Why Do English Soccer Fans Sing ‘Sweet Caroline’?

By BY JACEY FORTIN from NYT Sports At Wembley Stadium, where London has been following in the footsteps of Belfast and Boston, good times never seemed so good (so good, so good, so good).https://nyti.ms/36Ij52J

Justin Bieber Got an Unlikely Assist From a Los Angeles Laker

By BY TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports JaVale McGee has two N.B.A. championships to his name. Now, as a budding music producer, he also has a credit on a Bieber hit.https://nyti.ms/3chDc9n

A Day at the Royal Races, in Song

By AMANDA DUCKWORTH from NYT Sports In addition to top-quality horse racing at Royal Ascot, each day ends with thousands of people gathering around the bandstand for a singalong.https://nyti.ms/2Xksx98

Career Turn: From N.C.A.A. Star to Grammy-Nominated D.J.

By JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports An illness ended Tucker Halpern’s basketball career, but eight months in bed led him down a career path he didn’t expect: into music, as part of the dance pop duo Sofi Tukker.https://nyti.ms/2jpwYdf

Recognize That Tune? It’s the Northern Accent of Georgia Football

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports Georgia’s unofficial fight song borrowed its melody from “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” which was a rallying cry for the North during the Civil War.http://ift.tt/2qzxTy4