It seems to be, no matter who you are, the bigger the paycheck, the bigger the party. I know for a fact he ain't no dope dealer. | | | | Amanda Nunes reacts after defeating Ronda Rousey in their UFC women's championship match in 2016.
(Christian Petersen/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “It seems to be, no matter who you are, the bigger the paycheck, the bigger the party. I know for a fact he ain't no dope dealer.”
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| | rantnrave:// Is LEBRON JAMES already on his way out of CLEVELAND? According to longtime NBA reporter CHRIS SHERIDAN, an "NBA source" (always love that attribution) claims LeBron is "100 percent leaving" next summer. CLEVELAND.COM's JOE VARDON reported later that three sources "close to LeBron" claimed Sheridan's report was false. So, what to make of all this? I'm inclined to trust Vardon's sources. First off, three is greater than one. Also, there are only like four people in the world LeBron would share his future plans with and I don't think any of them are sharing that information with reporters, at least not yet. Still, can we agree, just from reading the tea leaves, that a year from now LeBron's likely leaving Cleveland again? And if he does, that's where things get interesting. For one, how does the city of Cleveland react? Does it burn jerseys again, or was the championship all it wanted? Or maybe the city takes all its anger out on DAN GILBERT, who may be on his way to accomplishing a remarkable feat—pushing out LeBron twice. Thing is, fans almost never take the side of labor over management, which is where this conversation can get deeper, and heated, especially if LeBron gets tagged with the mercenary label. But all this is what makes him one of the most fascinating figures in the world. Just when you think his story is winding down, he writes a new chapter. He's also turned NBA fans into rumor-guzzling fiends... Speaking of LeBron James, on Tuesday he referred to DONALD TRUMP as the “so-called president"... Looks like the NFL is adopting the FAKE NEWS defense. These are the sort of problems a league runs into when it inserts itself into murky legal situations... I’m surprised it took this long for a company to produce something like this. Then again, I’m also surprised TVs don’t have a split-screen function (I know there’s picture-in-picture, but that’s not the same). Seems like a product customers, especially sports fans, would pay for… As someone who spent hundreds of hours glued to NBA LIVE (especially the 2004 version; I’d run circles around my brother with the DIRK NOWITZKI-led DALLAS MAVERICKS), seeing the brand make a comeback makes me very happy… Forget everything else in this profile—BRANDIN COOK’s father was a bounty hunter?!... Not sure human history has ever seen an individual’s first name rendered more ridiculous… Do all these HUGH FREEZE revelations ruin your ability to watch THE BLIND SIDE, too?… A ton of awesome stories in today’s newsletter, but make sure you carve some extra time for TOM JUNOD’s ESPN piece on part-time boxer JOSE HARO. It will be one of the top magazine stories you read all year. | | | - Yaron Weitzman, guest curator |
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 | ESPN |
| How does a boxer keep fighting after nearly killing an opponent in the ring? For part-timer Jose Haro, the answer lies between his love and hate for the sport. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| The story of the most flagrant mistake in the modern history of sports journalism begins with a 21-year-old editor. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| At the bottom of the biggest underwater cave in the world, diving deeper than almost anyone had ever gone, Dave Shaw found the body of a young man who had disappeared ten years earlier. What happened after Shaw promised to go back is nearly unbelievable—unless you believe in ghosts. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Note-taking, drawing, mental cues, players have a plethora of ways to memorize the most important text in their team's library -- the playbook. | | |
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| ESPN |
| This wasn't a fleeting moment in a game. Baseball is having a serious conversation with itself right now, and this is an important moment in that conversation. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| From the streets of Dublin to the stadiums of America and the skies and sleepless nights in between, a fighter's friends and followers will tell you THE LEGEND OF MYSTIC MAC and his everlasting fame. Can he really make dreams come true? Or is that all hype? | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Given the situation in Charlotteville, Va., there's no way now that Kaepernick will walk away from his desire to take a stand, even if a job in the NFL is on the line. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| The texts don't disprove the violent allegations made against Elliott. But with Tiffany Thompson being cited as the NFL's only firsthand witness to the events she is alleging, a source close to Elliott said his lawyers and the NFLPA have seized upon the exchange to question aspects of credibility. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| After Duda was traded to the Rays, his old Mets teammates put together another deal: handing over the keys to the Instagram account they used to torment him. | | |
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| ESPN |
| Mired in a sexual abuse crisis heading into its nationals event, USA Gymnastics must reform a culture that prizes success above the well-being of vulnerable young athletes. | | |
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 | For The Win |
| A revolting, sexist interview. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| They present a model for different people to work as a team. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| While the league has supposedly moved toward a flexible-positional future, the multifaceted Michigan star says that his versatility kept him from being drafted higher. He’s out to prove everyone wrong--from all across the field. | | |
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| Sports Illustrated |
| The UFC president has plenty to say on a variety of topics. | | |
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 | Hollywood Reporter |
| Bob Iger's plan to launch two streamers -- one for family fare, another for ESPN -- carries huge stakes for the media giant and the future of the cable bundle itself. | | |
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 | Awful Announcing |
| Deadspin's SBNation article from this week was loaded with hard truths about how they pay their writers, but there's a reason they wrote it. | | |
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 | recode |
| Get ready for some football. And then more football. And then two more football games. All at once. | | |
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| The Ringer |
| The great unbundling is upon us, thanks to an aggressive rise in the secondary market. So why do fans still shell out for their annual fees? | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Jeter, the former Yankees star, has always had a vision. And if all goes as planned, he will see it become reality when he becomes an owner of the Miami Marlins. | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| Selling the NHL in the desert is going surprisingly well for expansion franchise of ex-Caps GM George McPhee. | | |
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