The best way to describe Jaromir is that the way some people love their kids, that’s how he loves the game. | | | | Nikita Kucherov shoots and scores.
(Jeff Vinnick/NHLI/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The best way to describe Jaromir is that the way some people love their kids, that’s how he loves the game.”
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| | rantnrave:// I made my first trip to TURNER FIELD (RIP) in 2014 and as the BRAVES-METS game got close, a chant broke out through the stadium. Tens of thousands of fans all mimicking a supposed NATIVE AMERICAN war-cry and doing the Tomahawk chop. This is tradition in ATLANTA. As an outsider I had one thought: How the hell is this still going on? The insensitivity and disrespect for Native Americans runs long in sports. The Braves war cry is also done by FLORIDA STATE fans. There is the WASHINGTON football team, with a team name some find offensive. The CLEVELAND INDIANS' logo has long been a red-faced man with a big, toothy grin and a feather atop his head. If that isn't insulting, I'm not sure what is. Monday, MLB announced that the Indians will stop using that CHIEF WAHOO logo starting in 2019 on jerseys or at PROGRESSIVE FIELD. It is a small sign of progress without unanimous approval. It is not enough. Chief Wahoo will get a one-year retirement tour -- the same luxury afforded DEREK JETER and DAVID ORTIZ -- and will still be sold in-stadium and at OHIO stores. How far will MLB continue to push? The logo is a good first step. The Indians name is offensive too. As is the Braves. Several teams have changed their nicknames in recent years for the same reasons. This isn't to diminish MLB's effort. It can't act unilaterally. Team owners can be stubborn or dismissive. Change is hard. But worthwhile. Chief Wahoo had to go. So do other vestiges of MLB's disrespect towards Native Americans... When keeping it real goes wrong. Hope BLAKE GRIFFIN enjoys DETROIT. Probably not the place he was thinking of when he signed a five-year, $171 million contract in July to stay with the CLIPPERS. This puts an end to the greatest generation in franchise history. And teaches stars an invaluable lesson: never believe the free agent pitch, always ask for the no-trade... The latest BIG BALLER BRAND commercial... Another way to spend $5.2 million... Don't be an a**hole on the radio. Or anywhere... Umm, pass. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | Star Tribune |
| Never one to look back -- 90-year-old Hall of Fame coach Bud Grant doesn't dwell on the Vikings' Super Bowl losses -- he nonetheless at times entertains the introspection that advancing age nurtures. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Titus Young resided at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles, once classified as one of the jail’s most dangerous inmates and locked down most of the day. In early 2017, he started to write. “I have made so many mistakes I have become a little ashamed of being Titus Young." | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| After decades of questionable calls and generous (or not-generous-enough) spots and players you swore were in bounds but were deemed out, the index card was what did it. | | |
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 | FanGraphs |
| With the New England Patriots headed to the Super Bowl yet again, attention will inevitably turn to star quarterback Tom Brady, his TB12 method, and the ensuing tensions between his coach and his personal trainer/nutritionist. It's easy to be skeptical and yet still in awe of Brady's strict wellness regimen. | | |
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 | Football Outsiders |
| We see the phrase all the time. In the draft. In free agency. In fantasy evaluations. It's always a variation on a theme: "He's a great player, but he's injury-prone." The label is thrown around with ease, but rarely has anyone tried to quantify what it might actually mean in terms of injury risk. | | |
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 | recode |
| Turns out pro football is just like regular TV, after all: Ratings were down 12 percent during the regular season, and even more during the playoffs. | | |
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 | The Verge |
| Fewer than 10 people have performed a triple axel in competition, but here’s how two skaters and two effects crews got Margot Robbie to do it on-screen. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Nathaniel Friedman reflects on the season-ending injury of the uncompromising DeMarcus Cousins. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| ‘Panzer Dragoon Saga’ remains one of the greatest video games of all time. Twenty years after its creation, it also remains nearly impossible to play, a cult classic whose elusiveness mirrors the misery that suffused its development, setting, and story. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| When it comes to changing MLB -- on and off the field -- there are three stakeholders who can best make a case for control: the owners, the players and the fans. We go issue by issue to see which group should get what it wants -- and why. | | |
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 | Toronto Star |
| His NHL career finally ended Monday when he cleared waivers with the Flames at age 45 and his contract was sent to his hometown team of Kladno. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Michael Jamieson tells Donald McRae how he went from the high of an Olympic medal to the dark lows of depression and while that has been his biggest personal challenge he says his sport must do more to combat doping. | | |
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 | Tom vs. Time |
| For Tom Brady, football is as much a mental game as it is a physical one. This episode puts us inside Tom’s head, revealing just how cerebral football really is for him. Despite all of Tom’s preparation, the Patriots narrowly lose their fourth game, bringing their record to 2-2. But Tom also has a young family at home that wants his attention win or lose. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| The Houston Rockets, who at the moment seem to be the only team worthy of challenging the defending champion Warriors, just might be the NBA's most unapologetic club. | | |
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 | Racked |
| In 2011, Lynn Le had what she describes as "a spiritual awakening." It didn't come in temple or church, at the feet of a guru or tripping on ayahuasca deep in a Peruvian jungle. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| The hot-trotting, earring-wearing, Muhammad Ali-rhyming Dave Parker of the 1970s and early '80s now has a measured stroll, and the once-booming voice that demanded attention and produced echoes of laughter throughout major league clubhouses is turned down a few decibels. But Parker still has that swag and wit. | | |
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 | Broadly |
| If you've had a lot of anger recently and nowhere to put it, Femme Feral could be the wrestling club for you. | | |
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 | Howler Magazine |
| Billionaire Marcelo Claure wants to bring soccer to South Florida. He just doesn't want to talk about it. | | |
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 | CollegeBasketballTalk |
| "Why did you let two prospects who were accused of that come onto your campus?" That is the question posed by Gary Parrish of CBS Sports on a podcast last week, after news broke that Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo had allowed at least four players and a student assistant to remain with his program while and after they were accused of and investigated for violence against women. | | |
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 | Compete |
| Esports are relatively new, and with the playbook laid out by tsports to attract huge audiences and make piles of money, their leagues often copy it with things like regional branding. "Overwatch" is an online sport, though, so it doesn’t matter where players live or train. | | |
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