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Basketball
The N.B.A. playoffs begin Saturday, with familiar teams occupying some of the top seeds. In a league that often seems obsessed with the future, the focus will decidedly be on the present.
By Benjamin Hoffman
Tennis
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni’s upset victory at the U.S. Open is the latest twist in a story of pain, perseverance and premature success.
By Scott Cacciola
World Cup
James Rodríguez scored a brilliant goal and set up two more for Jackson Martínez to lead the way.
By The Associated Press
Politics
The latest New York Times/CBS News poll is based on telephone interviews conducted September 12 through 15 with 1,009 adults throughout the United States.
Compiled by Marjorie Connelly
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Theater
“She Is King” is a portrait of the tennis star Billie Jean King as a hero in an era of entrenched sexism and other inequalities in sports and life.
By Rachel Saltz
New York
Liberals were excited about the mayoral win of one of their own, Bill de Blasio, but he has yet to crystallize his agenda.
By Michael Powell
U.S.
Growth in Mississippi and Virginia fueled by a migration of newcomers from other parts of the country and even abroad is bringing nationalized politics to races further down the ballot.
By Ashley Parker and Jonathan Martin
Opinion
2015 is still ours to see any way we want to, so enjoy it while you can.
By Serge Schmemann
The Upshot
To win re-election, Senator Kay Hagan would have probably needed the young and the nonwhite to turn out as if it were a presidential year.
By Nate Cohn
Books
“All the Truth Is Out,” by Matt Bai, makes the case that the Gary Hart scandal of 1987 left a lasting scar on America’s political life.
By Michiko Kakutani