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| | rantnrave:// Rolling through my copy of BETA BALL. Been waiting for someone to write a book about the WARRIORS. ERIK MALINOWSKI uses the franchise as a case study of how tech leadership principles work in sports. There's lots of common ground -- and kismet it happened in the BAY AREA. Interesting how JOE LACOB and PETER GUBER, after buying the team, spent an entire year assessing the organization before making any big changes. Plenty of new owners want to shake things up immediately. Transactions for the sake of change are a quick way to collect fat contracts teams don't want (look at the SACRAMENTO KINGS and REDSKINS as exhibits A and B). The Warriors are a testament to how patience and discipline are more important than action. Having STEPH CURRY helps, too. Stars win games and championships. Good owners create an atmosphere ripe for success and make it sustainable... Can a sports TV anchor call the president a white supremacist without starting a war between the White House and her network, and between the network and the rest of the media? Is there any winning move for the network caught in the middle? Should ESPN stick to sports? Is that even an option anymore? SportsSET: "ESPN Has a 'Personal Politics' Problem and It's Going to Lose Either Way"... COLIN KAEPERNICK speaks. He's ready to play football. Did we need public confirmation of that? Will it make his critics believe him? Will NFL owners? Will any team sign him? TOM BRADY thinks someone should. There are a few that could use a quarterback. The JAGUARS. The JETS. The BEARS. The NINERS. Instead, CASE KEENUM gets a start. SportsSET: "The QB Who Risked His NFL Career to Do It His Way"... The INDIANS lost. Good as a reminder that it's possible. Was wondering if it was time for every opposing manager to channel their inner NORMAN DALE. Home to first in CLEVELAND is 90 feet. Exact same measurements as it is around MLB. Save that speech for the playoffs... When the social media team is good but the soccer team is going to get relegated... JERRY JONES vs. ROGER GOODELL... TONY ROMO can see into the future... JOE DIMAGGIO made a great babysitter (and a small contribution to vital breast cancer research)... Are you serious?!... RIP BOBBY "THE BRAIN" HEENAN. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| Can a sports TV anchor call the president a white supremacist without starting a war between the White House and her network, and between the network and the rest of the media? Is there any winning move for the network caught in the middle? Should ESPN stick to sports? Is that even an option anymore? | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| Change comes for everybody, including a group of adventurous friends who’ve convened for years to climb, swap stories, and hoist a few. These days, their founder is grappling with incurable cancer. On a happier note, their decision to open the doors a little wider has given the gathering a fresh, life-affirming spirit. | | |
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| How a teenage gamer in the hottest new esport, "Overwatch," became a reluctant icon for South Korea's feminist movement. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| An engineer sheds light on the ball’s much-debated curve. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Writer Ira Steven Behr joins the ‘MLB Show’ to discuss "Take Me Out to the Holosuite." | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| It had to end sometime. After sustaining a perfect record and a staggering 142-37 scoring margin over more than three weeks of play, the Cleveland Indians finally lost Friday night, dropping a tight contest to the Kansas City Royals. It was their first loss after winning 22 straight games. | | |
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| O’Neill is the president of Nike’s $9 billion direct-to-consumer business. | | |
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| Jeff Hatch is a retired NFL lineman. Here, he shares his story of opioid addiction with Yahoo Sports. With another NFL season underway, some players, unfortunately, have been cut and seen their careers end as teams pared down their rosters. | | |
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 | espnW |
| Aishwarya Kumar, a native Tamil-speaker, on why we should support Mexico-native Sergio Dipp in the aftermath of his first English-language national television appearance. | | |
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 | Kotaku |
| Over the course of three years, an impostor convinced the Smash community-as well as her friends, housemates and girlfriend-that she was a reclusive and revered programmer behind the famous Smash mod, Project M, several sources close to the issue say. | | |
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 | Newsweek |
| Tanking. Tons of three-pointers. Up-tempo play. The hallmarks of modern NBA play were staples for 2K players. | | |
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 | Daily Camera |
| Loss of identity, head trauma, depression can be 'perfect storm' for ex-players. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| Feel like a fraud? A couple of miles could do the trick. | | |
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 | CNET |
| Some trainers and breeders think tech can give them better odds at finding a winner. Not everyone agrees. | | |
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 | Polygon |
| An excerpt from "Break Out," a new book on the Apple II. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| “All the stuff I’ve done in my career,” Don Ohlmeyer once told an ESPN interviewer, “and that’s what I’m going to be remembered for. It serves me right.” | | |
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 | Bloomberg View |
| When all of the fans are invested, everyone wins. | | |
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| Outside Online |
| The day before the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon in Hamburg, Germany, pro triathlete Jenna Parker broke out in hives for no apparent reason. But because of anti-doping rules, she couldn't take the necessary medication. So even though she was "completely covered in hives [from the neck down]," she raced anyway. | | |
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| The Ringer |
| You know Leland Melvin from his famous NASA photo. You may not know that the modern-day Renaissance man has lived two American dreams, traveling to space and playing in the NFL. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Is it legit? Is it a hipster cult? And why’s everyone wearing Saint Laurent? GQ’s Taffy Brodesser-Akner joins the flock to see if Christianity can really be this cool and still be Christian. | | |
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