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offspring.lifehacker.com February 22, 2018
How to Clean Your Kid's Sports Uniforms

Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert, advice columnist and author of the New York Times bestselling book, My Boyfriend Barfed In My Handbag ... And Other Things You Can’t Ask Martha. Her flagship column, “Ask a Clean Person,” debuted in 2011.
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si.com March 9, 2018
The NFL Can’t Stand Them Yet Can’t Get Rid of Them: How Barstool Sports Is Booming

INDIANAPOLIS — The warehouse owner didn’t think he needed to ask for a cash deposit from the NFL when the league asked to rent his venue during the annual NFL Scouting Combine.
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topic.com March 9, 2018
Inside the World of Female Billiards Players

Renée Mata is a 4-foot-11 ball of irrepressible good vibes. She never stops grinning and stops talking only slightly more often.
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bleacherreport.com March 9, 2018
When Bubbles Balled Like Kahwi Leonard and More: The Sports Behind 'The Wire'

A decade ago, HBO's celebrated The Wire departed with a lasting montage of Baltimore's skyline as cars scooted along the highway.
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theringer.com March 8, 2018
Oh, the Places You’ll Go to Tank NBA Games

Tanking is a hallucinogen. Former Sixers GM Sam Hinkie confirmed as much in 2016. “Why do we watch basketball games front to back?” Hinkie asked in a Sports Illustrated article published at the start of the 2016-17 season.
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nytimes.com March 9, 2018
To Boost Sports Performance (and Annoy Your Opponents), Grunt

Emitting a high-decibel grunt or squeal while striking a backhand or uncorking a swirling roundhouse kick could substantially increase the power of that movement and sneakily bedevil your opponent.
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deadspin.com March 7, 2018
Here's Some Satisfying Sports Media Beef

Who’s hungry for some fuckin’ sports media drama? What if I told you it involved one writer misquoting another and a sassy Bill Simmons tweet? Pull up a chair, friend, and get a plate of this hot beef. It’s likely nothing much would have come of that tweet had it not been picked up by J.
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indystar.com March 8, 2018
Larry Nassar: The making of a monster who abused gymnasts for decades

Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is serving long sentences for decades of sexual abuse of young gymnasts. But how did the sports doctor get away with his crimes for so long? (March 2018) Dwight Adams/IndyStar The phone rang. It was Dr. Larry Nassar.
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si.com March 8, 2018
Michael Smith to Leave 6 PM SportsCenter

Sports Illustrated has learned that Michael Smith’s last day as an ESPN SportsCenter host will be Friday. Smith leaving the 6 p.m.
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bloomberg.com March 9, 2018
Facebook Signs Exclusive Deal to Stream 25 MLB Games

Facebook Inc. reached a deal with Major League Baseball for exclusive rights to stream 25 afternoon games on the social network in the U.S. It’s the first time a major U.S. league has agreed to show regular season games exclusively on Facebook, which has been building a portfolio of live sports.
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sbnation.com June 18, 2014
The Essence of Velocity

It had been a good meeting as far as Perry Husband was concerned. The 15 minutes he had been promised to convince the Houston Astros' team brass to fundamentally revamp their organizational approach to pitching had turned into close to an hour.
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waitbutwhy.com March 18, 2014
Why Sports Fans are Sports Fans

Throughout the world, the way people feel about sports spans a wide range. Let’s start with what we know about the non-sports side of the spectrum— To non-sports fans, caring about sports makes no sense.
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nytimes.com October 29, 2017
Tom Brady Cannot Stop

Last July, a few weeks before the New England Patriots started training camp, I got a call from Donald Yee, the agent in Los Angeles who has represented Tom Brady since he entered the N.F.L. in 2000.
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nytimes.com January 24, 2018
Exercise Alters Our Microbiome. Is That One Reason It’s So Good for Us?

Exercise may change the composition and activity of the trillions of microbes in our guts in ways that could improve our health and metabolisms over time, a new study finds.
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bleacherreport.com May 18, 2015
A Man in Full: An Oral History of Kevin Garnett, the Player Who Changed the NBA

On a spring day in 1995, the most powerful men in professional basketball gathered in a Chicago gymnasium to see the future of the NBA.
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washingtonpost.com September 30, 2015
In Jonathan Papelbon, Nationals got their closer — and their kiss of death

As July neared its close and the Washington Nationals tried to cling to their spot atop the National League East, General Manager Mike Rizzo manned his iPhone at all hours. The Nationals were in Miami for an off day before three games against the Marlins.
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espn.com July 16, 2013
You can only hope to contain them

