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‘Meat Marathons’? Tattoos? These Are the Latest Fantasy Football Punishments In a time of social-media stunts, leagues are coming up with creative penalties for last-place finishers. Lex Maetta made up for finishing last in a fantasy football league by drawing portraits of commuters in a subway station. Credit...Erin Jozwiak Sept.
He Might End Up the World’s Most Educated Person
Early in the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year, Lisa Belkin, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s journalism school, realized that one of her students, Jamie Beaton, had yet to show up for class. Belkin, who avoids combing the internet for information about her students, knew nothing about Beaton. She was curious about his absence, though, so she reached out to a dean, who sent an email. Beaton was apologetic in his reply, saying he had mixed up his schedule.
Un eterno estudiante convirtió sus ambiciones educativas en un negocio
A principios del semestre de otoño del año académico 2025-26, Lisa Belkin, profesora adjunta en la escuela de periodismo de la Universidad de Columbia, se dio cuenta de que uno de sus alumnos, Jamie Beaton, aún no había asistido a sus clases. Belkin, quien evita escudriñar internet en busca de información sobre sus estudiantes, no sabía nada sobre Beaton. Sin embargo, sentía curiosidad por su ausencia, así que se puso en contacto con un decano, quien envió un correo electrónico.
Un eterno estudiante convirtió sus ambiciones educativas en un negocio
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A principios del semestre de otoño del año académico 2025-26, Lisa Belkin, profesora adjunta en la escuela de periodismo de la Universidad de Columbia, se dio cuenta de que uno de sus alumnos, Jamie Beaton, aún no había asistido a sus clases. Belkin, quien evita escudriñar internet en busca de información sobre sus estudiantes, no sabía nada sobre Beaton.
Jamie Beaton could be the world’s most educated person
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Scott Cacciola, New York Times Early in the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year, Lisa Belkin, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s journalism school, realized that one of her students, Jamie Beaton, had yet to show up for class. Belkin, who avoids combing the internet for information about her students, knew nothing about Beaton. She was curious about his absence, though, so she reached out to a dean, who sent an email.
He Might End Up the World’s Most Educated Person
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Early in the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year, Lisa Belkin, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s journalism school, realized that one of her students, Jamie Beaton, had yet to show up for class. Belkin, who avoids combing the internet for information about her students, knew nothing about Beaton.
Now on the American Road: Bulletproof Cars
Mark Burton has been caught in some sticky situations. He was in Amsterdam, he said, when a gang tried to kidnap him. His bodyguard twice thwarted attempted robberies in Mexico. And, in the early 1990s, when he was in the early stages of starting his armored car business, he was dining in a restaurant in Peru when a bomb blew out the windows. “It’s been a fascinating ride,” he said.
Now on the American road: Bulletproof cars
Mark Burton has been caught in some sticky situations. He was in Amsterdam, he said, when a gang tried to kidnap him. His bodyguard twice thwarted attempted robberies in Mexico. And, in the early 1990s, when he was in the early stages of starting his armored car business, he was dining in a restaurant in Peru when a bomb blew out the windows. “It’s been a fascinating ride,” he said.
Now on the American Road: Bulletproof Cars Original
Mark Burton has been caught in some sticky situations. He was in Amsterdam, he said, when a gang tried to kidnap him. His bodyguard twice thwarted attempted robberies in Mexico. And, in the early 1990s, when he was in the early stages of starting his armored car business, he was dining in a restaurant in Peru when a bomb blew out the windows. “It’s been a fascinating ride,” he said.
Para la selección de España, un toque de casa en Tennessee
Los responsables de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol querían que los 26 miembros de la selección española se sintieran a gusto mientras entrenaban muy lejos de casa entre los partidos de la fase de grupos de la Copa Mundial. Así que compraron carteles. Un montón de carteles. Todos en español. Y los colocaron en todas las instalaciones de entrenamiento del equipo, en un tranquilo campus de Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Para la selección de España, un toque de casa en Tennessee
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Los responsables de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol querían que los 26 miembros de la selección española se sintieran a gusto mientras entrenaban muy lejos de casa entre los partidos de la fase de grupos de la Copa Mundial. Así que compraron carteles. Un montón de carteles. Todos en español.
