Please remember that even though so much can be quantified these days, the most important things cannot be. | | | | Sweden's thrill of victory, Canada's agony of defeat.
(Martin Rose/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Please remember that even though so much can be quantified these days, the most important things cannot be.”
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| | rantnrave:// In the old days, radio hosts and columnists would have to create straw-men to prop up their nonsensical arguments. Luckily, TWITTER and the rest of the internet has given life to all of them. You can find nearly anything being debated, from nearly every point. LEBRON JAMES can play poorly Sunday night and suddenly there is a faction debating his legacy. Media suffers from a fake news problem, and sports media suffers from a marketplace of ideas where the worst ones can gain traction. EV WILLIAMS says the "internet is broken." Sometimes it's hard to argue... This is the murky world the NFL has stepped into by allowing the RAIDERS to move to LAS VEGAS. The league can ban gambling but the team's lease still allows for gambling on mobile apps. Maybe the NFL will try to ban this too but how far can it go? How invasive can the league be? Can it prevent fans from making bets while they're in the stadium? The NFL says it expects the team to follow its rules -- but that's vague. It should let this one go, out of practicality and the reality that it's fighting an uphill battle. But this is as much a PR war as anything else, so it's doubtful the league will give up the fight... C. TRENT ROSENCRANS has a cool podcast series about the path of one REDS minor leaguer to the majors. It's refreshing and fun to see a daily beat writer experiment with a different format of storytelling. The GREAT AMERICAN DREAM is intimate and empathetic. The latest episode is about the language barriers Hispanic players face when they reach professional baseball... MICHAEL EISNER is one step closer to buying ENGLISH soccer club PORTSMOUTH... Could an AINGE find a place in CONGRESS?... BILL CONNELLY for NCAA commissioner. We need a new one now, to prevent unfair rules like this one. Colleges and the NCAA continue to find themselves in a familiar timeline. They make a rule or decision the public hates, take a public shaming, then relent. At some point it would be good to skip the first two steps... THEO EPSTEIN's words of wisdom to YALE's graduating class of 2017... A smart Epstein idea: the CUBS' clubhouse. Clubhouses are often large and impersonal but CHICAGO spent time researching how theirs should be built. JARED DIAMOND writes about the importance of having a circular clubhouse and why it encapsulates the genius the Cubs have used to build a champion... The story of how NASHVILLE grew to love the PREDATORS should be a textbook guide for expansion teams and for how a sport can flourish in a new market. BEN SHPIGEL captures it in rich detail. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | ESPN |
| The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs aren't just fighting for the Western Conference title. They're fighting for the soul of the game. | | |
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 | GQ |
| An epic hang with John John Florence at his compound on Oahu’s North Shore. | | |
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 | The Athletic |
| Cubs president Theo Epstein was the honored speaker at the Yale College’s Class Day at his alma mater, Yale University, on Sunday (May 21). | | |
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 | WSJ |
| The Chicago Cubs’ clubhouse at Wrigley Field is designed to be a place where players are encouraged to talk to each other. | | |
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 | The Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Everybody speaks baseball, but not everybody speaks English. No problema. | | |
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 | SB*Nation |
| We need someone we can trust to watch over all of college football. That might as well be me. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Roberts takes the long look as he gauges Kershaw's innings. | | |
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 | Eater |
| Eater put fitness trackers on food runners at two top NYC restaurants. Here are the results. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| While bowling gains new fans in hipster enclaves of New York and London, a German photographer is documenting a cradle of the sport. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| How our minds push our bodies to defy expectations, belief, and even our own biology. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| Madison Bumgarner, the larger-than-life ace of the San Francisco Giants, carries the backstory of the hero in a tall tale. He began chewing tobacco in the fifth grade; he got married in blue jeans; he chopped up a rattlesnake with an axe and saved the two baby bunnies he found inside. But one story has fascinated fans and reporters more than the rest. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| In the embarrassing history of ‘Celebrity Boxing,’ one match stands out: Screech vs. Horshack. | | |
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 | Literary Hub |
| Two new books at the fraught intersection of sports and mental illness. | | |
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 | BBC |
| Fifty years ago, Marottichal was rife with alcoholism and illicit gambling, but everything changed after one man taught the town to play an ancient game of strategy. | | |
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 | Slate |
| In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and guest Jane Coaston talk about the not-so-exciting prelude to the inevitable Warriors-Cavs NBA Finals. They’re also joined by former Turkish Basketball Federation official Sean Singer to discuss the saga of Enes Kanter. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The Predators’ transformation to playoff perennials has been rewarding for employees and fans. | | |
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 | Digiday |
| For Bleacher Report U.K, keeping a young audience engaged on Snapchat Discover is about ensuring each snap has a singular purpose. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Daniels is an alumni of NASCAR's Drive For Diversity program, which aims to diversify the sport. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| Thanks to MLB's Statcast, fans are falling in love with home runs all over again. Through exit velocities and launch angles, everyone is enamored with the technology and how it enhances their overall experience. Can MLB revisit an old concept but put a Statcast spin on it to win over more fans? | | |
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| GQ |
| For nearly 25 years, "Mario Kart" has been a video game constant, one of a handful of games that has long been played and loved by just about everyone, not just the video game faithful. There have been many versions of "Mario Kart," and while each has its own quirks and additions, for the most part the game has remained exactly the same. How is it that this game is still so good? | | |
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