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16 hours ago | nytimes.com | Elise Devlin

Editor's Note: This story is a part of Peak, The Athletic's new desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Peak aims to connect readers to ideas they can implement in their own personal and professional lives. Follow Peak here. Just as overtime was about to begin, Amanda Deluca knew what she had to do.

16 hours ago | nytimes.com | Ismaeel Naar |Enjoli Liston

President Trump's conversation with President Ahmed al-Shara, who once led a branch of Al Qaeda, was the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the United States and Syria had met. President Trump held an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday with the president of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara, a day after announcing that the United States would lift sanctions on his country - a move that would ease the economic stranglehold on a nation that is seen as central to the stability of the Middle East.

17 hours ago | nytimes.com | John Koblin

Warner Bros. Discovery executives are reinstating the name HBO Max for the popular streaming service. It's the fourth name change for the app in the last decade. It's not Max. It's HBO Max - again. In a surprise pivot, Warner Bros. Discovery executives announced Wednesday morning that the streaming service Max would be renamed HBO Max, reinstating the app's old name and abandoning a contentious change that the company introduced two years ago.

18 hours ago | nytimes.com | Guillermo Rai |Laurie Whitwell

Erik ten Hag is on Bayer Leverkusen's shortlist to become their next head coach, but the former Manchester United manager is also open to a return to the Premier League. Leverkusen are continuing the process to appoint a successor to Xabi Alonso, who last week announced he would be leaving at the end of the season, and Ten Hag, who has been out of management since he was sacked by United in October, is among the candidates.

18 hours ago | nytimes.com | Mark Puleo

The holidays will once again be a time for football in 2025. On Wednesday, the NFL announced the Dallas Cowboys will host the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day, a showdown between "America's Team" and the team that may have supplanted them for that title. Coming off three straight Super Bowl appearances, the star-powered Chiefs will enter 2025 as a prime choice for marquee games.