We’re getting dangerously close to every pitcher red-lining when he doesn’t really have to. They’re not preparing to learn how to pitch like it’s a six-gear car. They’re always in sixth gear. | | | | The Marlins couldn't draw fans in their old stadium. They can't draw them in their new stadium either.
(Sarah Glenn/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “We’re getting dangerously close to every pitcher red-lining when he doesn’t really have to. They’re not preparing to learn how to pitch like it’s a six-gear car. They’re always in sixth gear.”
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| | rantnrave:// How should MLB respond to the racist abuse ADAM JONES took in BOSTON Monday night? MLB must act quickly and strongly, and words won't be enough. It's not just because of a sense of moral righteousness -- though that is important too -- but because MLB is in a different position than other major sports. The league sits on a razor's edge. “Baseball is a white man’s sport," Jones said in September, and while that may not be altogether true, MLB does have a much lower count of African-American players than the NBA and NFL. MLB has long been a home for culture wars. Lately, that has been seen in the debate over how the game is played -- specifically how much fun and celebration should be allowed. Playing the "right way" has been accused of being code for playing the "white way." In European soccer, fans' racist acts can lead to games in empty stadiums or repercussions for the team itself. That's the sort of baseline MLB must set here, too. There are remorseful statements and there is action. We've seen the former. Will we get the latter?... METS fans, I love you, but you're weird. Having your ashes dumped into CITI FIELD toilets may cross the fine line between being a fan and the kind of fanaticism that extends into the afterlife... I wonder if DEREK JETER is just the beginning of the athlete-turned-owner life cycle. MAGIC JOHNSON and MICHAEL JORDAN are owners, to,o but they made their wealth as much off the field as on it. Jeter starred during a generation when sports paychecks grew into the hundreds of millions of dollars -- enough to make sizable contributions to investments in teams. And there is enough evidence that being just an ex-jock is no longer enough. Athletes want to be entrepreneurs and investors and owners. Being only the face of a product isn't cool anymore... KERITH BURKE, a former SNY broadcaster, wrote a poignant essay about her struggle to find a new job in the TV industry. It puts a fine point on the changing nature of sports programming. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | Quartz |
| “I was so busy playing the game, I forgot about my pain.” | | |
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 | Between the Lines |
| The shoes are pretty sick, but I literally would not wear them even if Nike paid me to. I’m not even going to show a picture. | | |
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 | Medium |
| ESPN is the peak. Was the peak? I don’t know anymore. But coming out of college, I knew ESPN was where the best sports reporters in the business were. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Amid concerns about pro football’s overreliance on opioids and other painkillers, many see cannabis as an effective and safer alternative. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| The inside story of how Kevin Durant's arrival in Golden State began the marginalization of the team's -- and NBA's -- best player. | | |
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 | BuzzFeed |
| Conservative media has seen ESPN’s business problems through the prism of politics. But the network’s struggles are much more straightforward. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Esports are uniquely vulnerable to a widespread match fixing scandal. Can a network of organizations prevent it before it begins? | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| "I did do some s--t wrong," says Greg Hardy , fresh from his first game as a member of the developmental Spring League, where he's trying for the umpteenth time to return to professional football. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion interview the head writer for Blizzard's 'Overwatch,' Michael Chu (3:31). They discuss the challenges of implementing elements of story to a multiplayer game. | | |
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 | The Forbes Interview |
| SoulCycle's Melanie Whelan has used slick marketing, strategic branding and a tight-knit community to turn a once dreaded activity into a luxury experience. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Saturday's (May 6) Kentucky Derby puts horse racing back in the public eye, and this year's edition is not lacking for compelling storylines. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| The rigorous activity is dominated by female athletes-and is growing in legitimacy and popularity. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| Father LaVar Ball’s push for a co-branded partnership with a major brand has stifled what would have been a highly competitive market for Lonzo, an industry source told The Vertical. But the game isn’t over yet. | | |
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 | Bloody Elbow |
| Karim Zidan looks at the history of ethnic tension between neighbouring republics in the North Caucasus & its effect on the cancelation of ACB 59. | | |
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 | Trail Run Project Journal |
| With a fast track background and a training base in Flagstaff, the 26-year-old is redefining what we think is possible in the trail and ultra world. “Who’s the kid in the crop top?” my friend texted me on a Saturday late last June. | | |
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 | Slate |
| What makes a group of athletes greater than the sum of its parts? Is it the knowing glance that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady exchanges wi ... | | |
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 | MMQB |
| Chicago relied on stealth to get its quarterback of the future. Even Trubisky had no idea until the pick was announced. | | |
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 | Toronto Star |
| 2017 could be a turning point for Canada’s fastest man, who is learning to balance on-track performance with off-the-track business demands. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Finance |
| Magic Johnson is seeking partners for an infrastructure fund he's launching with the CEO of Loop Capital. It's the latest in a new trend that includes Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony: athletes partner with a financier to launch an investment fund. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Cetys University is making an ambitious bid to become the first Mexican member of the N.C.A.A. | | |
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