I taught Zumba for years here. But instead of calling it Zumba, I called it ‘exercise to music’ so no one would notice. | | | | A skate park in a church
(David Ramos/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I taught Zumba for years here. But instead of calling it Zumba, I called it ‘exercise to music’ so no one would notice.”
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| | rantnrave:// BROOKS KOEPKA towered over the field at the US OPEN after a final round 67. Two majors this year, two first-time majors winners, two completely different stories. Koepka gets his second tour win, while JORDAN SPIETH, RORY MCILROY and other stars linger way behind. Is it better for golf to have its stars pile up the majors or to spread them out? Nine different golfers have won the last nine majors. It's easy to say the PGA rode the TIGER WOODS era to a new level of popularity, but Woods was a unique phenomena. Where does golf go next?... The DODGERS still aren't on TV in millions of homes. Will LA viewers get to see CLAYTON KERSHAW pitch before he retires?... Finally got to try VR, thanks to the awesome MLB.COM AT BAT app. Made me think how far we've come in 15 years. Remember when HD was a big deal? Thinking about getting my own headset now. Or should I wait until the tech gets better? VR makes for a weird communal experience, though. What's the fix for a group of friends watching a game in VR together? Seems a little anti-social in that regard... Sports teams are getting into VR, too. GERMANY's national soccer team is adopting the technology for training. It's only a matter of time until it's widespread... DIANA TAURASI, G.O.A.T... RAMADAN ends later this month. How do Muslim athletes train and perform during a month of fasting? SHIREEN AHMED looks at how 15 athletes stay in competitive shape... This has me clamoring to see GLOW. Need a new NETFLIX binge to get through the dog days of the sports calendar... The SIXERS and CELTICS are about to pull off a big trade for the top pick in the NBA DRAFT. Really intrigued by this DANNY AINGE move. I want to know what his draft board looks like. Does he think MARKELLE FULTZ isn’t the top player in the draft? Or does he not like his brain? That PHILLY roster is nice now, though. A lot of high-ceiling talent. But they're riding two big ifs: potential and health. The Celts wouldn't be in that position without the 2013 trade that gave them a bundle of NETS picks. This was a fun look back at that deal. Like learning how someone won the lottery. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Jerry Buss often worried about his older daughter’s happiness, like many fathers do, so when he considered promoting her to run the Forum, he thought of the toll such a demanding job would take. | | |
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 | The Nation |
| The need for radical voices has never been more pressing. The need to defend voices that are being silenced is a task for all of us. | | |
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 | NY Daily News |
| “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” - Murphy’s Law, ignored by the Brooklyn Nets. | | |
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
| Five terrifying minutes on a baseball field, in the words of the people who were there. | | |
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 | BuzzFeed |
| Competitive athletes from around the world tell us how they stay in fighting shape while fasting for Ramadan. | | |
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 | Bicycling |
| Yes, you read that right. And microbiologist and enduro racer Lauren Peterson says “yes.” | | |
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 | Digital Sport |
| When the Premier League comes to negotiate price with broadcasters for the next TV rights cycle, it will do so on the back of some concerning numbers. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Unlike the NBA and MLB, the NFL isn’t built for this. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| Let’s get this straight: If something horrible happens to me on a ride, don’t ever say I died doing what I love. I feel no affection about the idea of getting pulverized by a 4,000-pound SUV, especially if the driver was flipping through Instagram. Still, I recognize that something might happen. And rather than leave it up to other people to commemorate my life and death on the bike, I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands. | | |
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 | The Players' Tribune |
| Dear Dad. Over the past few months, you've done a lot of talking about me. | | |
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 | Detroit Free Press |
| They didn’t look alike, talk alike, or come from the same world. Then they were together, fighting the fight of their lives. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Grant Hill, one of the most recognized players in basketball history, was a two-time NCAA champion at Duke and seven-time NBA All-Star. He's still in the game as part-owner of the Atlanta Hawks. He also started a private equity mezzanine fund. Hill talks about how to prepare for life after professional sports and the time his mother Janet, a board member at Carlyle Group, fixed his broken toys, wrapped them, and put them under the Christmas tree. | | |
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 | Daily Dot |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| Something recently has changed. The NFL, quietly, is using its massive power in ways it never has before—positive ways. It's an effort that has stunned even the most cynical of team executives. | | |
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 | Racked |
| Basketball games are gonna start looking like NASCAR races. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| It’s hard to imagine a sport like yacht racing being a place for a little man’s triumph, but that’s exactly what documentary Courageous details: Ted Turner’s 1977 America’s Cup win. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| An Iranian government institution promoting sports and a healthy lifestyle effectively banned Zumba classes for being contrary to Islamic precepts. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Sports fandom is weird, and one dad wanted his son to make an informed choice, so he asked all 30 MLB teams for help. | | |
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 | The Seattle Times |
| Backcountry skiers Trevor Kostanich and Forest McBrian have completed one of the most ambitious ski ventures ever attempted in Washington’s mountains. | | |
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 | EW |
| Part sports drama, part showbiz satire, part birth-of-the-modern-woman allegory - all heartbreaking glitter-blasted humanity - Netflix’s GLOW is unlike any show I’ve ever seen. | | |
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