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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,…

News

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.

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…

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…

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,…

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.…

News

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…

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…

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…

News

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…

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