When you have an ownership group or a collection round that believes what it's going to take, then money is not an object. |
| | | | | Money ball. | | | | | | | “When you have an ownership group or a collection round that believes what it's going to take, then money is not an object.”
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| rantnrave:// On paper, the NBA's luxury tax makes all kind of sense. Penalize teams who spend excessively and share the resulting fines with more frugal teams. Good for economic equality, good for competitive balance, right? Well, no. In our new REDEF ORIGINAL, "PAY TO PLAY: WHY IT'S TIME TO END THE NBA'S LUXURY TAX," PRASHOB MENON crunches three decades' worth of soft-cap and lux-tax numbers and finds the tax isn't achieving either of those goals and may, in fact, be a regressive, anti-competitive tax. Also, memo to general managers: Spending over the tax cap will help you win games. But how much you spend over that line makes no difference. Seriously... ALAN SHIPNUCK's amazing psychological profile of TIGER WOODS for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED has enough anecdotes to fill sports TWITTER with hashtags for the rest of 2016, from WOODS' fascination with #NavySEALS to his swimming with actual seals and #sharks. But the most telling, horrifying and humanizing clue as to what happened to the 21st century's greatest golfer comes from his former swing coach, HANK HANEY, who tells SHIPNUCK that WOODS simply got "tired of being TIGER WOODS" a decade ago. When his father died, HANEY adds, "here comes a free pass to not be TIGER WOODS for a week. He jumped on it so fast it's unbelievable"... USMNT crisis averted. For now... RIP GLEN DAWSON. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| Despite introducing North America's first major league salary cap, the NBA now boasts its most complex and least effective payroll model. At the heart of this is the luxury tax, a 2003 addition that delivered superficial improvements but widened the gap between rich and poor teams. To retake its leadership position, the league has to accept a hard truth: the soft cap + luxury tax model isn't working. | | |
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| It has been eight years since he took a major title, and he's rarely seen with a club in his hand. Even though Tiger Woods will be, at best, a ceremonial figure at the Masters, many believe he can still rediscover his magic at age 40. | | |
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| >From 1989-2008, Mike Francesa and Chris Russo dominated the New York sports talk radio scene. They are reuniting for one night to benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation. We tell the story of how the duo came to be. | | |
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| SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood torched the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, scoring 30 points -- all in the first half -- as his team rolled to a 48-point win. But when the lopsided beatdown ended, Hood joined dozens of others, including the governor of Utah, outside the Lakers' locker room at Vivint Smart Home Arena. | | |
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| California will get a new professional team in 2017 with roots in the tech industry. And its founders hope to use virtual reality to boost performance. | | |
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| The nation is a world leader in competitive video games--yet officials and parents are suspicious of gaming. | | |
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| At 7:30 p.m. ET, the New York City offices of the NHL are eerily quiet. Following quickly behind John Dellapina, NHL group vice president of communications, I pass empty offices and cubicles as he leads me to a room in a non-descript hallway I nearly walk right past. | | |
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| This Sunday (Apr. 3) the WWE will host the Super Bowl of professional wrestling. Wrestlemania will takeover the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas, which has a maximum capacity of 105,000. If things go as the WWE plans, the show will be the biggest pro wrestling event in history. That's only partly why you should tune in. | | |
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| The MMQB went behind-the-scenes to look at the logistical complexity of the Rams' nomadic season to come | | |
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| The United States Men’s National Team beat the pants off of Guatemala 4-0 tonight, avoiding the disaster scenario and setting themselves up to advance to the final round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying. But while the victory was comprehensive, there were plenty of worrying signs for the USMNT’s future. | | |
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| It was a late afternoon in early December 1997. Peter Vecsey had an 8 pm deadline for his New York Post column, which ran three times per week, but the Golden State Warriors weren't returning his calls. Vecsey had recently reported that Latrell Sprewell was on the trade block, and was trying to nail down progress on or consummation of a deal. | | |
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| The rule preventing prospective free agents from talking with teams means the Texans handed Brock Osweiler the keys to their franchise pretty much sight unseen. A slight tweak--creating a free-agent visiting period--is an easy, and sensible, fix. | | |
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| In a letter sent to the Times' legal counsel Monday, an attorney for the NFL called the story "false and defamatory," issued a "demand that the story immediately be retracted," and hinted at legal action. Sports editor Jason Stallman said the Times sees "no reason to retract anything." | | |
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| Seriously, read what they have to say and you will believe billionaire NFL owners can be dumber than dirt. | | |
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| Being LeBron James' teammate, coach or GM can be tricky to navigate at times, but Brian Windhorst writes that the Cavs star is worth the effort and always has been. | | |
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| In a city desperately fighting to restore its name and reputation, soccer and specifically FC Juarez have become a beacon of hope. | | |
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| In February of 1966, 23-year-old Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb opened her mailbox and eagerly tore open the letter from the Boston Athletic Association, expecting to see her race number. Instead, she found that her request for an application to that year's Boston Marathon had been denied. | | |
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| When will the World Anti-Doping Agency take a hard look at winter sports after being shown sweeping corruption in track and field? | | |
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| While the earliest reference to baseball being played in Korea is thought to be in a newspaper from 1896, an even earlier mention can be found in the personal diary of a Seoul resident from 1894. | | |
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| Public money for private business is always a bad idea and the spring training scam is just another example of why. | | |
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