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He was ranked with Pelé among the best, and his ability to surprise and startle won over fans and even critics. But his excesses and addictions darkened his legacy.

Diego Maradona, the Argentine who became a national hero as one of soccer’s greatest players, performing with a roguish cunning and extravagant control while pursuing a personal life rife with drug and alcohol abuse and health problems, died on Wednesday in Tigre, Argentina, in Buenos Aires Province. He was 60.

His spokesman, Sebastián Sanchi, said the cause was a heart attack. Maradona had undergone brain surgery several weeks ago.

News of the death brought an outpouring of mourning a...

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When Kim Ng looks behind her, she sees Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, perhaps the ultimate trailblazers in modern women’s athletics, who fought for gains and equality and respect and changed the manner in which females like her perceived they could compete.

When Ng looks in front of her, she sees millions of girls and young women with boundless futures in sports, who rarely have to fight to get on the field and once they’re there, she notes with amazement, play with an unfettered joy that feels foreign to a child who came up only years after Title IX ensured her career might stretch beyond stickball in Queens.

“They’re just doing something that they love,” she says, admiringly. “That’s all that they’re doing.”

If the path toward equality in sports was...

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The team said he sustained a serious right ankle injury and would be taken to a local hospital for further evaluation

Dak Prescott was carted off the field Sunday night after sustaining a gruesome leg injury during the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants Week 5 matchup. 

The Cowboys were leading by just one point with a little over six minutes in the third quarter when Prescott was injured at the end of a 9-yard run after getting tackled by Giants’ defensive back Logan Ryan. His right foot was bent at an awkward angle as Prescott grabbed at his leg in obvious pain.

The team said he sustained a serious right ankle injury and would be taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. 

Prescott’s leg was initially placed in a cas...

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• A widely circulated social-media video that showed Mike Tyson hitting the pads in style in his mid-50s apparently left the former fighter in bed for a week.
• On the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast last week, Tyson told the host he could barely move because of all the pain he felt and was crying behind-the-scenes.
• He said the training sessions had gotten slightly easier as his body adjusted to the notion of returning to the ring for an exhibition bout on November 28.
• The former heavyweight world boxing champion is set to take on a fellow all-time great, Roy Jones Jr., in Carson, California.
• Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories.

Mike Tyson says he cried in bed for a week because of the pain he suffered after a light training session used in a boxing video ...

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All three playoff games on Wednesday were postponed

NBA players and coaches held an impromptu meeting at the Disney bubble to discuss plans following the postponement of three playoff games on Wednesday, including the Milwaukee Bucks-Orlando Magic game in which Milwaukee players staged a walk-out before the start of Game 5 of the first-round series. The Lakers and Clippers were among the minority of teams that are pushing to end the season, according to Sham Charania of The Athletic. LeBron James said in the meeting he wants the team owners to be more involved and take action.  

The protest comes in response to the shooting of an unarmed Black man named Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday...

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Lonzo Ball, LaMelo Ball and LiAngelo Ball are all set to sign with Roc Nation Sports, according to Jonathan Givony of ESPN.

Jermaine Jackson, LaMelo’s manager, announced the news while noting Raymond Brothers will be the primary agent overseeing all three brothers.

“This was a family decision,” Jackson said. “This is now an extended family. They put together a beautiful game plan with Jay-Z. The basketball game is about to change. They are going to create something totally new.”

Roc Nation was created by Jay-Z and currently represents NBA players Kyrie Irving, Markelle Fultz and Spencer Dinwiddie, among others.

“We talked to several agents, but the family had good vibes with Roc Nation,” Jackson added...

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Although they need additional offensive weapons for their postseason push, the New England Patriots will not re-sign wide receiver Antonio Brown, league sources told ESPN.

Brown has apologized to the Patriots, to the public and to others, but New England hasn’t considered bringing him back since deciding to move on from him during the season, as much as the offense could use him.

Although Brown won’t be resurfacing in New England, he is expected to find work once the NFL wraps up its investigation.

“There are teams out there that would love to sign him once [his case] is resolved,” said Brown’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, who has maintained regular contact with a handful of teams regarding their interest in Brown.

But the NFL’s investigation is almost 3 months old, and even if it w...