I want people to understand that this kid had no choice. She couldn't function. She couldn't work. [USA Gymnastics] were willing to sacrifice the health and well-being of one of the most famous gymnasts in the world because they didn't want the world to know they were protecting a pedophile doctor. | | | | Forget the race, check out the view.
(Scott Barbour/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I want people to understand that this kid had no choice. She couldn't function. She couldn't work. [USA Gymnastics] were willing to sacrifice the health and well-being of one of the most famous gymnasts in the world because they didn't want the world to know they were protecting a pedophile doctor.”
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| Does anyone know what a catch is in the NFL? Dez Bryant, Jesse James, and Calvin Johnson have their own opinions. No one can agree on how to interpret football's most confusing rule, and yet it continues to decide games. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Anatoly Karpov, the 66-year-old former World Chess Champion, was comfortable playing chess underneath the bright lights and in front of the cameras on a television studio set. His opponent, Mikhail "Misha" Osipov, had never played on quite so big a stage before. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| On Twitter, they are openly bartered, donated, even celebrated. "Anyone have a Spectrum user ID & password I can trade for?" one Twitter user wrote last month. Another thanked her friend "for giving me his Spectrum username and password to watch the World Series Game 7." | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Fireworks exploded over Charlotte's skyline, and the windows in downtown office towers were lit ablaze to spell "N-F-L" that Tuesday night in October 1993 when the league announced its 28 owners had voted to award North Carolina's biggest city an expansion franchise. | | |
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| A lawsuit by Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney says USA Gymnastics insisted she sign a non-disclosure agreement about abuse allegations. | | |
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| MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred, joined Dan and Stugotz to discuss the Miami Marlins sale. | | |
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| The Steph Curry Effect: How NBA stars impact Vegas totals. | | |
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| Asked recently which event she was more excited about - the 2018 Winter Olympics or the recently released Tonya Harding biopic "I, Tonya" -- 13-year-old figure skater Kendyll Martin quickly said the Olympics. After all, she hadn't even been born when Nancy Kerrigan was assaulted at Cobo Arena and wasn't familiar with arguably the most dramatic moment in figure skating history. | | |
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 | The Boston Globe |
| Patriots coach Bill Belichick has reduced Alex Guerrero’s special team access, including traveling on team flights and sideline passes. | | |
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| Inside the arms race between sneakerheads and those trying to turn hype into profit. | | |
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 | The Bill Simmons Podcast |
| Bill Simmons is joined by The Ringer's editor-at-large, Bryan Curtis, to discuss John Skipper's decision to step down at ESPN and Skipper's lasting legacy at the company. Then, Stratechery's Ben Thompson joins to give his thoughts on Disney's most recent acquisition and who's competing in the tech space with Netflix. | | |
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 | FanGraphs |
| We've been writing here - perhaps ad nauseum - about the changes the game is undergoing currently. The ball may be different, the launch angles may be changing, power is definitely up, and starting-pitcher innings are down. Are these fundamental changes, though? Is this a different game we're watching than the ones our elders enjoyed? | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| Nearly 18 years after Bert Emanuel's name became synonymous with the NFL's inability to define what constitutes a catch, the NFL still can't define what constitutes a catch. "It was a play that really changed the game," Emanuel told me over the phone this week. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| How do you cope with a gruesome injury that derails what should have been a dream season? If you’re Boston’s Gordon Hayward, you launch yourself into your rehab—and find solace in unlikely places. | | |
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 | USA TODAY |
| Maura MacDonald juggles four sons who play and a husband who coaches. | | |
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| A bonus conversation with director Colin Hanks and former NBA Trainer Wally Blase. Wally started his career in the 1990s with the legendary Chicago Bulls. His wild 10-day "injury rehab" trip with Dennis Rodman inspired the new 30 for 30 short "Wally and the Worm." | | |
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 | NPR |
| How Jake Carpenter turned a childhood novelty toy into one of the biggest winter sports in the world and from it, built Burton Snowboards. | | |
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| In the days -- hours, actually -- leading up to his shocking resignation announcement Monday morning, former ESPN President John Skipper gave no hint that he was about to step away from the most powerful position in sports media. | | |
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| There is an entire industry built up around deciphering where 16- and 17-year-olds will play college football. Websites boast "crystal ball" predictions of where top high school recruits will suit up. Companies charge for premium subscriptions with claims that they can decode the caprice and whimsy of children. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| Two weeks before LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are scheduled to arrive in Prienai, Lithuania, one of the town's most popular restaurants has already begun preparing to make them feel welcome. A scrolling electronic sign above Tango Pizza's front door flashes the message, "PRIENAI GOT BALLS!!!" | | |
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