LeBron James owes nobody anything. Nobody. When my mother told me I don't owe her anything, from that point in time, I don't owe anybody anything.  | FiveThirtyEight |
| My date with the phlebotomist was surprisingly convenient. She came to my house in rural Colorado and drew a few tiny tubes of my blood. She then sent those vials to Quest Diagnostics for its Blueprint for Athletes test, which promised to reveal crucial information about how the biomarkers in my blood related to my athletic performance. | | |
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 | Houston Chronicle |
| Four weeks earlier, 15-year-old Cade Riley -- Amanda and Mike Riley's oldest son -- died in an all-terrain vehicle accident on a trail near the family's home in Liberty Hill. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| The last thought I have before I throw up in the bathroom of the CrossFit box is, "Oh, what a cliché. I’m about to throw up at CrossFit." | | |
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 | ESPN |
| As last season ended, Chris Paul and James Harden had the same revelation: They could not beat the Warriors alone. In this ESPN the Magazine cover story, we ask: Can they beat them together? | | |
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 | The Boston Globe |
| The Celtics knew there would be change. But no one in their front office envisioned an offseason like this one. | | |
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 | The Players' Tribune |
| This place - and what I’ve accomplished here - means a lot to me. I hope to always have a great connection to Talladega and these fans. They’ve done so much for me. | | |
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 | Cleaning the Glass |
| Part one of my questions for this coming season: does it matter that there’s only one ball? On Oklahoma City and Houston’s star acquisitions. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| A roundtable of current and former basketball players discuss religion and career. | | |
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 | USA TODAY |
| The NCAA grad transfer rule was intended to give athletes a chance to pursue graduate studies at a place offering that program. It isn't working. | | |
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 | Inside NU |
| Not paying players is lame, but this just adds insult to injury, in a way. | | |
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 | New Republic |
| Why did New York stop growing basketball stars? | | |
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 | Racked |
| More full-body camo, please. | | |
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 | GQ |
| In our November cover story, we follow the King across this great continent to talk about his unstoppable impact on-and, increasingly, off-the court. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Alphonso Davies has come a long way in a short time. Born at a refugee camp to parents fleeing civil war in Liberia, he walked onto the pitch in Vancouver 15 years later as the second youngest MLS player ever. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Behind the guidance of former banker Maurizio Sarri, Napoli have become Europe’s can’t-miss club. With eight wins in eight games, they might finally start winning some trophies, too. | | |
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 | SportTechie |
| Instagram is changing the way athletes communicate with fans by allowing them to create personal mini clips of their lives -- and it's taking off. | | |
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 | Forget the Protocol |
| Why oh why would you watch any of the Barstool show on ESPN? Why? You don't have to. | | |
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 | UPROXX |
| Erik Malinowski's in-depth look at the rise of the Warriors is available now. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Before the nation was introduced to Colin Kaepernick, a line of athletes embodied the struggle to overcome racial discrimination in American sports. | | |
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| GQ |
| After the most frantic offseason of basketball musical chairs in recent memory-with seemingly every other star changing teams-here is your 2017 NBA season preview. | | |
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