At this time, I feel drawn to make the larger fight for human rights a priority. My life's purpose is bigger than football. | | | | Three amateurs lining up their putts.
(Howard Sochurek/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “At this time, I feel drawn to make the larger fight for human rights a priority. My life's purpose is bigger than football.”
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| | rantnrave:// Less than a week out from MAYWEATHER-MCGREGOR and the hype train is picking up speed. The fight is a farce. A referendum on boxing in the US. It's a circus and people want a ticket to get inside the big top. Is it worth $100 for PPV? Don't know yet. That's a game-time decision. Which is a harder choice than it was two months ago. The fighter with the most to lose in this match: the one with the zero next to his name. Is there any downside for McGregor? Can someone accuse him of selling out when he's willing to get beat -- and when it's so much money? This won't be BALBOA-CREED but it will be a spectacle. Can anyone turn away from it?... Never thought wrestling t-shirts would go mainstream. Or that there'd be a Venn diagram for URBAN OUTFITTERS shoppers and STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN fans. Guess a KARDASHIAN can make anything pop. Does this mean I can wear my D-X shirt to next year's MET BALL?... Holy s***. The LITTLE LEAGUE WILLIE MAYS. An instant highlight and a viral sensation. Is the social media age making the LLWS more interesting than it's ever been?... Look up, but cover your eyes... AARON JUDGE since the ALL-STAR break: it's not pretty. Life comes at you fast when scouting reports pile up and pitchers can adjust. Hope nobody anointed him too soon... FRANK DEFORD wasn't just a sportswriter -- he was THE sportswriter. His transcendent writing in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED — about BOBBY KNIGHT, HOWARD COSELL, BILLY CONN, and many more -- influenced generations of writers who use sports as a canvas to explore life. SportsSET: "Frank Deford Was the Coolest Writer in the Room"... MAGIC JOHNSON should know to avoid late night by now... Left the country for 10 days and barely went online. Did I miss anything? | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | The Guardian |
| It once commanded America’s national consciousness, but US boxing has been in decline for decades. Can the circus in Las Vegas bring it back to life? | | |
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 | Highsnobiety |
| The cultural legacy of Michael Jordan's first signature sneaker stretches far beyond basketball. Here's why the silhouette is so important in streetwear. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| Kids are becoming more famous, having more fun and feeling more hate than ever. Welcome to Little League baseball in the social media age, where going viral can change your life. | | |
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 | Slate |
| He lost his job but started a movement. | | |
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 | Grantland |
| The oral history of the 2003 World Series of Poker, in which an amateur named Moneymaker turned $39 into $2.5 million and the poker boom was born. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| There's an ominous buzz coming from Salt Lake City's Gym Jones, where owner and climber Mark Twight has created a torturous strength-and-conditioning program. We sent Lab Rat Nick Heil in to take a beating. He came back limping and bruised—but strangely convinced this could be the next big thing. | | |
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 | Hypebeast |
| Piqued interest in vintage tees has wider implications for the industry. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| This summer, eight women reported to NFL training camps for internships in scouting or coaching with the Bills, Falcons, Jets, 49ers and Vikings. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The onetime Hoyas and NBA great is approaching his first head coaching job with an unconventional style under the shadow of his mentor John Thompson Jr. | | |
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 | Star Tribune |
| Far from the bluegrass, during the fitful Minnesota spring, the arrival of every new crop of foals renews grand dreams for breeders like Scott and Angie Rake. | | |
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 | Magnet Film |
| Joachim is retiring from base-jumping to become a father for the first time, but first he will stop at nothing to pull off his very last jump. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| How the welterweight champion turned an undefeated record into a marketing behemoth. | | |
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 | The Set Pieces |
| The state of Amazonas is the sleepiest of footballing backwaters and hasn’t had a team in any of Brazil’s top three men’s divisions since São Raimundo were relegated from Série C in 2007. Iranduba’s march to the semi-final of the national championship this year was the best ever performance by a side from the Amazon in a national competition and has restored the sporting pride of the region’s residents. | | |
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 | SB Nation |
| The fighter’s bizarre training might not be a joke -- but it won't matter. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| Four years into his NFL career, Joe Vellano has been cut, re-signed, cut again, cut the day after his home burned down, signed in the middle of the playoffs, and has taken the field in three conference title games and a Super Bowl. Today, he is like hundreds of other players in across the NFL right now, fighting for one of the final spots on a roster | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| During a rally earlier this week to show solidarity in the aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville, Va., a USC campus group linked the mascot's name to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Baseball gloves aren’t really made in America anymore. One company didn’t get the memo. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| The former superstar cornerback won Sundance with the story of a man who went to prison for a murder he didn’t commit. | | |
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 | BBC Sport |
| Olympic long jump champion Tianna Bartoletta speaks to BBC World Service Sport about her struggles away from the track. | | |
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| The Guardian |
| For many fans the Raiders embody the city’s grit and diversity, and their move is like ‘losing our north star’. What can fill that void? | | |
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