I’d never known what weekends felt like. Weekends are pretty cool! | | | | | Maria Sharapova's weekends are free until April 2017. (Vinod Divakaran) | | | | | | “I’d never known what weekends felt like. Weekends are pretty cool!”
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| | rantnrave:// In the same way that film ratings seem to be more interested in protecting kids from sex than from violence, the NFL finds itself in the weird position of inviting kids (and everybody else) to watch hundreds of violent collisions every SUNDAY while doling out fines for players who engage in "sexually suggestive" touchdown celebrations. Look away, kids! Your idols are twerking! Also frowned upon: imaginary bows and arrows—though the league has yet to make clear if that's because imaginary bows and arrows evoke violence or because they evoke CUPID, the god of sexual suggestion. Either way ,ESPN's KEVIN SEIFERT suggests we have reached peak NO FUN LEAGUE... OBJ: Overgrown cry baby in need of a timeout? Undergrown adult in denial? Or just a preternaturally talented athlete with "room for growth," like, say, young SHAQUILLE O'NEAL or JOHN MCENROE in his prime?... MARIA SHARAPOVA: Perpetrator who takes "full responsibility"? Or victim who casts blame? Or, say, bystander caught between two comically inept forces: The WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, which found meldonium in her system five times in 2015 but didn't warn her it would be banned in 2016, or her agent, who said he normally read WADA's notifications on banned substances during his annual CARIBBEAN vacation but missed the 2016 WADA update because he skipped the vacation... Canoe god... The surprisingly sophisticated science of cleats... Esports day jobs... RIP JOSH SAMMAN. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| Pro tennis player Maria Sharapova addresses her recent suspension and the ruling that will allow her to return to competition soon. | | |
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| Gary Matthews Sr. and sons are pushing to bring more color back to the game. | | |
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| In 1992, Bill Belichick was an unproven coach trying to rebuild the Cleveland Browns -- but that didn't keep him from reaching out to a college student in search of direction. | | |
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| The Vertical Front-Office Insider Bobby Marks and Warriors beat writer Anthony Slater of the San Jose Mercury News join The Vertical Podcast with Chris Mannix. Marks talks about the injury to Ben Simmons and how he would handle Simmons moving forward. | | |
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| The sold-out flight is already 90 minutes behind schedule by the time Galaxy forward Alan Gordon begins lugging his carry-on bag up the crowded aisle to seat 18C in coach on American Airlines Flight 2462 from Los Angeles to Dallas. | | |
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| With blood clots putting Chris Bosh's NBA future in doubt, it's time to appreciate how the talented and versatile power forward helped shape the league today. | | |
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| "I think it's important for young girls and for women to see that I'm not just going to open this door and walk through it, I'm going to keep it open" | | |
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| Try to remember he’s still growing as a pro athlete and person. | | |
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| The NFL really does say "Get off my lawn!" more than ever before. The numbers show it. But is this really good for the game? | | |
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| Our nation's lifts are at the breaking point. We spent months researching past accidents and aging infrastructure--and found that it's time to act in order to avoid catastrophic failure. | | |
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| His historic endurance is testing the limits of the human body under the prolonged stress of the NBA. When will it finally start to crumble? | | |
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| The boxer David Allen, who faces similar issues to the heavyweight world champion, criticises a lack of understanding and urges critics to ‘leave him alone.’ | | |
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| Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz have all announced Formula E plans. | | |
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| The league, which starts its 2016-17 season next Wednesday (Oct 12), is overhauling rules on the size and design of goalie equipment. | | |
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| At 26 years old, Scotty Walden is an offensive prodigy and the new head coach of East Texas Baptist University. He may become a superstar one day, but his school and his town need him to reach his full potential before then. | | |
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| 'I didn't really think of the whole idea of being a black skater chick until I did X Games for the first time' | | |
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| Is it possible for a pro sports league to be a force for good? | | |
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| Swiss baseball exists for players out of options. | | |
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| In many ways Arsenal enjoyed a very good 2015/16, as they finished second in the Premier League, thus clinching qualification for the Champions League for the 19th successive season. Not only was this a place higher than the previous year, but this was also achieved by overtaking Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the season (“and it’s 5-1 to Newcastle”). | | |
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| Sarah Piampiano left a high-powered investment banking gig to train for triathlons full time. Five years later, she's a champion. Here's how she did it. | | |
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