Games
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Magazine
Hosting the Olympics Costs Billions. What Does a City Get Back?
It was a sunny morning in mid-June and the athletes’ village for the Summer Olympics, in Seine-Saint-Denis, just outside Paris,…
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Arts
Readers Share Their Favorite Sports Video Games (Boomshakalaka!)
NHL ’94 and MVP Baseball 2005 live on decades later. So do the arcade-style games NBA Jam and Mario Tennis.
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World
Lausanne, Where the Olympics Never End
A new arts district, stylish restaurants and a museum that pays homage to the Games greet visitors to this Swiss…
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Finance
Why the N.F.L. Put a $7 Billion Antitrust Case in the Hands of an Unpredictable Jury
A class-action lawsuit over the cost of Sunday Ticket subscriptions underscored how valuable broadcast deals have been for the league’s…
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Finance
As N.B.A. TV Deal Nears, Warner Bros. Discovery Is on the Outside
The company’s TNT channel and the N.B.A. have long been inextricably linked, but that may end after next season. Plus,…
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World
Doping Regulator Knew of Previous Positive Tests by Chinese Swimmers
Three athletes who failed drug tests before the 2021 Olympics had tested positive for a powerful steroid several years earlier.…
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Arts
For These Games, a Release Date Is Just the Beginning
More and more video games are building player bases with perpetual updates and seasonal content. Fans of Destiny 2 just…
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Finance
Grab Them. Then Stump Them.
What’s a five-letter word for an activity that media and technology companies are increasingly relying on to gain subscribers and…
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World
House Panel Seeks F.B.I. Investigation Into Doping by Chinese Swimmers
The bipartisan request for a criminal inquiry relies on a law that gives the Justice Department the power to prosecute…
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Arts
Between ‘Star Wars’ Trilogies, a Golden Age of Video Games
A remastered version of Star Wars: Dark Forces reminds gamers of a period in the 1990s when LucasArts could take…