I'm sorry I'm a bit arrogant. We have a top manager... Again, please don't call me arrogant because what I'm saying is true. I'm European champion, so I'm not one of the bottle. I think I'm a special one. | | | | Endy Chavez is a cult hero.
(Nick Laham/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I'm sorry I'm a bit arrogant. We have a top manager... Again, please don't call me arrogant because what I'm saying is true. I'm European champion, so I'm not one of the bottle. I think I'm a special one.”
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| | rantnrave:// The NFL is in a rut. It's not about protests. Not about ROGER GOODELL. Or about another bungled domestic violence punishment. Parity is finally real. No unbeaten teams. No juggernauts. Even the PATRIOTS are beatable. Don't need an obvious SUPER BOWL winner but there should be compelling teams. Instead the league is mucked up. Ratings keep dipping. Upticks in streaming haven't outweighed audience loss on TV. WALL STREET is worried. Is this a trend or an outlier? It's more than one season. Doesn't help that stars keep getting hurt. NFL isn't dependent on them like the NBA but how much can it take before fans stop watching? ODELL BECKHAM JR. is out for the year. AARON RODGERS and ANDREW LUCK might be too. Who knows if EZEKIEL ELLIOTT will also miss time. Quality suffers. Watchability drops. Or is the NFL built to withstand those losses? Is there an anthem protest outcome that'll satisfy each side enough to avoid further fan unrest -- even if disaffected fans aren't to blame for audience slippage? Is the NFL just not interesting enough? The league has historically had issues with individuality -- forcing players to diminish personalities for the sake of the team -- but should it embrace that to build up new stars? Scoring is down more than a point per game per team from 2013; should the league tweak the rules to try to fix it? How does the NFL get its fun back?... DOCK ELLIS is the guy who threw a no-hitter on LSD. That's all I really knew him as. Then I watched NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY on NETFLIX. Ellis was a character. He'd be a TWITTER star if he pitched now. Love that he bluffed SPARKY ANDERSON into giving him an ALL-STAR GAME start. The doc isn't a hagiography. Race is an underlying theme. Ellis' no-hitter is the hook but everything else is what keeps you watching... KATIE NOLAN returned to TV. Still not clear what her role is gonna be but hope ESPN doesn't smooth over her edges. ESPN is in a weird place right now, promoting opinionated talent but boxing them in. Nolan pushes boundaries. One of the most interesting voices out there and not afraid to criticize anyone. How will that play at a network still not sure how much its talent is allowed to say?... Got an invite to a wedding on a weekend in the fall? Awkward... The PISTONS' new arena is on the right side of EIGHT MILE... Ineligible animal on the field... This is not good parenting. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | Deadspin |
| Mention Yi Jianlian, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably that video of him working out against a chair. The baseline drive, the juke, the spin move around the defenseless chair and the ferocious slam. Do you remember it? | | |
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 | National Post |
| Speed, talent and the weight of a nation: How one Six Nations kid is reclaiming lacrosse | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Dallas Austin and more on the film’s legacy and its fictional — but real — HBCU marching band. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| All four major leagues will converge on Thursday for the 17th time in history. | | |
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 | Polygon |
| 20 years later, Akira Nishitani shows the benefit of owning your IP. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| Michel gained access to many young players with his clothing business. It wasn't too long before the FBI came calling over a shadier hustle. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Which NBA players have done the least with the most seasons played? | | |
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 | MEL Magazine |
| Our nation’s contentious political climate has descended upon my hometown in recent weeks and served as a reminder that no community, no matter how seemingly progressive, is immune to the fraught racial politics that have afflicted our country for the past several years. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| From a tiny copper mining town where the 8-man game rules to the booming Valley of the Sun with the Sun Devils and Cardinals, football is the hot sport in Arizona. | | |
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 | PBS Newshour |
| Americans are told to love their nation uncritically, be thankful that they are exceptional enough to live in a country that allows citizens the opportunity to reach astronomical heights of economic prosperity. For black citizens, there’s an additional presumption: that success and wealth demands public silence on systemic issues of inequality and oppression. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| It's more than just another breakfast joint. For years, college football fans of all stripes all across the South have made pre- and postgame pilgrimages to celebrate and commiserate over eggs, hash browns and, yes, waffles. | | |
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 | MLSsoccer.com |
| If soccer in this country had a holy site – if we cared enough, collectively, to preserve just one stadium 'til the end of time – it would be RFK Stadium. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| While anti-semitism is hardly a new problem for European football, it is one of the most persistent forms of discrimination in the game. | | |
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 | CNN |
| From swarms of drones to sensors hidden in your socks, experts weigh in on how we might use fitness technology to track our workouts and health in the future. | | |
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 | GQ |
| The Process himself talks mocking KD on Twitter, handling expectations, outer space, and his infamous Rihanna thirst. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Lewis Hamilton is considering kneeling during the US national anthem in Austin on Sunday - when he could seal a fourth world title - but F1 and politics have never been comfortable bedfellows. | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| Nicolle Uria is a three-sport athlete, newspaper editor and club president. But unless a deal is made on DACA, her dreams for college and her future may go unfulfilled. | | |
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 | TSN |
| The National Hockey League and some of its 31 teams are fielding pitches from companies offering to install high-definition cameras and facial recognition software in league arenas, TSN has learned. | | |
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 | SB Nation |
| How an unrepentant Okie built a program up. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| As consumer interest in eSports soars, advertisers and media platforms are taking notice and scrambling to identify and explore ways to engage. | | |
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