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's July 22 Body Issue. Subscribe today! MINUTES AFTER Ronda Rousey bounded into the Octagon this past February for the first women's fight in UFC history, she found herself grappling with two formidable opponents.
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grantland.com August 6, 2015
The End of the Hoop Dream: A Journey to the Extreme Fringe of International Basketball

Fueled by desperation and long-shot hopes, a twentysomething huckster agent leads 10 end-of-the-line players on a European exposure tour. It could be their final chance at basketball glory, but will anyone buy what he’s selling? Jon Solomon has the same birthday as Michael Jordan.
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espn.com September 8, 2015
Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart

HIS BOSSES WERE furious. Roger Goodell knew it. So on April 1, 2008, the NFL commissioner convened an emergency session of the league's spring meeting at The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Attendance was limited to each team's owner and head coach.
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grantland.com April 24, 2015
The Rise and Rise (and Rise) of Stephen Curry: The Wildly Miraculous and Quietly Inevitable Success of Golden State’s Point Guard

There are slideshows on the Internet of the house, stately and fountained, where Stephen Curry lived as a boy — the house his parents built in 1996, the year Steph turned 8, on a 16-acre plot a few minutes’ drive from the center of Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s a big house, six bedrooms.
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huffingtonpost.com March 9, 2014
Why I Retired At 26

I decided not to hold a press conference because I didn't want to have to say things that were cliché. I've done enough of that since I've been playing football. I actually didn't really plan on saying anything about my retirement at all. I just kind of wanted to disappear.
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espn.com August 20, 2015
Why Chris Borland is the most dangerous man in football

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's August 31 NFL Preview Issue. Subscribe today! ONE DAY IN April, the NFL asked Chris Borland to take a random drug test.
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theringer.com February 16, 2017
Sportswriting Has Become a Liberal Profession — Here’s How It Happened

Back in the 1930s, you could walk into a press box and find not just a social justice warrior but an actual communist. His name was Lester Rodney, and he wrote sports for the party newspaper, The Daily Worker. Rodney’s politics made his life complicated.
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lifehacker.com September 24, 2013
Seven Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Running

It isn’t hard to get started running, but once you get into the swing of things, it’s easy to injure yourself or ignore little things that make you a lot better. Running coach Jason Fitzgerald shares some of his secrets. Hindsight is 20/20.
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espn.com
OTL: Why You Should Care About Cricket

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- The guy walking across the parking lot is famous. That's easy to tell from the reactions. Crowds part for him. Security guards mirror his every step. Other cricketers who made this same trip to the locker room tiptoed around the puddles. He strides over them, head up, confident.
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wired.com March 21, 2012
One Man's Quest to Track Every NBA Shot Remade Basketball

Editor's note: With the start of Olympic basketball medal rounds, WIRED is reprising this feature about how Kirk Goldsberry's obsession with basketball with statistics is changing pro hoops. As a kid, Kirk Goldsberry was a rabid basketball fan.
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grantland.com August 30, 2013
The Unfortunate Tale of T-Mac

As the summer passed, everything I witnessed during the 2013 NBA Finals blurred into one colorful, eclectic memory. Tony Parker chewing up 23.999997 seconds of the shot clock before clinching Game 1 with an outrageous leaner.
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mentalfloss.com
Good, Honest Football: Re-Watching the XFL

It's difficult to peruse the laundry list of things the NFL has done wrong recently without coming to the conclusion that we are witnessing the league's nadir.
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grantland.com September 4, 2014
The League That Never Sleeps

You probably know the 2014 NFL season kicks off in Seattle tonight, with Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson’s unairbrushable loins and the defending champs laying six points to Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. I’m excited to have Brady, Gronk, Belichick and every other Patriot back in my life.
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sbnation.com March 4, 2014
That Wonderful Summer

On July 4, 1988, FIFA awarded the 1994 World Cup to the United States. At the time, there was no top-flight professional league in the U.S., and it had been 38 years since the country had participated in a World Cup.
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grantland.com August 5, 2015
Seven Days in Flushing: Reliving One of the Craziest Weeks in New York Mets History

For the New York Mets, the first 16 weeks of this season featured plenty of highs: an 11-game winning streak, electrifying performances by the team’s young pitchers, and continued folk-hero status for Bartolo Colon.
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lifehacker.com June 26, 2013
How I Went From Barely Jogging to Running 100 Miles Per Month

I started running a year ago. I had just begun a new job after leaving my own startup. I was tired of being a founder and desperately needed a break. I wanted to have a calmer lifestyle and I wanted a hobby. