There is a huge segment of our market that wants a bundle that doesn't involve sports. | | | | | LeBron James. (Keith Allison/Flickr) | | | | |  | “There is a huge segment of our market that wants a bundle that doesn't involve sports.”
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| | rantnrave:// Why not just admit it? Why wouldn’t LEBRON JAMES just say that he’s not staying at a TRUMP hotel during the CAVALIERS’ road trip to NEW YORK because of his distaste – or political disaffection – for the PRESIDENT-ELECT? Wouldn’t that be easier than playing semantical hopscotch as he is now by saying he asked to stay apart from the team because of a “personal preference”? "It would be the same if I went to a restaurant," he said, "and decided to eat chicken and not steak." James is one of the most influential people in the U.S. He has already cast a political statement this election by campaigning for HILLARY CLINTON. Instead of obfuscation, telling the truth, if it is why he’s not staying at the hotel, would not be any different… If NHL players don’t play in the next WINTER OLYMPICS, it certainly would be a loss for the sport. Maybe it’s the right decision because of legal logistics or as a bargaining chip in the next CBA, but it would be a net negative for hockey fans and for the NHL. The Olympics elevates hockey to a rare national stage and, hockey-wise, it’s some of the best action I’ve seen… SCOTT BORAS was right. MARVIN MILLER should be in the HALL OF FAME. That he’s not is electoral negligence by voters and the perfect example of the leeway and prestige that owners and commissioners get that labor does not in baseball. Miller is one of the most important people in MLB history… LINDA MCMAHON won the royal rumble to join the TRUMP administration… I would have gone with STEPHANIE. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Not long ago, the Big Ten languished behind the SEC. Thanks to better revenue and homegrown coaches, it's back as the best conference in the land. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| NFL teams move semi-regularly, but the Oakland Raiders feel different. If the franchise bolts, it will be heretical. A betrayal. Hell, it even figures to be bad business. | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| When stars like Andrew McCutchen sign franchise-friendly deals, it makes it easier for those teams to unceremoniously unload them later. Does taking one for the team mean nothing these days? | | |
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 | Yahoo! News |
| How a combination of major league player sentiment and ownership frustration conspired to keep the closest thing the game has seen to a Babe Ruth-type player in decades away from the best league in the world. | | |
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 | Slate |
| How Daryl Morey used behavioral economics to revolutionize the art of NBA draft picks. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| Australian golfers say tourists from China, India and Norway--oblivious to the danger of being pelted--wander onto the fairways in pursuit of marsupial snapshots. | | |
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 | Baseball America |
| What the new international rules mean for baseball. | | |
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 | espnW |
| When 3-pointers were finally allowed in his son's basketball league, Dan Shanoff found a way to contain the unbridled fifth-grade joy of firing them up: a ticket-based motivational system. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| Sitting behind one of the best quarterbacks in football is a lot like stalking prey: You bide your time and prepare as best you can, because you never know when the chance might come. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The American artist joins with Burton to create ... the Philosopher. | | |
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 | The Players' Tribune |
| That weekend in Nashville was simply amazing. It felt like the entire building was on my side. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| The rural backwater of Itaguaí has become an unlikely hotbed of cricket, kept alive by a combination of expats and eccentricity, and providing a world-class excuse for a party. | | |
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| Vice Sports |
| A behind-the-scenes look at the NFL's controversial attempt to fund NIH brain science shows the tension between the league's bottom line and research into football's dangers. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| Napoleon Harris may not be Bruce Wayne, but for at least one night on Chicago's South Side, he was as close to Batman as this world has to offer. | | |
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 | The Huffington Post |
| "If I was the NCAA, I would not necessarily be celebrating this ruling," one expert said. | | |
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 | Huck Magazine |
| Kiwi pro freeskier Sam Smoothy explores North Korea's new snow scene, becoming one of the first Westerners to set foot on the secretive nation’s slopes. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| Writer, TV commentator and mentor died two years ago this week. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Eddie George, the former Heisman winner and NFL star, will make his Broadway debut in 'Chicago' in 2017. | | |
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| espnW |
| Rima Yacoub, a member of the 2016 Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program class, is empowering girls in Jordan through jiu-jitsu and self-defense. | | |
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