Today, my mind says, ‘Go.' My body says, ‘You can’t go.’ | | | | Shalane Flanagan is the first woman to break the tape at the NYC Marathon.
(Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Today, my mind says, ‘Go.' My body says, ‘You can’t go.’”
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| | rantnrave:// The CHIEFS are the NFL's most fun offense. Head coach ANDY REID is a magician. KC's scored the second-most points in the league with a QB who wasn't supposed to be able to throw deep, a third-rounder and second-string running back, one freakish wide receiver and a reality show tight end. College offenses are en vogue but the Chiefs are running something that looks like it belongs on a Friday night in TEXAS. Direct snaps to TRAVIS KELCE. Hand offs to TYREKE HILL inside the 10. Even when the Chiefs lose, Reid can look brilliant. The Chiefs are an example of how system and skills blend. KC doesn't have top talent but it has several gifted players -- enough of them to overcome an overly-cautious QB -- and the willingness to try new things. They're not disruptors. They're creative. The Chiefs could've trotted out the same offense they used to go 12-4 last season. Deviating from success takes chutzpah. Wish some other teams would take a few chances too. There's a dearth of good QBs. Why not try to change things up? The EAGLES put up 51 points on a very-good BRONCOS defense and cornerback CHRIS HARRIS said it was because they were running a "college offense." That's a compliment. The spread offense has taken over the NFL. Five wide. Pistol. Run-pass option. 60/40 run splits. Three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust is dead. The best teams are the ones experimenting. If only more of them were willing to try... A US runner hadn't won the women's NYC MARATHON since 1977. SHALANE FLANAGAN ended that. The symbolism was strong. Winning it the week of a terror attack in lower MANHATTAN. Like MEB KEFLEZIGHI winning BOSTON the year after the BOSTON BOMBINGS. Mushy, sure, but still sweet. Meb ended his career with an 11th-place finish. Goodbye to one of the best US runners ever. KENYAN GEOFFREY KAMWOROR won the men's race... COLIN KAEPERNICK v. the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE... Pep talks work. Not this one... THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is moving to NBC for the rest of the season. Can we blame the NFL for taking THE GOOD PLACE away from us?... Shoot your shot... Not too late to jump on the ASTROS bandwagon... When you tweet something dumb but say your TWITTER's been hacked... JETS dance to anything... What POP said. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | The Undefeated |
| The infamous dance squad has changed the game by promoting body positivity, confidence and self-love. | | |
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 | USA TODAY |
| A 6-year-old boy and his parents draw inspiration from a new Iowa tradition that sees fans at Kinnick Stadium wave to the neighboring children's hospital. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| The days of bulk and big muscles are gone. Today’s NBA is all about speed and space, and players are rapidly cutting weight to fit in. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| It might not shock you to learn that the most viral video this season on the NBA's official Instagram feed is a clip of LeBron James. Duh. But what is shocking? This video does not capture his dunking in transition, whipping a pass around multiple defenders or swatting a fast-break layup into the first row. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| The Jacksonville Jaguars have been one of this season's surprise teams at 4-3, but they have been anything but consistent. Jacksonville opened the season with a dominant win in Houston and then lost to Tennessee by three touchdowns at home ... before destroying Baltimore in London. | | |
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 | Polygon |
| The story of the United States’ oldest infantry division. | | |
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 | The Players' Tribune |
| Fifty-four years ago, I got away with a crime. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| They offer players a putrid punch in the nose but likely little actual performance boost. So how exactly did smelling salts become an essential part of NFL game days? | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Author Simon Critchley's new book, 'What We Think About When We Think About Soccer,' examines the power and myth of the world's most popular sport. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| The Huarache's story, as told in the new book 'Sneakers,' is a lesson in giving unusual new ideas a chance to succeed. | | |
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 | Bloomberg View |
| Adding video gaming to the games would broaden their appeal in Asia. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| New scientific studies show that pep talks work. From the baseball field to the workplace, great leaders energize teams with their words. | | |
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 | BIKE Magazine |
| "It's like riding a bike." That saying makes sense if you know how to ride a bike. "It's like building a bike" doesn't necessarily follow the same rules. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| Like any great race, the NYC Marathon is the sum of its parts. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| Is this trolling? An attempt to go viral? Something earnest and deeply stupid? A little from Columns A, B and C? | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| 'Day to day' is an injury status in the NFL. For those filling in those roster spots, it's also a way of life. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| He talks a mile a minute and doesn't appear to be slowing down at 86. | | |
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 | VentureBeat |
| As I’ve written about before in "The Birth of a Venture Capital Investment Thesis" and "Why Invest in Esports," the esports market is huge, has intense user engagement and is growing at an astronomical rate. There is great potential for incredible founders, with excellent ideas,to build businesses that generate outsized returns for early stage investors in the space. | | |
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 | Complex |
| Complex recently chatted with the Cavs power forward to find out how he soldiers on in the midst of tragedy. | | |
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 | Cleaning the Glass |
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