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New York Times to Buy the Athletic in $550 Million Deal (NYT) - Bloomberg
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New York Times will close sports desk, rely on The Athletic
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The New York Times shuts down its sports desk - Sport et citoyenneté
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Sports of The Times; Bulls Are Unlikely to Rebound With Jordan - The New York Times
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Say it ain't so: The New York Times sports section says goodbye - Poynter
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Opinion I Explain All the Sports - The New York Times
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Sports World Specials; A Best Bet - The New York Times
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The New York Times Kills Its Sports Desk
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VIEWS OF SPORT; Taking the Hard Road With Black Athletes - The New York Times
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Sports of The Times; The 80's: An Improbable Decade in Sports - The New York Times
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Opinion I Changed My Body for My Sport. No Girl Should. - The New York Times
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Johnson: 'Welcome to The Times'; my years with a sports department now gone