I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. | | | | Soccer's reach has no bounds in Brazil.
(Mario Tama/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.”
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| | rantnrave:// Always unsure how much relevance to give sports at times when the real world is a scary mess. Glued to TWITTER the last few days checking for HURRICANE HARVEY updates, not baseball highlights and NFL news morsels. So are displaced players. The ASTROS are moving their next series to FLORIDA as Harvey beats down on HOUSTON. RICE's football team can't go home after a season-opening trip to AUSTRALIA. The TEXANS have relocated up north. All of that is temporary. No one can say for certain when everyone can go home again or what they'll face. The stadiums and practice facilities will be there, but what about the homes and infrastructure of this vibrant city? The value of sports to society has always been emotional and inspirational. Is that diminished until everyone is secure? There will be a day when the Astros return to Houston and Texans kickoff at RELIANT STADIUM and the moment will be overflowing with local pride. The SAINTS' return to the SUPERDOME after KATRINA is marked with a statue outside the stadium. For now, though, it's uneasiness. The sports world comes together in times like these, donating money and helping however people can (mostly). It's one of the few times when the cynicism is turned down... No US college or pro team would hire ART BRILES and after an intervention no team in CANADA will either. Briles was set to be the assistant coach for the CFL's HAMILTON TIGER-CATS until the league stepped in. Hamilton put him on staff Monday morning. Missing from the press release: his role in the center of the BAYLOR sexual assault scandal while he was head coach. The school found 17 women had been sexually assaulted during his tenure. Briles denies covering it up. There's a fine line between winning at all costs and amorality. Hiring Briles crossed it. There's a reason no college or NFL team brought him on despite his reputation as a brilliant offensive tactician. Monday night, the CFL blocked Hamilton's hire for the same reason... Doping with meldonium like MARIA SHARAPOVA... Up to 100 million people may have pirated the MAYWEATHER-MCGREGOR fight Saturday, by one estimate... Heroes are celebrated but choke artists are never forgotten. It doesn't mean their careers are ruined. Failing on the biggest stage can break a person or it can build them up. SportsSET: "The Art of the Choke"... Sharks vs. Jets in CANADA. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | The Athletic |
| Between the 1995 and 1996 NFL seasons, then-Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jim Harbaugh made a guest appearance on "Saved by the Bell: The New Class." The show was a spinoff of the 1990s hit "Saved by the Bell" and featured a mostly new cast with some overlap in hit characters such as Dustin Diamond’s Screech and Dennis Haskins’ Mr. Belding. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| I have some personal news I’d like to share: I’m doping. With performance-enhancing drugs, even. The same kind that got tennis star Maria Sharapova banned from the professional tour for 15 months, and the reason she needs tournaments like the US Open-which starts today in New York-to offer her wildcard entries so she can even compete. Maria and I, sisters in meldonium. | | |
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 | GQ |
| While everyone debates whether Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins deserves a $24 million contract, Cousins hasn't doubted for a moment. What's he know that we don't? | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| On the back of a napkin, the most important formula in NBA history was born. If it hadn't been invented, basketball as we know it would almost certaintly not exist. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| Reporter details what led to the biggest story in sports and discusses its aftermath. | | |
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 | Victory Journal |
| At 37, coming off runner-up finishes in Wimbeldon and the Australian Open, Venus Williams is on the verge of a major victory for her legacy at the US Open. | | |
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 | Chicago Tribune |
| David Kaplan, one of Chicago's leading sports voices, is passionate. About eating right and staying healthy. About creating enlivened debate. About everything. | | |
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 | The Irish Times |
| Even in defeat McGregor will continue to polarise opinion and nowhere more than his homeland. | | |
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 | FanGraphs |
| Good news in ratings and from newer streaming service adopting the local team. Still difficult decisions to come. | | |
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 | The Telegraph |
| Twenty years ago on Sunday (Aug 27), Dennis Bergkamp scored the greatest hat-trick in Premier League history in Arsenal's 3-3 draw away at Leicester City. | | |
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 | HBO |
| The business of youth sports tourism is booming these days, fueled by investors who are building huge state of the art playing complexes, and parents who are willing to spend heavily on travel teams in hopes their kids can fulfill their athletic dreams. | | |
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 | The Orange County Register |
| For decades, recruiting services have sold parents on this same promise of connecting high school athletes with college coaches who wouldn't otherwise recruit them. | | |
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 | The Conversation |
| The story behind the marathon is more complicated than it seems. | | |
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 | CBS News |
| Sharyn Alfonsi profiles Greg Glassman, a brash, former gymnast who created the CrossFit workout, now the basis for a chain of gyms that has become the largest in history. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| You may not think the Raiders QB has the Mamba Mentality, but you'll feel it when he strikes. | | |
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 | The Boston Globe |
| For the first time since 1986, Berman will not be part of ESPN’s football programming. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| You've probably never heard of the Toronto Wolfpack, but it is the world's first major transatlantic sports team. | | |
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 | Polygon |
| Bill Cowher won a Super Bowl, but he hasn’t done what Jack Ford did. | | |
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| Sports Illustrated |
| Hours after their megafight had ended, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather found themselves celebrating very different segments of their careers. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Cube feels first season for his inaugural 3-on-3 league was successful and is already looking ahead. | | |
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