People should know that this is not just happening in Hollywood. This is happening everywhere. Wherever there is a position of power, there seems to be potential for abuse. I had a dream to go to the Olympics, and the things that I had to endure to get there were unnecessary and disgusting. | | | | LaVar Ball is always near.
(James Devaney/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “People should know that this is not just happening in Hollywood. This is happening everywhere. Wherever there is a position of power, there seems to be potential for abuse. I had a dream to go to the Olympics, and the things that I had to endure to get there were unnecessary and disgusting.”
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| | rantnrave:// More than most years, sports in 2017 was influenced by people who did not play a game or wear a jersey. There was an unemployed QB. A helicopter parent. And a bunch of lefty sportswriters. That's not to mention a blood feud between an NFL owner who thinks he runs the league and the commissioner who actually does. This was the year that #METOO gained its voice and came to sports. Want to know the people who made the sports world what it was last year? These are their stories. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | The Ringer |
| The new cohost of ‘SportsCenter’ and her partner, Michael Smith, have been blamed for the network’s perceived liberal bias. Should they embrace debate or block the trolls? In an exclusive interview, Hill shares her side. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| From Bobby Orr to Wayne Gretzky to Sidney Crosby, many of the NHL's greats have played a role in the rise of Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| In college, Kaepernick began a journey that led him to his position as one of the most prominent, if divisive, social activists in sports. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| The Patriots legend thinks he can play until he's 45 without sacrificing body, mind or integrity. But his future is not just in his hands. | | |
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 | CBS News |
| Attorney suing USA Gymnastics for failing to protect female athletes believes every Olympic team since 1996 has had members abused by Dr. Lawrence Nassar. | | |
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 | REDEF |
| Everything Jerry Jones touches turns to gold. The most powerful owner in the NFL has got everything he wants, except what he wants most. | | |
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 | Sports Business Daily |
| This isn't the choice we wanted to make. We debated time and again about other options and directions in which to go. It was a discussion and decision that split our newsroom unlike any I can remember. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Zach Baron learns that if you listen long enough, a new picture emerges. | | |
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 | Hypebeast |
| HYPEBEAST Magazine speaks to the legendary basketball player about his off-court duties. | | |
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| ESPN |
| Joel Embiid has turned the Sixers' famed process into performance art, and everyone is feeling merry and bright -- for now. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The NBA’s longest-serving head coach has quietly contributed to Democratic candidates and causes over the years but become more vocal since the 2016 election. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| At 36, he might be playing the best tennis of his life. | | |
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 | Summitt Hoops |
| Seventeen years after Dawn Staley began her unlikely coaching career—she never wanted to do it, talked into the job by then-Temple Athletic Director Dave O’Brien—she’s found her way to the pinnacle of the profession, just as surely as she played her way to the top of the sport before that. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| With a new media company and growing investment portfolio, the Golden State Warriors star forward is making new moves-on an unfamiliar court. | | |
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| Sports Illustrated |
| More than any other athlete, this year belonged to José Altuve, who helped will the Houston Astros to a World Series win, and who is SI's 2017 Sportsperson of the Year | | |
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 | Houston Chronicle |
| As J.J. Watt talks, the revelation comes that this man, an idol for so many football fans and female admirers, wants to be more like you or me. Seriously. | | |
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| CBS News |
| The 19-year-old from Pennsylvania is already a millionaire pro-soccer player in Germany, but his U.S. coach says he could be the sport's "first American superstar" | | |
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| The Ringer |
| Donald Trump’s election was merely an accelerant for a change that was already sweeping across sportswriting. | | |
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 | NewsOK |
| With Mayfield winning the 2017 Heisman Trophy on Saturday night in midtown Manhattan, maybe it's time we considered Mayfield's place in college football history. Not just OU's. Not just the Big 12's. Mayfield's quarterbacking career ranks with the greatest ever, any school, any conference, any era. | | |
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| Sloane Stephens rumbled to the 2017 US Open title, dominating Venus Williams and Madison Keys. Will this be a one-tournament surprise or can Stephens take the mantle from Serena and Venus as the face of women's tennis? | | |
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