What to read and watch this weekend.
What to Read This Weekend |
 | | Tim O'Donnell, a professional triathlon athlete, celebrated after his second-place finish in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii last year.Darryl Oumi/EPA, via Shutterstock |
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Ironman triathlon champions are often regarded as the superheroes of modern sports. They swim 2.4 miles, cycle 112 miles, and run 26.2 miles in roughly eight hours. |
“It’s actually harder to make a living as a professional triathlete now than it was when I started in 2008,” said Tim O’Donnell, 40, who has won more than 20 major triathlon events. “Most athletes are just trying to pay their bills.” |
That may be on the verge of changing, beginning this weekend in Daytona Beach, Fla., where many of the sport’s top professionals will start a championship circuit they hope will become as lucrative as golf and tennis championships are for their pros. |
In the process, they are trying to unseat Ironman, the company that has dominated triathlon for decades, as the premier competition for elite triathletes. |
It will work only if fans actually watch. |
Read the full article here. |
What to Watch This Weekend |
 | | The N.C.A.A. canceled its 2020 men’s basketball tournament. In 2019, Virginia beat Texas Tech in the final, and a crowd filled the stands.Robert Deutsch/USA Today Sports, via Reuters |
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It doesn’t get better than a game between the two best teams in the country, and that’s what college basketball is offering this weekend: No. 1 Gonzaga takes on No. 2 Baylor on a neutral court in Indianapolis. Gonzaga has already knocked off No. 7 Kansas and No. 11 West Virginia, while Baylor has beaten No. 5 Illinois. Dare we say a Final Four preview? (Saturday, 1 p.m., CBS.) |
Yes, a Browns game is the best of the week. It’s been that kind of year in the N.F.L. As Benjamin Hoffman writes in The Times: “The Browns (8-3) have certainly not faced much premier competition in recent weeks, which included wins over Cincinnati, Houston, Philadelphia and Jacksonville. The Titans (8-3), to put it mildly, are a far bigger challenge.” (Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS.) |
Tired of seeing Lewis Hamilton win every Formula One race? (He has taken 11 of 15 so far this year.) Well, he isn’t be racing (or winning) this week at the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, because he has tested positive for the coronavirus. That should open the door for his teammate Valtteri Bottas, the crazy talented 23-year-old Max Verstappen, or George Russell, the driver who is taking over Hamilton’s Mercedes seat in this race. (Sunday, 10:30 a.m, ESPN2.) |
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