These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it. | | | | Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar can fly.
(Steve Russell/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.”
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| | rantnrave:// ESPN's MINA KIMES gives us a peek into AARON RODGERS' mind and it is fascinating. The PACKERS quarterback is famously private. He records his own interviews to guard against being misquoted and doesn't play ball with stories documenting his personal life. Rodgers is still cautious here. He doesn't open up and let us know the man and personality he is. He seems torn between letting his reputation as (arguably) the NFL's best quarterback speak for itself and revealing more. He explains why NFL players don't speak out more, even as he understands he's the exception to the rule. He takes chances. He questions organized religion and says COLIN KAEPERNICK "should be on a roster right now." He calls some football fans and analysts "misogynists." Kimes doesn't write a typical athlete profile and Rodgers didn't want one. Instead, we get to see how the brain of one of the NFL's most intelligent stars works. You wish he'd tell you more... No one wields more power on a college campus than head football coaches. They are recruiters, Xs-and-Os schemers and fundraisers. While players come and go, they remain as the face of the program and the school. You might not know that J.T. BARRETT will be OHIO STATE's QB when the college football season starts tonight but you know URBAN MEYER is the coach. When FLORIDA STATE and ALABAMA face off Saturday night, JIMBO FISHER and NICK SABAN will be the headliners. SportsSET: "Giants on the College Football Sidelines"... MLB.COM has a credibility problem after neutering a column critical of the RANGERS for not switching home series with the HOUSTON ASTROS, who have been displaced by HURRICANE HARVEY. I read the column by RICHARD JUSTICE Tuesday and liked it because it was a little punchy for the site. MLB.com thought it was too much. DEADSPIN catalogued how Justice's points were sanded down. What was a fair shot at the Rangers for not showing civility towards the Astros was turned into a lukewarm take. Were the Rangers wrong? You could make an argument either way. Was MLB.com wrong? It must protect its interests as the media outlet for all 30 teams, including the Rangers -- who probably don't like being criticized on a site they help fund. Can we believe MLB.com anymore when it say that no stories are approved by MLB or its teams? It may technically be true but not in spirit. Should MLB explain how hands-off its hands-off policy is? What else gets changed before it's published?... The KARDASHIANS of the court... How much did these seats go for?... Boop... RIP former VILLANOVA coach ROLLIE MASSIMINO, architect of maybe the greatest upset in college basketball history, and former MICHIGAN STATE coach JUD HEATHCOTE. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| No one wields more power on a college campus than head football coaches. They are recruiters, Xs-and-Os schemers, and fundraisers. While players come and go, they remain as the face of the program and the school. | | |
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| Winning isn't everything. After Super Bowl XLV, Green Bay's hero QB has been on a journey to find out what is. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| As scrutiny over the role of chaplaincies at public universities has intensified nationwide in recent years, Texas Tech’s chaplain has identified the stereotypes-and worked to combat them. | | |
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 | Polygon |
| A look at how Strat-O-Matic Baseball inspired one of the game industry’s most successful figures. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The ‘Cajun Navy’ are rescuing residents of Houston the way they’ve done in other catastrophes. | | |
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| He is in his 20th season at the helm of the Oakland A's, has been the subject of a best-selling book and Academy Award-nominated movie, and is recognized beyond the world of sports for his innovative mind. So is Billy Beane's legacy established? | | |
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| Ed Cunningham, who called games for ESPN and ABC, said: “I just don’t think the game is safe for the brain. To me, it’s unacceptable.” | | |
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| Every summer, some of the game’s greatest are enshrined into the Hall of Fame in a celebration of football. And soon, in its shadow, there could be a facility to house and help those dealing with the sport’s brutal aftereffects. | | |
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| Even without an NFL team, Colin Kaepernick is changing the American conversation about sports and race. | | |
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| "Man, I'm usually in a suit, but it's too f***ing hot today," a scalper told me a few hours before the big fight. It truly was too f***ing hot. A police dog had to wear booties to protect his feet. | | |
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| Baseball can’t stop DUIs and it won’t stop DUIs. Maybe it can put more behind it than empty words to show how much it cares. | | |
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| Jonah Keri talks with Esquire writer Charlie Pierce | | |
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| From 2004 to 2011, the Jays went off script with their third jerseys - and not many were impressed. This is the inside scoop on that look. | | |
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| They are bigger, faster and stronger than ever before. But Nick Chubb, Royce Freeman and Bo Scarbrough are not indestructible, and they know it. | | |
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 | Texas Monthly |
| The most exciting Cowboys team in a generation was built, not bought-and that has made all the difference. | | |
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 | USA TODAY |
| Roughly one in five American adults suffer from mental illnesses. Athletes might be more at risk. Here, eight of them tell their authentic stories. | | |
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| Professional athletes use wearable technology to improve performance. But key questions remain over who owns the data and how it's used. | | |
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| Actor Sylvester Stallone talks about his work on "Rocky" (1976). | | |
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| Jaden Faulkner is being recruited in both sports, and his parents say they’ll support his choice. But, his mom says, “they don’t hit in basketball.” | | |
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