For Team Spain, Signs of Home in Tennessee
The people in charge of the Royal Spanish Football Federation wanted the 26 members of Spain’s national team to thrive while training so far from home between first-round games of the World Cup. So they bought signs. So many signs. All of them in Spanish. And they installed them across the team’s practice facilities on a quiet campus in Chattanooga, Tenn. “We want them to feel at home,” Aitor Karanka, the technical director of development for the Spanish team, said in an interview.
For Team Spain, Signs of Home in Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The people in charge of the Royal Spanish Football Federation wanted the 26 members of Spain's national team to thrive while training so far from home between first-round games of the World Cup. So they bought signs. So many signs. All of them in Spanish. And they installed them across the team's practice facilities on a quiet campus in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Host Cities Are Welcoming World Cup Athletes ‘With Open Arms’
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Host Cities Are Welcoming World Cup Athletes 'With Open Arms'
Riley Sealander, a 26-year-old barista in Greensboro, North Carolina, is your typically rabid World Cup fan. He wears his favorite team's jersey and watches its matches as he makes cappuccinos. He drapes the red, white and blue around his workplace and tries hard to rally new supporters to fledging fan clubs. But Sealander isn't promoting the U.S. team.
A show of watches minus the snob vibe
Far from the gilded showrooms and haute horlogerie of Geneva, the Windup Watch Fair was without the wristwatch industry’s reputational snobbery. There were no tourbillion movements or white gold cases on display. Here, Hublot might as well be a four-letter word and Rolex waiting lists are someone else’s problem.
This stylish BYU coach won’t change for her ‘haters’
Provo • One morning last week, with the Wasatch Range flecked in golden sunlight to the east, eight of the finest college distance runners in the country made their way across the Brigham Young University campus toward the athletic facilities. One by one, they stepped into a locker room that their coach, Diljeet Dosanjh Taylor, had commandeered for a meeting.
This Stylish Track Coach Won’t Change for Her ‘Haters’
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. One morning last week, with the Wasatch Range flecked in golden sunlight to the east, eight of the finest college distance runners in the country made their way across the Brigham Young University campus toward the athletic facilities. One by one, they stepped into a locker room that their coach, Diljeet Dosanjh Taylor, had commandeered for a meeting.
This Stylish Track Coach Won't Change for Her 'Haters'
PROVO, Utah -- One morning last week, with the Wasatch Range flecked in golden sunlight to the east, eight of the finest college distance runners in the country made their way across the Brigham Young University campus toward the athletic facilities. One by one, they stepped into a locker room that their coach, Diljeet Dosanjh Taylor, had commandeered for a meeting.
This Stylish Track Coach Won't Change for Her 'Haters'
PROVO, Utah -- One morning last week, with the Wasatch Range flecked in golden sunlight to the east, eight of the finest college distance runners in the country made their way across the Brigham Young University campus toward the athletic facilities. One by one, they stepped into a locker room that their coach, Diljeet Dosanjh Taylor, had commandeered for a meeting.
For the Superfans of Spaceflight, Artemis II Can’t Launch Soon Enough Original
Lanie McKinney, a Ph.D. candidate at M.I.T. and a co-president of the school’s Space Industry Club, is excited about NASA’s long-awaited Artemis II moon launch. Like really, really excited. Give her a few minutes, and she can cite reason after reason for the mission’s importance. She sees Artemis II as the latest phase of a multipronged expedition that NASA and its biggest fans hope will pave the way for humans to inhabit the moon and even travel to Mars.
