Going in one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference in your life. | | | | Is that your lucky horseshoe?
(Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Going in one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference in your life.”
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| | rantnrave:// Sometimes the best stories are the simplest ones. The ones that don't involve stars or pro athletes. The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE's look at seven runners training for the SAN FRANCISCO MARATHON is fantastic. None are famous. None are world-class athletes. And I might not remember any of their names next week. But I was captivated by their journeys. I've trained for a marathon. I know how grueling it is. And how much joy it can bring you. Competition has a different meaning to all of us. Running is the purest form. You're racing against a clock. The hardest opponent is yourself. It's not much different for the ex-NBA stars in the BIG 3. They're no longer pros. They're trying to unearth the closest version of their former selves, putting in hours of training and honing their game. It's easy to appreciate the countless hours pro athletes put in to be great, to be the 0.1 percent. We consume their stories even if we can't relate. There's a gap -- they're the pros and we're observers. The runners in San Francisco have our empathy. They are us... ROGER FEDERER didn't need to win WIMBLEDON to become the GOAT. He already was. He didn't need to win the AUSTRALIAN OPEN to shore up his legacy. But because he won Sunday, we got a chance to appreciate him one more time. He's aging and he's not finished. But he only has so many of these moments left. When someone is so good that DFW fawned over him, the rest of us should give him his due more often. SportsSET: "Game, Set, Match, Federer"... MMQB's All-Time NFL DRAFT series is the quintessential bar conversation. How many times have you talked to your friends about the best quarterback ever? Would you take BARRY SANDERS or EMMITT SMITH? Have you ever cobbled together a new team in the fantasy draft while playing MADDEN? PETER KING and co. did a great job with a fun project. But AARON RODGERS wasn't taken until the eighth round? And RAY GUY -- a punter! -- went fourth overall? Some general managers need to be fired... RICH and CARLENE LEFEVRE are an inspiration. Two septuagenarians who can out-eat us with ease. The couple that competitively eats together is the couple that stays together... A history of man vs. beast. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | The Atlantic |
| The story of a duel between two men, one who dies, and the nature of the quest to build artificial intelligence | | |
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 | The San Francisco Chronicle |
| Finishing the San Francisco Marathon is hard. Preparing for the race may be even harder, and no two approaches are the same. | | |
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 | Vox |
| "I didn’t think the outdoors were for me. I was wrong." | | |
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 | REDEF |
| With two more Grand Slam titles at age 35, Roger Federer has 19 for his career and no plans to slow down. For some, watching him is a religious experience. To many, he’s simply the greatest male tennis player ever. | | |
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 | SB Nation |
| It’s naive to think Kaepernick would be closer to game day if he had a fade instead of a fro. | | |
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 | CBSSports.com |
| Jonah Keri's sitdown with gold medal- winning figure skater and broadcaster Tara Lipinski | | |
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 | ESPN |
| The Celtics pulled out all the stops during their free-agent pitch to Gordon Hayward. But in the end, it came down to master recruiter Brad Stevens and the power of the Butler Bulldogs connection. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| Steve Berra’s hyphenated career stretches across skateboarding, film, creative agency work, and beyond. His secret? Thinking that none of it will last. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| During David Stern's tenure as commissioner expansion fees for NBA teams went from $6 million to $300 million. | | |
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 | SLAMonline |
| The Warriors are just now hitting their peak. And we have a feeling they’re going to be staying at the top for a while. What's next? | | |
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 | The Bill Simmons Podcast |
| HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons brings on old buddy JackO to discuss Aaron Judge's slump after the home run derby, the Yankees' trade for Todd Frazier, the scariest hitters in the Yankees–Red Sox rivalry, and the genius behind 'Mike and the Mad Dog'. Then, The Ringer's Shea Serrano joins to break down the Best Worst Movie Dunks of all time and explain what's going on with the Spurs. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson shows The MMQB his life at home, on the field, inside the film room, at the golf course and inside his beloved garage. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Scarfing down a 72-oz steak in under an hour is not a task that 73-year old Rich LeFevre nor his wife Carlene look particularly equipped to do, but they've done that and more in their long careers as competitive eaters, which they discussed with SI over...of course...dinner. | | |
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 | ThinkProgress |
| “We can’t let all these men make decisions about things that don’t affect them.” | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| This year's NBA Summer League broke ratings and attendance records. There's something to celebrate in that, but something real and fun has also been lost. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| The 23-times Olympic swimming champion is to race one of nature’s most fearsome creatures, but he’s not the first to face an opponent from the animal kingdom. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| Scott was beacon of light for the athletes he covered and the North Star for aspiring black sports reporters. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| Ride along with Kwame Brown, White Chocolate and the original Kaepernick as the BIG3's best team attempts to re-write basketball history with the first chapter of Ice Cube's nostalgia trip - if they don't get hurt tryin'. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Will we see another first-time winner at the Open Championship, or will one of golf’s young stars start to take the Tiger by the tail? | | |
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| ESPN |
| Hitters on the mound, pitchers in the infield, players starving in the dugout, lights going out and sprinklers turning on ... free baseball can take on a life of its own. Here's what happens when the game stays up past its bedtime. | | |
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