David Blitzer

US investors bet big on Indian cricket with separate billion-dollar deals for 2 IPL teams

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American investors have made a big move into Indian cricket, with two separate billion-dollar deals struck on the same day for teams in the country’s most popular sports league. No team in the Indian Premier League – one of Asia’s most-watched sports events – had ever sold for more than US$1 billion until a consortium … Read more

Victory lap restores the shine to double US Olympic hockey gold

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NEW YORK (AP) — It took until noon on Saturday, less than 12 hours before showtime, for the script to arrive. The opening monologue for “Saturday Night Live,” of all things, was about to become a turning point in a national celebration that had somehow gone sideways in the week after the U.S. won Olympic … Read more