Imagine Jackie Robinson happened today. Would we not cover Jackie Robinson, would we not try to engage in smart conversation about the significance of Jackie Robinson to our culture? A lot of what people are talking about in terms of political commentary is really social commentary, and sports has always been about the broadening of our society… the unification, or in some cases the division. | | | | The Predators towered over the Ducks in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.
(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Imagine Jackie Robinson happened today. Would we not cover Jackie Robinson, would we not try to engage in smart conversation about the significance of Jackie Robinson to our culture? A lot of what people are talking about in terms of political commentary is really social commentary, and sports has always been about the broadening of our society… the unification, or in some cases the division.”
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| | rantnrave:// What role will sports play in the next few months, or years? Will news and media consumers have enough bandwith for it all? The NFL saw a dip in ratings during the election season, though the numbers climbed up once Nov. 8 passed by. But what's going on in WASHINGTON now far surpasses the intrigue and sensationalism of the final months of a long campaign. If the election cannibalized NFL TV viewership, what does that mean for MLB and the NBA playoffs, and maybe even the NFL again in the fall? We must all make choices on how spend our free time -- do we watch LEBRON or CNN? Do we read the NEW YORK TIMES or SI? Media fatigue is real. People will still watch sports and in droves, but when even marginal ratings declines is headline news, every ratings tick matters... BETH MOWINS will be a fresh and valued voice in an NFL booth. It's not just because she will be the second woman ever to call a game. It's because broadcast booths are generally stale. They are white noise, and new voices are a way to break through and be heard in the living room. Most announcers are interchangeable and NFL games, especially, have a blandness to them. Mowins will provide a new point of view and a new way of looking at the game. Change is good... A synopsis of ROBERT MUELLER's last big case: looking into the NFL's RAY RICE investigation... Can anyone afford the MIAMI MARLINS?... There is nothing surprising about learning TOM BRADY suffered a concussion last season. Or that he has them however frequently his wife meant to say he does before she cut herself off. Our knowledge of brain injuries in the NFL remains surface level despite the spotlight they've been under. Playing through the damage remains paramount. When BEN ROETHLISBERGER takes himself out as a precaution, that is an exception, not the rule. Brady never made an injury report last year, or ever, for a concussion. I'd believe his wife, not the PATRIOTS, on this... The WNBA's TWITTER debut was a hit. The league drew 1.1 million unique viewers Sunday -- a third of the average NFL audience for Thursday night games last year. That's a lofty number for a league that has had viewership issues... 76ERS fans continue to pray at the alter of SAM HINKIE. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| A $5,200 unpaid water bill let two German real-estate investors lay claim for a brief moment to a cherished piece of Baltimore real estate: the Ravens football stadium. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
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| Even as he rounded the bases for Tennessee a decade ago at the Women's College World Series, Lex Clay struggled to find a safe space in softball. Today, he reflects on his journey. | | |
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 | Toronto Star |
| The Ottawa Senators forward has returned from concussion issues that cost him two seasons, but he admits “it’s always in the back of my mind a little bit.” | | |
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 | ESPN |
| Like velociraptors testing the fences, the Dodgers are finding ways to exploit baseball's new rule -- and hasten the demise of the old-school ace. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| I’m standing in the middle of a giant chain sports bar. It is mobbed-3,500 people showed up to the Sixers lottery party, per organizers. But it feels like mass. | | |
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| Cyclists could soon be riding 'green waves' with help from deep learning. | | |
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| On January 28, locals from Western Aleppo gathered to watch a football match, as a testament to how powerful the effect of a single strategically positioned match can be on a dictator’s image. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| From Nevada to Minnesota, hollowed-out mining towns are seeing economic revitalization on trails and tracks that attract mountain bikers from far and wide. | | |
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| Draft season is here, meaning teams will scramble to find their own version of the Warriors’ do-it-all forward. But finding a Green replica is more complicated than it seems. | | |
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| The lawsuit that surfaced Wednesday morning is the seventh civil suit against the university in the last year since an investigation by the Pepper Hamilton law firm into Baylor's Title IX compliance found a "fundamental failure" to protect female students and concerns about the "tone and culture" within the football program. | | |
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| You know him as the champ and Uncle Drew. But to hear his boys, coaches and former teammates tell it, the Cavs' crossover king used to be obsessed with...High School Musical? | | |
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| The organizers of the French Open denied wild-card entry to Sharapova, who is returning from a fifteen-month doping ban. | | |
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| Two years after snapping horse racing’s 37-year Triple Crown drought, he’s still a star on a Kentucky farm. | | |
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