I’ve always been one of those that felt like if we could get some of the other teams’ best players out of the game, we had a better chance to win. Yet I didn’t want to recruit just big, ugly, old, big guys, smelly armpits, all that stuff. I wanted to find some pretty guys who could shoot the ball, too, because I liked the balance of it there. |
| | | | | Nothing but net. (slgckgc) | | | | | |  | “I’ve always been one of those that felt like if we could get some of the other teams’ best players out of the game, we had a better chance to win. Yet I didn’t want to recruit just big, ugly, old, big guys, smelly armpits, all that stuff. I wanted to find some pretty guys who could shoot the ball, too, because I liked the balance of it there.”
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| rantnrave:// It must suck to be BREANNA STEWART, MORIAH JEFFERSON and MORGAN TUCK right about now, having played together for four years on as good a dream team ever assembled in any sport and knowing that after TUESDAY you may never get to play together again (give or take a future OLYMPIC team or two). They go for their 75th straight win and fourth national championship against SYRACUSE TUESDAY night, after which the three seniors have a legitimate shot at being the first three picks in next week's WNBA draft… For the men, it's VILLANOVA -- who played like the CONNECTICUT women in destroying OKLAHOMA on SATURDAY -- against NORTH CAROLINA at 9:19 pm ET tonight on TBS… Playing basketball in football stadiums is weird. Always has been, always will be... Balls, ranked… The worst ballpark food… A TIGER-less MASTERS. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Slate |
| The Nick Young–D’Angelo Russell video shows media gatekeepers are still alive and well. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| The longtime losers are now the preseason favorites-a sign of how the most adaptable teams have become the best ones. | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| Kevin Arnovitz reveals the moment when Golden State not only cracked the Cavaliers in the 2015 Finals, but became one of the greatest teams in NBA history. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Sports |
| The Great NHL Email Dump earlier this week, courtesy of the discovery phase of its concussion lawsuit vs. dozens of ex-players, has been correctly termed a "treasure trove." | | |
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 | Sporting News |
| The backlash to Abby Wambach's arrest remains to be seen, but reputation is fragile and women's soccer cannot afford to lose its well-known ambassadors. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Once more around the block with David Ortiz, then the retirement papers take effect after the 2016 season and it's off to Legendville. What a ride it's been, fabulous and funny, dramatic and dynamic. The Minnesota Twins acquired him in September 1996, literally as a player to be named later for third baseman Dave Hollins. | | |
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 | New York Post |
| HOUSTON - It is a walk they make every day on campus, a walk from a perfect past into the present. There are highlights of The Perfect Game and a 150-foot long mural celebrating that forever 1985 Villanova team greeting students when they walk inside the atrium lobby of the Davis Center on their way to the fitness center. | | |
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| ESPN.com |
| The Tar Heels have had success playing big against smaller opponents and will stick to their traditional lineup in the championship game Monday. | | |
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 | SB*Nation |
| The ghosts of 2015 haven't been exorcised just yet. Do the Royals get back at Noah Syndergaard? Do the Mets get back at Chase Utley? It's unwritten rules time! | | |
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 | National Post |
| An oral history of sex, bribes and goalie moms. | | |
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| Slate |
| The Huskies will win this year’s title. That will end one of the greatest runs in sports history. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The concept seeks to merge a tough, one-on-one street game with a slick nightclub vibe. | | |
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 | MEL Magazine |
| A photo essay starring Sifu Shi Yan Ming, founder of the USA Shaolin Temple and the esteemed kung-fu instructor of RZA. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| Curiously absent in the recent and gigantic uptick of eSports enthusiasm in America, are sports video games. "League of Legends’" world championship sold out Staples Center and drew more viewership than The Masters in 2013, but games such as "Madden," "FIFA" and "NBA 2K" have not yet begun to approach that level of attracting spectators. | | |
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 | BBC Sport |
| This Formula 1 season is revealing its secrets slowly - but there is enough evidence after the first two races that a tight battle is brewing for the world championship. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| The odds were long: 150 men vying for three roster spots, with no guarantee that anyone would make the cut. It didn’t help that I was trying to hide a dirty secret in my quest to become a pro football player. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| While campaigning for Trump, the ex-VP candidate actually made a good point. Maybe Palin’s comments will spur support for the shamefully overlooked Kramer. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| With all seven Canada-based teams in the N.H.L. eliminated from playoff contention, fans in places like Montreal or Vancouver will soon head for the golf course. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| On the slow train out of London, asymmetric glass towers give way to industrial parks which give way to stooped rows of attached brick homes-and finally a football stadium. My destination was Watford. The town-quaint, tidy-is technically in Hertfordshire, a county just northwest of metropolitan London. | | |
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 | Racked |
| Is the world’s biggest fitness brand even a fitness brand at all? | | |
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