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Cubs v Indians baseball battle stars two cities that have themselves fallen from grace
The game has never been more successful — yet many players struggle to compete
5,000-yard seasons are no longer unusual, and 4,000 is commonplace, but change is slow in this game
Mourinho in Norfolk, Tyson v Fury, and mandatory drug-taking at the Olympics
It is quite possible nobody entering the bacteria-laden water will emerge alive from the Olympics
Boxer’s ideas don’t have to make sense — he just has to hit people
It is neither inevitable nor always possible to produce an elegant victory
Match follows a film lamenting the decline of Tests and shades into exposé of cricket’s ruling body
Some players can play out of their socks but one loss is all it takes to break a winning streak
Nebiolo transformed his sport far more than Havelange, but there was no evidence of kickbacks
There are consequences, even drawbacks, for fans to the march of technology on the sports field
The net is now closing on some sites and soon America’s fun police will claim two more victims
Vin Scully knows how to make the song sound right, offering context and mood and a sense of wonder
Joe Maddon is leading the most promising litter of Cubs since Roosevelt was in the White House
Fiery new signing may prove poison in the delicate mechanism of any club house
Wales’s win at Twickenham in the Rugby World Cup could signal an early demise for the host nation
Tennis, of the big-time sports, is largely free of the primitive tribalism of the blame culture
Newcastle United are said to have banished more journalists than any other club
But football has an image problem, of which head injuries are part
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