Twitter has become the epicenter of basketball fandom, a beating heart and a central nervous system... For football and baseball the killer app second screen experience is fantasy sports; for basketball it is Twitter. | | | | The End Zone Militia looks into the abyss and wonder what's happened to the Patriots' defense.
(Billie Weiss/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Twitter has become the epicenter of basketball fandom, a beating heart and a central nervous system... For football and baseball the killer app second screen experience is fantasy sports; for basketball it is Twitter.”
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| | rantnrave:// DAVID STERN wants NBA players to be able to smoke weed. OK, that's not exactly right. He thinks NBA players should be able to use marijuana if it's legal and the CBA should accommodate that. The former NBA commissioner guested on an UNINTERRUPTED video with ex-NBA player AL HARRINGTON, now a marijuana entrepreneur -- how 2017 --- and became the loudest voice in sports to put his name behind the movement to allow athletes to use marijuana. He also thinks medical marijuana should be legal; not insignificant since many athletes use it for pain-management. Will Stern's voice carry? NBA commissioner ADAM SILVER is open to looking at the issue and talking about it with the NBAPA. The NFL has offered to study it. Is this a game of chicken? Waiting on the first league to break and stop testing altogether? MLB is almost there, only testing its minor league players who aren't protected by the CBA that prevents major leaguers from testing or punishment. As Stern said, the perception of marijuana has changed from when he was boss and he stringently tested his league. Does that mean it was never about safety? Are his views representative of some, or many, sports execs? How much does it matter that a commissioner who once instituted a dress code is giving the thumbs up to something that's long been taboo in corporate America? If marijuana restrictions are only about perception then maybe change isn't that far away. What will push leagues over the line: the science on weed or cultural acceptance of it?... USA TODAY's college football coaches salary database is always fascinating. Like an annual check-up on college football's health. And boy is it doing well. In 2014, 11 coaches made at least $4 million per season. This year, it's 20. NICK SABAN makes more than $11 million. Is he underpaid? Even if he is, are we comfortable with a coach making that much at an institution of higher education? Why not redirect the money to the players? Coaches are getting fatter paychecks because players' income remains nonexistent... The homecoming queen is clutch... Latest theory: NFL ratings are down because of oversaturation. That's what FOX CEO JAMES MURDOCH thinks. He's not alone. Is this a supply and demand issue? Has football lost it specialness, for a lack of a better word? The NFL used to be reserved, mostly, to Sunday afternoons. There's been a 22 percent jump in viewing windows from a decade ago. Are we offered too much football? MARK CUBAN predicted it three years ago. With NFL games Thursday nights and Sunday mornings, do you feel football fatigue by Sunday night? Maybe the answer to the NFL ratings dilemma is the simplest one?... VIN SCULLY, we don't deserve you... NORMAN LLOYD is going back to the WORLD SERIES... Let me tell you about the first time JIMMY KIMMEL's dad went to a DODGERS game. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | USA TODAY |
| As the coach's compensation continues to rise, so too does the university's enrollment and standing. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| For more than two decades, Jeff Caldwell has lured in hikers, couchsurfers, and other women (and they're almost always women), enthralling them with his tales of adventure. Then he manufactures personal crises and exploits their sympathy to rip them off. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| The longtime NFL insider details his grueling battle with throat cancer, where his health stands now and what he has learned through the experience. | | |
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 | HardballTalk |
| Major League Baseballs pursuit of advertising dollars is beginning to intrude upon the game itself. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| The king of the fight game walked away a UFC champ. Then his mind got to racing. But Georges St-Pierre needed to become imperfect before returning to the Octagon. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| ‘MLB on Fox’ has captivated baseball fans with an all-star lineup and anything-goes authenticity. More impressive? It’s helped A-Rod reform from beleaguered punch line to beloved pundit seemingly overnight. | | |
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 | SB Nation |
| It can happen anywhere. It’s happening to my hometown now, and it’s awful. | | |
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 | Uninterrupted |
| Retired NBA player Al Harrington takes us behind the doors of his cannabis extract company, then sits down with former NBA commissioner David Stern to discuss marijuana reformation for medical purposes within the league. | | |
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 | Pardon My Take |
| The death of Barstool Van Talk. The guys talk about what went wrong with their ESPN2 show that was cancelled on Monday night. What they would have done differently and what the future holds. NBC Sports Dan Patrick joined the show as the second and last guest of Barstool Van Talk. We talked about his career at ESPN and pitched him s****y Adam Sandler movies that we think should be greenlit. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| Step onto San Diego County's only tour bus bound for the Chargers' home game last Sunday morning, and inside you'll find the football equivalent of an endangered species. These are some of the last remaining Chargers diehards, about four dozen staunchly loyal longtime fans not ready to abandon the team that jilted them eight months ago. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| In a league where competent quarterback play is essential to long-term success, the Redskins face a critical decision: Should they risk overpaying him because they believe the alternative might be significantly worse? | | |
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 | The Players' Tribune |
| I was probably the worst possible person to have on base in a situation where you desperately needed a run to score from second. | | |
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 | Victory Journal |
| Rooting for the Clippers always ends in disappointment. But maybe that’s the point. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| The story of former Portland Thorns forward Danielle Foxhoven and her harrowing--but valuable--experience playing pro soccer in Russia, from the book, "Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer." | | |
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 | UPROXX |
| Why does watching baseball in group settings always end up feeling more fun? It's science. | | |
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 | CBSSports.com |
| Jonah Keri caucuses with Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator from Ohio, about the Damn Yankees; the Cleveland Indians; what Senator Brown has in common with George F. Will; renaming the Indians; public financing for stadiums; Senators who speak truth to power; billionaires; unions; universal health care; the opioid crisis; and Senator Brown's Life Tip. | | |
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 | The Boston Globe |
| The playing of the anthem multiple times in the 1918 World Series generated national headlines and helped cement the relationship between the song and spectator sports. | | |
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 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Two days after he delivered an emotional halftime speech at Levi's Stadium, former 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark this morning offered his most expansive public comments since he revealed he had ALS in March. During a 14-minute interview on KNBR's Murph & Mac Show, Clark, 60, spoke candidly about his battle with the terminal disease that affects nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. | | |
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 | Sports Business Daily |
| As the NFL lurches toward another season of disappointing TV ratings, media executives once again are questioning whether there’s simply too much football. | | |
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 | TED Talks |
| When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience -- and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life. | | |
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