Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole! | | | | John McEnroe goes wild.
(Bettmann/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!”
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| | rantnrave:// What is the threshold for avoiding the TRUMP effect? Almost every athlete that has been aligned with him has been criticized for it. It can be a reputation spoiler. BRADY, BELICHICK, and the PATRIOTS are known as Trump's team, and roasted for it. UNDER ARMOUR suffered after CEO KEVIN PLANK publicly supported Trump. RORY MCILROY has admitted second thoughts after he got flack for golfing with Trump. Supporting the president is basically anathema in the NBA. Can PEYTON MANNING avoid it? He has generated a clean public profile for himself. He's one of sports' premier pitchmen -- a star who bridges the blue and red state divide. He had enough social capital that he was able to evade any serious blowback when decades-old sexual assault accusations resurfaced in 2016. Sunday, Manning went golfing with the president. So what happens now? He's no longer in the NFL but he still matters to the league. He could eventually land in a TV booth or on a pregame show, or run a team. If any league's fans and establishment could forgive a star's relationship with Trump, it's the NFL, where tolerance for progressive politics is low. But it's still a risk for Manning. There's intrigue for Trump as well. Politicians frequently use athletes for campaigns or policy initiatives -- PRESIDENT OBAMA made a habit of it. Trump has leaned on athletes and coaches for support, but for how much longer will they be willing to join him?... BUZZFEED's ALEX KANTROWITZ sums up why TV networks are willing to shell out huge dollars for sports in one tweet... This NBA FINALS makes you wonder about the limits of the human spirit. If LEBRON JAMES can't win, how can the rest of us beat the odds? It's like watching BRUCE WAYNE try to climb his way out of that hole. OK, not quite. It's unfair to hype this series as LeBron vs. the WARRIORS. But Warriors > LeBron. We may be seeing the best ever performance by a player for a losing team... The Warriors are like the 2007 PATRIOTS. Can they remain undefeated?... Interesting, and odd, story on JERRY STACKHOUSE by SCOTT CACCIOLA. The former NBA star has been recording his life for the past 20 years. What compels someone to do that? Stackhouse says he wants to save his memories. Does he get tired of constantly being watched? BEYONCE does this, too. We already live curated lives. Does this take away the pretense that we're not? | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| One year ago, a chosen few brought Muhammad Ali back to Louisville for the last time. This is the story of how they carried out their sacred calling. | | |
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| What Cuba’s legendary chess maestro-and the island’s enduring love affair with the game-reveals about the country’s uncertain future. | | |
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| Can't wait for The Rock in 2020? Come smell what Glenn Jacobs is cooking for a life beyond wrestling, to reinvent himself as the opposite of the character he plays on TV. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Every day, Raúl Flores crosses a bridge over the Rio Grande for the chance to play football -- and have what his mother hopes will be a better life. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| Nike and Under Armour have long fought for shelf space at retailers. Lately, though, they have been quibbling over another coveted spot: a weed-strewn running track in Nike’s backyard. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| Incidents involving LeBron James, Adam Jones show racism is as virulent as ever. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| The tech giant has grand ambitions, and thinks that fully immersive live sports is the key to giving fans what they want-someday. | | |
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| The former N.B.A. player uses the latest video gear to record all, even the team he just coached to a championship. To what end? That’s a good question. | | |
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| Whether it's a Goodyear logo for the Cavs or a beer in the Premier League, it's just a part of fanhood. | | |
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| In order to truly discuss what will happen with a rule change, we need to talk like adults. | | |
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| She can only see when she’s asleep.. | | |
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| A plunge inside the life, mind and family of the Hawkeyes' wrestling coach. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| This year’s finals featured an unforgettable showdown -- and celebrated the joy and innocence that come with kids chasing their dreams. | | |
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| Alex Honnold has become the first climber to free solo Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan wall. | | |
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| How "SI's" Tom Verducci got former NL MVP Ken Caminiti for a 2002 cover story that blew the lid off baseball's steorid problem once and for all. | | |
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 | The Outline |
| Sputnik Monroe understood the purchasing power of black people and transformed Memphis’ pro wrestling fanbase at the height of segregation. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Marc Lasry is co-owner of the National Basketball Association's Milwaukee Bucks. He's also the chairman and chief executive officer of Avenue Capital Management, the investment management company he co-founded more than a decade ago. Lasry speaks with Bloomberg Business of Sports co-hosts Scott Soshnick and Michael Barr about the business of basketball and his 2014 purchase of the team for a record $550 million dollars. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| Part Burning Man, part Camino de Santiago, part Fringe Festival thrown in for good measure, Trail Days is 72 hours of hiking mayhem. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| The Atlanta Braves executive became the first black man to run a Major League Baseball team-but few have followed in his footsteps in the last 40 years. | | |
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 | Cleveland Scene |
| Steve handles the day-to-day nuts and bolts of the operation and receives a flat monthly salary for his work. Small bonuses after particularly prosperous months are delivered, larger bonuses after particularly prosperous years. He and Luke have paired up since 2008 to take bets on four leagues, pulling in tens of thousands of dollars a year from a consistent bettor base that includes friends, friends of friends, friends of friends of friends and the occasional guy from the bar. | | |
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