For the Superfans of Spaceflight, Artemis II Can't Launch Soon Enough
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Husbands and Boyfriends Step Into Olympic Spotlight
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Husbands and Boyfriends Step Into the Olympic Spotlight Here come the “HABs,” the attention-seeking husbands and boyfriends of medal-winning athletes. The influencer Jake Paul reacts after his fiancée, the Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam, won the gold medal in the 1,000-meter race.Credit...Antonio Calanni/Associated Press Feb.
Crotch Fabric, Blue Skin Suits and Other Mysteries of Olympic Gear
Athletes at the Winter Olympics won’t win a medal if they don’t push themselves to the limit. But before a competition begins, they face another kind of challenge: making sure their gear and apparel meet regulations. Cross-country skis must weigh at least 750 grams, or about 1.65 pounds, per pair. Goalie pads in ice hockey can measure, at most, 11 inches wide and 38 inches long.
Crotch Fabric, Blue Skin Suits and Other Mysteries of Olympic Gear
Athletes at the Winter Olympics won’t win a medal if they don’t push themselves to the limit. But before a competition begins, they face another kind of challenge: making sure their gear and apparel meet regulations. Cross-country skis must weigh at least 750 grams, or about 1.65 pounds, per pair. Goalie pads in ice hockey can measure, at most, 11 inches wide and 38 inches long.
Crotch Fabric, Blue Skin Suits and Other Oddities of Olympic Gear
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At the Puppy Bowl, the Athletes Are Up for Adoption
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet’s annual extravaganza of canine cuteness, is more than a game. Now in its 22nd year, the Puppy Bowl has established itself as a counterprogramming spectacle on Super Bowl Sunday.
At the Puppy Bowl, There Are No Losers
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet’s annual extravaganza of canine cuteness, is more than a game. Now in its 22nd year, the Puppy Bowl has established itself as a counterprogramming spectacle on Super Bowl Sunday.
At the Puppy Bowl, There Are No Losers
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He's the Chicken Runner of Tyler County, West Virginia
As he left his home one morning in December, Amos Kimble informed his father that he was heading across the street to their family’s small farm in Tyler County, West Virginia. “He told me he was taking a chicken to the track,” J.C. Kimble recalled. “I was like, ‘What?’” Amos, 18, is a high school senior and state champion runner with an entrepreneurial spirit.
The Chicken Runner of Tyler County, West Virginia
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. As he left his home one morning in December, Amos Kimble informed his father that he was heading across the street to their family’s small farm in Tyler County, W.Va. “He told me he was taking a chicken to the track,” J.C. Kimble recalled.
The Chicken Runner of Tyler County, West Virginia
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT As he left his home one morning in December, Amos Kimble informed his father that he was heading across the street to their family’s small farm in Tyler County, W.Va. “He told me he was taking a chicken to the track,” J.C. Kimble recalled. “I was like, ‘What?’” Amos Kimble, 18, is a high school senior and state champion runner with an entrepreneurial spirit.
He's the Chicken Runner of Tyler County, West Virginia
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'Rewriting What's Possible in the Mountains'
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John Irving: ‘Je kunt op 83-jarige leeftijd ook zeggen: wat heb je je tijd verspild’
Gesprekken met romanschrijver John Irving zijn niet de vlotste babbels. Ze hebben meer weg van een marathon dan van een sprint. De auteur als bedachtzaam omschrijven zou nogal eufemistisch zijn. Dus een goede raad: heb je een interview kunnen strikken met Irving, inmiddels 83, reserveer dan enkele uren, zo niet dagen. “Zorg dat je tijd hebt”, zegt Marty Schwartz, een huisarts in Toronto en een goede vriend van Irving, vooraf.
