I did see one of my ex-coaches say he didn’t want me to be his quarterback. That really upset me. I saved his job in 2013. We fought our a** for him both years. For him to say that shows how much of a coward he is. | | | | Tiger Woods tied for ninth among 18 golfers in his return at the Hero World Challenge.
(Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I did see one of my ex-coaches say he didn’t want me to be his quarterback. That really upset me. I saved his job in 2013. We fought our a** for him both years. For him to say that shows how much of a coward he is.”
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
| John McEntee can throw a perfect pass blindfolded. But his most amazing feat has been keeping a low -profile in a chaotic White House. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Based on sticker prices, it might seem like the cost of competitive gaming hasn’t increased, but a scourge of toxic microtransactions is hitting gamers with hidden expenses in money and time alike. Thankfully, the internet’s rebel alliance is working to check the corporate empire-and reshape the industry. | | |
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 | Oxford American |
| Thumbing with the founder of the Great Hitchhiking Race. | | |
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 | Men's Health |
| How social media is changing the way men build and think about their bodies. | | |
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 | These Football Times |
| They were once the dreamers, the players who, in the tightest of spaces made the impossible happen. Now, however, they're being shifted out wide. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| How a 70-year-old Finnish goalie coach is transforming a global sport. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| College football is still in desperate need of a postseason repair job, and Dan Wetzel is just the man to make sense of this mess. | | |
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 | Genius |
| The NBA superstar debuted new music from chart-topping rappers and spotlighted up-and-comers on social media this year. | | |
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 | New York Post |
| Hideki Matsui should be seriously considered for the Hall of Fame. If he were, perhaps a path can be found to defuse some of the ever-growing discord and polarization about how to treat the ballot. I have long advocated a category should be created for "Baseball Life," whereby the totality of someone's time in the game is considered. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott discusses a host of topics related to the business of college athletics, including the effect the Department of Justice’s bribery investigation is having throughout the NCAA and its member institutions. Scott also talks about his push to rebrand a conference whose membership includes UCLA, USC and Stanford. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| Before the World Cup draw on Friday, there was reason to suspect that Russia would get off easy. As the host country, it was slotted into Pot 1, which made it impossible for them to be grouped with a powerhouse like Brazil or Germany. | | |
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 | Texas Monthly |
| This is the inside story of how billionaire restauranteur Tilman Fertitta pulled off the most expensive deal in American sports history. | | |
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 | Car and Driver |
| Everyone checks that you're okay and then the laughter commences. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| The Russian sniper is having a tremendous bounce-back campaign, showing Washington and the rest of the hockey world that he still has plenty of firepower. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| Coach Sean McDermott has instituted a new team-building tradition in Buffalo, as each week a player stands up in front of his teammates and talks about what’s most important to him. | | |
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 | The Indianapolis Star |
| He worked Tuesday night, and died Wednesday.. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Weightlifter who fled communist oppression in Bulgaria to represent Turkey at the Olympics. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Boxing has been littered with empty promises made by powerful individuals to young and hungry fighters looking for fame and glory. There are countless instances of financial betrayal and, most troubling, an inconsistent attention to the safety of the fighters who enter the ring. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| There is no doubt Tiger Woods had a successful and inspired return to competitive golf this past week. But let's not forget the bigger tests that await the 14-time major winner in the coming months. | | |
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 | The Stacks |
| Originally published in the February 1981 issue of Inside Sports, this piece appears here with the author’s permission. | | |
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