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Game 3 of the World Series Is Postponed Because of Rain

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Showdown at the Cow Palace

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Showdown at the Cow Palace By Lori Phelan Some of the agency’s most skilled transit operators, mechanics and parking control officers recently polished up their silver stars and rode into Daly City for an epic showdown at the Cow Palace. It was a chance to show they were the best of the best. And boy did they deliver! The SFMTA Roadeo had dozens of transit operators navigate through a course containing various obstacle while under a strict time limit.  The event was the 32nd Annual Bus Roadeo (and yes, you read that correctly). The name "roadeo" is derived from the better-known horse rodeo competition. The original roadeos, which began in 1937, featured trucks in various categories going through the same obstacles that drivers go through today.  The agency took on the moniker in 1974 and held the inaugural event in the parking lot at the former Candlestick Park. It was there a dozen transit operators competed to determine who would lasso the award as best driver.  T...

Ex-Player Will Lead U.S. Soccer Task Force on Abuse

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A Thoroughly Modern Old-School Baseball Executive

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What We Learned From Week 8 in the N.F.L.

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A Cuban Slugger’s Family Is Making Up for Lost Time

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Wilson and the Jets Stall Against an Old Rival

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How the Jaguars Made Themselves at Home in London

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An ‘Inspired’ Pitcher Leaves His Previous Failures Behind

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Kyrie Irving Defends Antisemitic Documentary and Conspiracy Theory

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Portland Thorns Win Championship to End Turbulent N.W.S.L. Season

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Penn State’s Football Team Isn’t Bad. It Isn’t Good Enough, Either.

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‘I Trust Anything That Man Does’

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Nets Owner Rebukes Kyrie Irving for Posts About Antisemitic Documentary

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‘I Thought the Game Was Over’: A Big Catch Saved the Phillies

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Realmuto’s Homer Gives Phillies Shocking Win in Extra Innings

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From a Family of Wrestlers, a Star Catcher Emerged

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Another Jake Paul Spectacle Includes Famous Faces In and Out of Combat Sports

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For the Jets, There’s No Such Thing as Too Much Sauce (Gardner)

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Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen Say They Have Divorced

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Spanish Prosecutors Drop Criminal Charges Against Neymar

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The Young Pistons Are Trying to Bring Back That ‘Bad Boys’ Feeling

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A Phillies Veteran Perfects the Art of Getting Back Up

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An Astros Rookie Keeps His Cool. Most of the Time.

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N.F.L. Week 8 Predictions: Our Picks for Each Game

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Kanye West Fallout Imperils Season for Donda Academy Basketball

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Connections Abound, but Philadelphia Has an Edge on Houston

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You Be the Ump

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A ‘Landmark’ as Women Will Coach Against Each Other in Men’s Soccer

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The Instant Legend of Kvaradona

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A Former W.W.E. Wrestler Taps in Against Concussion Deniers

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Brady and Rodgers Have Played Badly but That Will Change, Right?

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The Astros and the Phillies in a Big Series? We’ve Seen This Before.

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75 Years After the Battle to Save the Cable Cars

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75 Years After the Battle to Save the Cable Cars By Jeremy Menzies Seventy-five years ago, San Francisco’s cable cars were viewed as more of a costly nuisance.  A few city leaders wanted to tear out the 1870s-era transit system of wooden vehicles towed by an underground cable system. Pioneer of civic activism, Friedel Klussmann led the charge to preserve this moving landmark that draws of visitors from around the world looking to fulfill their dream of riding the cable car over our hills.   Friedel Klussmann founded the Citizens' Committee to Save the Cable Cars. The committee began a public campaign demonstrating that the cable cars’ value to San Francisco was far greater than their operational cost. As a result, the lines were saved and the cable cars became enshrined as a cultural icon of San Francisco.  We will celebrate this anniversary with Market Street Railway and Mayor London Breed on October 26th at Market and Powell streets at 11am. Here’s a brief loo...

Hints of Russians’ Return to International Sports Rekindle Debate Over Their Exclusion

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The Hardest Hits of All

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Yankees Season Ends With a Sweep by Houston Astros

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‘It’s His Time’: Bryce Harper Is Building His Legacy

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The Yankees have a lot of options in the bullpen.

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The Phillies await the A.L.C.S. winner in the World Series.

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How to watch tonight’s game.

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Bryce Harper’s Home Run Sends Phillies to World Series

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What We Learned From Week 7 in the N.F.L.

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