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TORONTO — The line began at the gates of Mattamy Athletic Centre and stretched a full city block. Women’s hockey fans, after decades of waiting for a best-on-best league, were happy to wait a little longer for the doors to open for the first-ever Professional Women’s Hockey League game. The line was dotted with reminders …
The classic image of a darts game is a friendly contest in a smoky pub filled with middle-aged men holding pint glasses. But at the top level, centered in Britain, darts is a fiercely competitive sport and a big business with multimillion-dollar purses, boisterous crowds and live television coverage. Now the darts world has a …
In his 13-year N.F.L. career, Frank Ryan passed for 149 touchdowns, went to the Pro Bowl three times and took the original Cleveland Browns to the 1964 N.F.L. championship, throwing three second-half touchdowns in that victory. It was the last time the city of Cleveland would have a major pro championship for 52 years, until …
Paula Murphy, a leading female car racer in an era when land speed records thrilled the American public, died on Thursday at an assisted living facility in Prescott, Ariz. She was 95. Her death was confirmed by her son, Dan Murphy, who said her health had declined after she broke her femur in May. Ms. …
The skippers competing in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race dream of winning a top trophy in this challenging offshore race. This year, 10 of them will be women. While a female-skippered team has not won the Tattersall Cup, which is awarded to the race’s overall winner, more women have been competing in the …
When the hundred-foot Maxi yachts hit the starting line for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, one absence will loom as a powerful presence. There will be no Wild Oats XI, and Wild Oats XI is more than a boat. Speculation is inevitable when a crowd favorite is missing. The report from the boat’s skipper, …
Camp food or premade home-cooked food? Bananas yes or bananas no? Culinary ambitions in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race don’t add up to any of the popular images of luxury yachting. At the extreme end, Bruce Watson and Frederic Chanut plan to sail as a two-person crew on Watson’s 39-foot Imalizard, a boat so …
An effort to to create a new soccer Super League that collapsed so spectacularly within 48 hours in 2021 has been given new life after Europe’s top court ruled on Thursday that the sport’s governing bodies were “abusing a dominant position” when they shot down the plans for the new competition. Immediately after the ruling, …
Ken MacKenzie, a left-handed reliever who was the only pitcher with a winning record on the famously hapless 1962 New York Mets, died on Thursday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 89. His death was announced by the Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz. The Mets were one of two expansion franchises preparing to join …
The Transportation Department on Monday announced a $140 million fine against Southwest Airlines over a meltdown last winter that disrupted travel for about two million people during the holiday season. Of the $140 million, Southwest Airlines will pay $35 million to the federal government. For the remaining amount, the department is giving the airline credit …