The first thing I heard [was] they were going to trade me to the Oakland A's. I said, 'God, please, leave me [in Miami].' Then I heard they traded me to the Cardinals, and I said, 'OK, thanks.' | | | | The Minnesota miracle.
(Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The first thing I heard [was] they were going to trade me to the Oakland A's. I said, 'God, please, leave me [in Miami].' Then I heard they traded me to the Cardinals, and I said, 'OK, thanks.'”
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| For Minnesotans near and far, the ending of Saints-Vikings was looking all too inevitable. But remember Ahmad Rashad, Tommy Kramer and Squadron Right ... ? | | |
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 | The Athletic |
| Rose Bowls, Sugar Bowls, Red River Shootouts, Wide Rights and national championships: Jackson called them all. But he also called World Series contests, the inaugural Monday Night Football game in 1970, and Olympic events. He called the gold-medal races for the two most prolific U.S. Olympians of the pre-Michael Phelps era. Not bad for an ex-Marine who had enrolled at Washington State College on the G.I. bill in 1950 with plans of majoring in criminology. | | |
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| The children were standing on the French-Swiss border, near Geneva. A tall blond man threw the ball toward the borderline, and the children ran to catch it. The year was 1943. The man was Georges Loinger. The children were of Jewish origin. This is how he saved their lives.Georges Loinger was a ... | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| Behold the astonishing explosion of alpine sports in the People’s Republic-as directed, promoted, and financed by the Communist Party in the run-up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics. | | |
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 | NPR |
| Olympic skeleton racers' chins rest an inch or two above the ice. "Obviously, you don't want your face scraping across the ice 'cause it does slow you down," says one. "But it also doesn't feel good." | | |
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 | National Review Online |
| Baseball artist Graig Kreindler researches the precise details of his historical paintings and renders them masterfully | | |
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 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| In an interview at McCovey’s Woodside home, he reflected on a legendary career that spanned 22 seasons — starting and ending in San Francisco, with layovers in San Diego and Oakland — and featured 521 home runs and a million memories. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| For those propelled through life in pursuit of adrenaline, in wintertime finding ever-newer forms of entertainment can be a challenge if you've already conquered downhill skiing, uphill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, dog sledding, heli-skiing, snowboarding, race car driving on an ice field, and even gone so far as to rent out a whole mountain and buy a Ferrari-red Sno-Cat to partake in all of the above. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| J.J. Redick sits down with Boston Celtics superstar Kyrie Irving to discuss conspiracy theories, traveling in London, the connection the two share as Duke alums, and how Kyrie developed his dribbling skills. | | |
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 | Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| New coach Jon Gruden had trouble saying “Las Vegas” when asked about the Raiders moving here during his news conference. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| It's really just a makeshift dance floor in a small hotel conference room. But then a song - some might consider it the Black People's Party Anthem - drops and everyone falls in line, moving, shaking and, yes, wobbling to the beat of V.I.C.'s 2008 "Wobble," a song that hasn't vanished from many black family gatherings, even after a decade. | | |
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 | SB Nation |
| The best storyline in sports and entertainment right now is the love affair that Jason Mendoza, a character on the TV show "The Good Place," has with the Jacksonville Jaguars and their quarterback, Blake Bortles. Jason, played by actor Manny Jacinto, is the dumbest, most endearing, and maybe only Jaguars fan in the history of television. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Melbourne crowds are likely to offer warm support to Maria Sharapova this week and research suggests fans generally continue to back stars and sports laid low by doping scandals. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| Welcome to the new season of Old Baseball Cards and, boy, do we have a treat for you: Hall of Famer and Kansas City Royals legend George Brett is our guest of 2018 and he does not disappoint. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| In 1998, when Jackson was making what turned out to be premature retirement plans, a Times reporter chronicled a game day with him in Ann Arbor. | | |
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| The Ringer |
| Now in his 13th season, the 32-year-old vet has logged plenty of miles both on the ice with the Washington Capitals and on flights back home to Moscow. But despite international controversy and the inescapable march of time, he's as commanding as ever. | | |
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 | Sports Business Radio |
| Rich Kleiman, Co-founder and Partner in The Durant Company and Thirty Five Media, joins Brian Berger to discuss the business of NBA superstar Kevin Durant. Kleiman also discusses his personal career path, helping to launch Roc Nation Sports with Jay-Z, navigating proposals and choosing the right partners and investments and the close bond he has formed with Kevin Durant. | | |
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 | The Kansas City Star |
| The Kansas Jayhawks’ basketball team’s “Beware of the Phog” banner that looms on the north end of Allen Fieldhouse? The creators are ready to tell you the story behind it, some 30 years after its creation. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| Three high schools, one year at Duke and the unconditional love of his family have freshman sensation Marvin Bagley III prepared for anything the world throws at him. | | |
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 | Complex |
| Russell Westbrook is receiving his first signature on-court basketball sneaker, but does it even matter? Here's why Jordan Brand shouldn't make signature sneakers for anyone but Michael Jordan. | | |
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