You can't listen to people on Twitter. They're irrational. | | | | Chelsea are the champions of England.
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| | rantnrave:// Sports is unique in how it lets you measure time. Fans age in years and in eras. For YANKEES fans of a certain age, Sunday night was likely a reference point of their own mortality. DEREK JETER had his No. 2 retired in MONUMENT PARK. If you grew up a Yankees fan in the ‘90s, the moment might have aged you in dog years. Sports, at its best, can be a connective tissue -- between parts of your life, between generations, between family and friends. There are many reasons to be cynical about sports but sometimes its sentimentality can soothe you, too... Imagine how much better Jeter's career could have been if he had listened to the assistant to the traveling secretary... Sports rights were supposed to be a saving grace for TV networks, but have they become too expensive? As ESPN restructures, other media companies are deciding whether to invest in live games. How will the future of sports media look and who wants to pay for it? Dig deep with our new REDEF SportsSET "Will Sports Rights Save Media Companies or Doom Them?"... This fall, BETH MOWINS will become the second woman to call an NFL regular season game. About time... I don't know what it says about #THERESISTANCE that SPURS coach GREGG POPOVICH is one of the most powerful voices standing against PRESIDENT TRUMP. His outspokenness isn't just another example of politics slipping into sports. Everything is political. We know that now. Popovich stands tall because he is eloquent with his criticism. He is also the head coach of USA BASKETBALL. Pop is one of the few (only?) frontline US Olympic officials to dissent against Trump. For the next three years, and heading into the 2020 OLYMPICS, the man leading the most prominent US national team will be at odds with the president. Has that happened before? Will it turn into a flashpoint?... What's it like to cover LEBRON JAMES?... Worried about a "finite" amount of energy during the day? Exercise, then eat... I wonder how GATORADE feels about NBA stars taking their bottles off the table during postgame press conferences. Will the NBA send out a memo to support a crucial sponsor? And is there a reason for this or just coincidence?... As the line blurs between fantasy sports and sports gambling, a startup is trying to inch its way into the space with a realtime gambling app. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | REDEF |
| Sports rights were supposed to be a saving grace for TV networks, but have they become too expensive? As ESPN restructures, other media companies are deciding whether to invest in live games. How will the future of sports media look and who wants to pay for it? | | |
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 | Washingtonian |
| Washington hasn’t won a World Series in 93 years. But this unlikely team came surprisingly close. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| Fantasy sports have never been more popular. Single-game sports betting is legal only in Nevada. The line between the two is blurring rapidly, however, as the U.S. inches closer to legalization. | | |
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 | The Kansas City Star |
| I am sure she’d have preferred to see me become a novelist, or to write about the arts, but I chose sports, so I’ve thought of my mom in empty high school gymnasiums and at ear-splitting Super Bowls. And since she passed away a few days ago, I’ve thought of her even more. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| We love watching other people put their bodies to the test while we sit there, allowing ours to atrophy. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The star is set to begin her first WNBA season in Washington after following one of the impulses that nearly drove her from the sport. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Minnesota could have used the No. 57 pick in the 2011 NBA Draft to select the future Boston Celtics star. Instead, they took Tanguy Ngombo, producing one of the weirdest stories in draft history. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| After seven years as a general partner at Highland Capital Partners, Wyc Grousbeck transitioned from venture capitalist to owner of the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics. Grousbeck speaks with Bloomberg Business of Sports co-hosts Scott Soshnick and Michael Barr about the current state of the Celtics, N.B.A. player salaries, and basketball's popularity in Europe and Asia. | | |
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 | LiveScience |
| President Donald Trump reportedly eschews exercise because he believes it drains the body's "finite" energy resources, but experts say this argument is flawed. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| The cost of perfection was different for members of the Dolphins’ 1972 undefeated team. Some are suffering from dementia while others are reading The Wall Street Journal and skateboarding around Venice Beach. But for all of them, the dangers of football weigh heavy on their minds. | | |
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 | Thrillist |
| This article has no references to deflating footballs. | | |
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 | Mercury News |
| A deep dive into the past three years of Mike Brown’s life, which included a basketball sabbatical that completely altered his outlook. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| Networks are getting ready to unveil the fall season’s prime-time TV schedules to advertisers, on the heels of entertainment ratings declines this season. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| 15-year-old Moziah “Mo” Bridges has landed a licensing deal for his company, Mo's Bows, with the NBA. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| The Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy plays an invaluable role for LaShawn Gilmore and her 16-year-old son, George. | | |
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 | Scroll.in |
| Live sport is a natural player for over-the-top, or OTT, content platforms such as Hotstar, which offer something television can't. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| Kelsey Plum is much more than a viral video ( or even two ). In her 22 years, the 2017 No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft has already won a gold medal with the USA. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Former UCLA star Lonzo Ball's signature basketball shoes sold about 500 pairs in the first week they were available. | | |
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 | New York Post |
| Then he was gone, and as they prepared the field for a baseball game, and as he left the field one last time, hearing his name, he looked exactly as he’d looked so often in this very corner of the neighborhood: very much at peace. Good for him. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Nearing a third-straight Eastern Conference Finals, SI.com asks two reporters covering him what it's like to report on LeBron James. | | |
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