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Serbia’s sports mountaintop has Novak Djokovic, Nikola Jokic as peaks

A sports-mad nation ranked 108th in population and 117th in land area has a pair of incandescent stars thriving at the top of their respective games.

By Chuck Culpepper

A Belarusian tennis star, a Ukrainian reporter, a tense media session

By Chuck Culpepper

Josh Harris to meet with NFL finance committee, with deal progressing

Harris is scheduled to meet with the eight-owner finance committee on Wednesday in New York about his $6.05 billion deal to buy the Commanders from Daniel Snyder.

By Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala

Eric Bieniemy has a lot of weapons, and he’s learning how to use them

Bieniemy will wrestle with the same problem Washington’s former offensive coordinator wasn’t able to solve: What is the optimal way to spread the ball around?

By Sam Fortier

Perspective

The mesmerizing Denver Nuggets better get accustomed to attention

By Jerry Brewer

Churchill Downs suspends racing in wake of horse deaths

By Gus Garcia-Roberts

Elena Delle Donne lifts the Mystics over Wings in a thriller

By Kareem Copeland53 minutes ago

Perspectives

Spencer Carbery is now the Capitals’ future — with and without Ovechkin

By Barry Svrluga

Denver’s one-of-a-kind basketball history has all been leading to this peak

By Jerry Brewer

As greedy owners abandon Oakland, fans are innocent bystanders

By John Feinstein

Undrafted Caleb Martin is the new poster boy for Miami Heat culture

By Candace Buckner

These MLB clubs have had surprising starts. June might bring the truth.

By Chelsea Janes

A ‘peanut’ helped Nats prospect Jake Bennett gain command and get promoted

By Andrew Golden

Suns to hire former Lakers coach Frank Vogel to replace Monty Williams

By Ben Golliver

D.C. United’s Lewis O’Brien suspended by MLS for dangerous tackle

By Steven Goff

New York Times acknowledges error after Alabama player’s defamation suit

For Spencer Carbery, a reunion with the Capitals ‘always felt right’

Nikola Jokic, rested Nuggets blitz Heat in NBA Finals opener

The sublime brilliance of Nikola Jokic

Though the Nuggets star prefers to keep the public at arm’s length, his game is utterly magnetic — an ideal mix of substance and style.

By Ben Golliver and Artur Galocha

The outsize world of James Wood

James Wood, a 6-foot-6 outfielder, has all five tools — power, contact, speed, arm and glove.

By Jesse Dougherty

Analysis

The NFL kick return is dead. Long live the kick return.

On Tuesday, the NFL hastened the kick return’s presumptive demise with a rule change that turns fair catches made inside the 25-yard line on kickoffs into touchbacks.

By Adam Kilgore

BLACK OUTThe NFL’s failure to promote Black coaches

Analysis

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