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| | rantnrave:// The announcement that JERRY RICHARDSON says he'll sell the PANTHERS robs the NFL of a difficult choice but doesn't abdicate it of a larger duty. Richardson is facing very serious allegations of sexual harassment, racism and other inappropriate actions. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's L. JON WERTHEIM and VIV BERNSTEIN broke the story Sunday morning. Sunday night, Richardson announced he was selling the team. He didn't mention the allegations. With Richardson willing to sell, NFL commissioner ROGER GOODELL doesn't have to decide whether to force him to do it. It wouldn't be unprecedented. NBA commissioner ADAM SILVER forced DONALD STERLING to sell the CLIPPERS and banned him from the league for racist comments. But there are larger questions still in play. The NFL took over a team investigation of Richardson Sunday -- will that continue? SI's story is damning but the league should do its own accounting. Will it find other details? Will Goodell still punish Richardson and lay groundwork for the future? This probably won't be the last time an organization or a high-ranking person in the NFL will be accused of something like this. It's inevitable, really. In the last week, the NFL NETWORK has been tagged with sexual harassment allegations. Then the Panthers. Does anyone think the trend will stop in CAROLINA? Isn't it best for the NFL if a precedent is in place for what to expect in the future? Shouldn't Goodell set punishment guidelines to also serve as a deterrent -- though "Don't be a bad human being" should be the biggest deterrent of all. There's no CBA to guide Goodell, like there is with players. And Richardson is an owner -- making him Goodell's boss. But allowing this to go by with no response from the league would be bad policy and bad PR. Maybe the NFL was behind Richardson's decision to sell. Acknowledging that would serve notice. The NFL can take the easy way out and let Richardson sell the team and hope the story dies out. Or it can do something and put actions behind platitudes... Best story I read all weekend: GILES TREMLETT on MANCHESTER CITY's quest for world domination. Man City wants to be the new COCA-COLA and build a conglomerate, staking out teams across the world, building a feeder system and international brand, all while mainlining the fun, aggressive style on the pitch that has them atop the EPL. Scale matters in soccer too... That PATRIOTS-STEELERS game. Wow. There's no such thing as a touchdown catch anymore. Hope we get to see these two again in the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. With ANTONIO BROWN. Are there any healthy stars left in the NFL? Put TODD GURLEY in bubble wrap please... Do you see TOM GLAVINE or GREG MADDUX?... Bye bye, KAKA... Is this the MATRIX of NFL punishment?... Spin to the left... BOOGIE DOWN BROWN... "You been watchin' film, huh? That's cool. Watch this." | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| At least four former Panthers employees have received monetary settlements over inappropriate workplace conduct by Jerry Richardson, according to sources. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Football has already been transformed by big money -- but the businessmen behind Man City are trying to build a global corporation that will change the game for ever. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| Considering the league has embraced social media so enthusiastically and to such great effect, B/R unsurprisingly found in a recent survey of NBA players that many were both saddened to learn the news and eager to share their AIM memories. | | |
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 | The Score |
| (Warning: Story contains coarse language)On a November afternoon in the Air Canada Centre's visiting locker room, after a Washington Wizards loss to the Toronto Raptors, Kelly Oubre Jr. wore a denim jacket with matching pants by October's Very Own, the streetwear line Drake launched. The clothing choice was no coincidence."We're in Canada," Oubre told theScore. | | |
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 | The Classical |
| Sports cartoons were once a staple on American sports pages. Fantagraphics' "The Draw Of Sport" brings to life the work of a lost art's grand master. | | |
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 | NY Daily News |
| Maverick’s transition to the state’s greatest stage comes as the governing body for Texas public schools launches the nation’s largest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. Perils are in the spotlight, as is Maverick. He is one of a million high school students playing football nationwide this season, and his emergence is considered to be the most intriguing rise in the Lone Star State. Where others see officials reining in football’s savagery, he sees open paths. | | |
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 | The Good Phight |
| As it nears its destruction, players, coaches, and a GM reflect on Campbell’s Field: a minor league park with a major league view. | | |
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 | Shopify |
| Nike is one of the world's largest brands but decades ago this journey started with one man selling Onitsuka sneakers out the back of a Plymouth. After rapidly mastering the traditional channels of commerce, Nike is now in the middle of mastering the fourth wave of commerce - trying to provide each of its visitors, buyers, and customers with an elevated experience across all channels. Here's how they're doing it, and what you can learn from them. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| December is a crowded month for pro wrestling in New York City. Ring of Honor has their annual Final Battle at the Hammerstein Ballroom, Evolve and local promotion House of Glory both have major shows, WWE has its annual Christmas week event at Madison Square Garden, and so on. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| L.A.’s double salary-dump deal with the Atlanta Braves isn’t about on-field baseball: It’s about managing the sport’s quasi-cap to get ready for the 2018 free-agent class. | | |
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 | Medium |
| There is a clear gender discrepancy in sports — the law of averages would suggest that harassment is rampant, if only because there are so many men. Those people, the ones waiting for the post-Weinstein sports-specific “reckoning,” are getting the catharsis they’re looking for: Warren Moon, Jerry Richardson, ESPN, and NFL Network have all been named in various suits and investigations, and there are almost certainly more to come. | | |
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 | SB Nation |
| On November 3, in a game that will be best remembered for LeBron James scorching the Washington Wizards for a career-high 57 points, the Wizards' Tim Frazier suffered what has become an everyday maladyfor players of his ilk. | | |
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 | ThinkProgress |
| Without playing a down or saying a word, his legacy only grew. | | |
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 | USA TODAY |
| Cotton Bowl executive got $560,000 in bonuses alone in 2015 as pay market keeps rising. | | |
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 | CBSSports.com |
| MLB revenues are at a record high right now, but teams aren't spending it on players. | | |
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 | Omaha World-Herald |
| Fifty years ago this month, for the first time, the best volleyball players at UNL teamed up for outside competition. They didn’t have financial support. They didn’t have a full-time coach. They didn’t even wear red uniforms. But they started something that endures tonight when the Huskers make their 14th final four appearance. | | |
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 | The Independent |
| It’s the last minute of the game. Desperate times. And so, with team-mates pouring forward, the centre-half decides to go route one: sticks it in the mixer, plays a huge, raking long ball looking for the big man up top. The striker uses his strength, holds it up, takes a touch, and then smashes the ball into the top corner. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| The inside (and Down Under) story of how Ben Simmons became the NBA's best rookie since LeBron James. | | |
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 | Victory Journal |
| When the Giants benched Manning, it was a reminder that all quarterbacks are mortal, writes David Roth. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| The drowning of Avishek Sengupta at an obstacle challenge last April was ruled an accident, but his family and friends believe that the sport’s most prominent company did a terrible job of monitoring safety at a water obstacle called Walk the Plank. Elliott D. Woods looks at the life of a remarkable amateur athlete and explains why his tragic end may lead to a multimillion-dollar legal fight. | | |
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