The World According to John Irving
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The World According to John Irving
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John Irving Talks About ‘Queen Esther,’ Trump and Why He Can’t Stop Writing
Conversations with the novelist John Irving are not brisk affairs. They are more marathon than sprint. It is a euphemism to describe him as deliberate. If you have an interview with Mr. Irving, 83, set aside several hours, if not days. “Make sure you have time,” said Dr. Marty Schwartz, a physician with a family practice in Toronto and a longtime friend of Mr. Irving’s.
John Irving Talks About ‘Queen Esther,’ Trump and Why He Can’t Stop Writing
Style|The World According to John Irving https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/style/john-irving-queen-esther.html Conversations with the novelist John Irving are not brisk affairs. They are more marathon than sprint. It is a euphemism to describe him as deliberate. If you have an interview with Mr. Irving, 83, set aside several hours, if not days. “Make sure you have time,” said Dr. Marty Schwartz, a physician with a family practice in Toronto and a longtime friend of Mr. Irving’s.
A Thrilling Finish to NYC Marathon as Kenyans Dominate Elite Races
NEW YORK -- After 26.2 miles and more than two hours of fierce competition, Benson Kipruto of Kenya was so confident that he was about to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday that he raised his arms in triumph just ahead of the finish line, and it nearly cost him. kAmz:ACFE@ 2AA62C65 F?2H2C6 E92E p=6I2?56C |FE:D@ |F?J2@[ 9:D 4@F?ECJ>2?[ 925 4=@D65 E96 D>2== 82A E92E 925 @A6?65 FA 36EH66? E96> 2?5 H2D 492C8:?8 92C5 :?
A Thrilling Finish to N.Y.C. Marathon as Kenyans Dominate Elite Races Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. It was a record-setting day as more than 50,000 athletes packed the streets for the 2025 New York City Marathon. Benson Kipruto and Hellen Obiri triumphed. Listen to this article · 5:47 min Learn more Hellen Obiri of Kenya became a two-time champion after winning the race.Credit...Ishika Samant/Getty Images Nov.
NYC Marathon: Live Updates
Pinned Updated Nov. 2, 2025, 5:30 a.m. ET The five boroughs of New York City are waking up early this morning to welcome more than 55,000 athletes to the city’s streets for the 54th annual New York City Marathon. With temperatures expected to rise to the mid- to upper 50s, the weather is ideal — if a bit on the warm side for a fall marathon — but the energy for the world’s largest road race is already palpable, as spectators begin to line the 26.2-mile route.
Benson Kipruto and Hellen Obiri of Kenya Win at New York City Marathon
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A Thrilling Finish to NYC Marathon as Kenyans Dominate Elite Races
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First-Time Marathoners Face an All-Consuming Pursuit
NEW YORK -- A few weeks ago, Emely Nunez decided to commemorate something that was important to her by heading to a FedEx near her home in the Bronx and printing out 50 self-designed save-the-date cards that she planned to distribute to friends, family members and even a few lucky strangers.
How First-Time NYC Marathon Runners Are Preparing for Their Debut
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. For these first-time marathoners, training for race day involved sweat, tears and lots of talking about it. Listen to this article · 6:41 min Learn more Laura Habecker on a 4 mile morning run around the Central Park Reservoir.Credit...Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for The New York Times Nov.
Rewriting What’s Possible in the Mountains
Tk Credit Rewriting What’s Possible in the Mountains Kilian Jornet wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States. He gave himself a month to do it. By Scott Cacciola and K.K. Rebecca Lai Oct. 21, 2025 Share full article The Beginning Kilian Jornet was drenched and tired.
Kilian Jornet Set Out to Summit 72 of America’s Tallest Peaks — in Just One Month
A few hours after summiting Mount Shasta, Mr. Jornet was on two wheels once again. He was joined by the triathlete Ian Murray for a 60-mile ride on crushed volcanic gravel before they slept just south of the Oregon border. Mr. Jornet was by himself for the next two days as he rode 430 miles to the foot of Mount Rainier in Washington. The end was near. When he was planning the project, Mr. Jornet worried about being hit by a car or a truck while biking.
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