decade ago. Panarin, the Rangers’ top scorer this season, was accused by his former coach in the Russia-based K.H.L., Andrei Nazarov, of striking an … Read more

Muhammad Ali, muscled, poised and with a punch ready to be thrown, is captured in a rarely seen photograph taken by Abbas Attar at the Rumble in the Jungle, one of the boxer’s most famous matches, in 1974. In the next moment, illustrated by Rafael Ortiz, Ali delivers the blow to George Foreman, and the … Read more

MELBOURNE, Australia — With a lone tear streaking his right cheek, Daniil Medvedev accepted the runner-up trophy after the Australian Open men’s final on Sunday night. He stepped to the microphone and told an engaging story about nervously hitting with Novak Djokovic for the first time as a young player, when Djokovic was the men’s … Read more

Playing in his first Grand Slam final 16 years after turning professional, Filip Polasek was ready for the moment, and nearly every ball that came his way. Polasek and his partner, Ivan Dodig, dominated Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram, the defending champions, in the Australian Open men’s doubles final on Sunday afternoon, prevailing, 6-3, 6-4, … Read more

STATELINE, Nev. — The N.H.L. set out for a grand outdoor spectacle at Lake Tahoe. But after one period of Saturday’s game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Vegas Golden Knights, the venture became a bid for longest intermission: The remainder of the game had to be played under lights instead of in daylight, and … Read more

MELBOURNE, Australia — She was playing with house money, a No. 24 seed who spent 15 days confined to a hotel room last month, a former U.C.L.A. Bruin who went to college because she did not have the head for professional tennis at 18 years old and was in need of a backup plan. The … Read more