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Details have been trickling out about the violence that broke out on the streets of Amsterdam last week around a soccer match between Dutch and Israeli teams.Dozens of people were arrested over what officials have described as antisemitic attacks on Thursday on fans of the Israeli team, as well as over vandalism and inflammatory behavior by some of them and others.In the aftermath of the violence, there was little clarity about what had happened, including about the identities, affiliations and motivations of those involved.On Tuesday, the city’s government offered its first detailed report on the events — and said it…
He lasted less than four months in his new job, stepping down to coach the Rams.In explaining his change of mind about the administrative job, he told The Washington Post in 1983: “When I was coaching, I bounced up as soon as the alarm clock went off in the morning. With the new job, I’d lay there for a half-hour after it went off. I knew something wasn’t right.”John Alexander Robinson was born on July 25, 1935, in Chicago to Matthew and Ethlyn (Alexander) Robinson. The family moved to Provo, Utah, when John was 6 and later to Daly City,…
Gerry Faust, who saw his childhood dream to play quarterback for the University of Notre Dame dashed, only to live out another one by rising from high school football coach in Ohio to leader of the storied Fighting Irish, died on Monday. He was 89.The university confirmed his death in a statement. It did not cite a cause or say where he died.Before Faust first strode onto the football field amid a sea of gold Notre Dame helmets in 1981, he was not unheralded. Over nearly two decades, starting in 1962, he guided Archbishop Moeller High School, in the suburbs…
The police in Amsterdam arrested five more people on assault charges this weekend, four of whom are still being held, over the attacks on Israeli soccer fans in the city late last week after a match between an Israeli and a Dutch team.The total number of people who are still being held in connection to the violence is now eight, the police said, and more arrests were possible. The people arrested were all men ranging in age from 18 to 37. The police urged people to share any video footage as a way to aid their investigation.On Monday afternoon, Dick…
In mid-September, just two weeks after Jannik Sinner won the U.S. Open to secure a 2-2 win-loss record with Carlos Alcaraz at the major championships in 2024, Alcaraz was asked if he envisioned his rivalry with Sinner ultimately replicating that of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.“Well, a lot of people talk about it,” Alcaraz said during the Laver Cup in Berlin. “I like hearing it, I’m not going to lie. I hope that our rivalry is going to be or almost like the Big 3 had during their career. This is the first year that we shared all the Grand…
The ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, features the best men’s tennis players in the world, who have some of the strongest backhands on the tour. And yet, these players are often succeeding by running around those backhands and getting into position to turn them into the more powerful forehand.Most points end in four shots or less, but when rallies reach that fifth shot, players need to seize an advantage. “Hunting for forehands is not about trying to end the point, but about controlling it and getting on offense as quickly as you can,” said the ESPN analyst Patrick McEnroe.Being the…
Mischa Zverev knows his little brother better than anyone.A decade older than Alexander, who is also known as Sascha, Mischa has served as part-sibling, part-parent throughout Alexander’s life and tennis career.When Sascha was 6, Mischa took him along while he was playing satellite tournaments in Australia, hitting with him after his matches and letting him ride on his shoulders on the way home from the beach. Now the little brother is ranked No. 2 in the world, reached the French and U.S. Open finals, won an Olympic gold medal and is about to play in his seventh ATP Finals. He…
It took some time before Judy Murray was convinced that going to Saudi Arabia was the right decision. Murray, a professional coach and the mother of a former world No. 1, Andy, and his doubles-specialist brother, Jamie, is a well-known advocate of women’s rights and women’s sports.But as a community ambassador for the Women’s Tennis Association, Murray’s job is to travel wherever the tour goes and introduce tennis to those who have had limited exposure to it. So she will go to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the WTA Finals, which begins on Saturday.“We have a really big opportunity to make…
He didn’t care that it was a no-hitter. He just wanted the Yankees to win.More than five hours after we arrived at Yankee Stadium, my 9-year-old son, Wes, had waited in line for an hour in a rainstorm, collected his coveted (replica) 1998 Yankees World Series ring, talked me into buying him a T-shirt, visited the Gluten Free Grill twice, mourned the season-ending injury to Jasson Domínguez, cheered Aaron Judge so loudly that his voice was getting hoarse and brushed off every single mention I made that Corbin Burnes, the starter for the Milwaukee Brewers, was throwing an incredible game.While…
Bobby Grier, a University of Pittsburgh fullback who in 1956 became the first Black football player to take the field in the postseason Sugar Bowl in New Orleans — despite the opposition of Georgia’s segregationist governor, who sought to bar Georgia Tech, Pitt’s opponent, from playing in the game — died on June 30 in Warren, Ohio. He was 91.His son, Robert Grier Jr., confirmed the death, at a rehabilitation facility.The noisy run-up to Grier’s participation in the Sugar Bowl, a cherished annual tradition for the Deep South, played out early in the civil rights movement. Weeks before the game,…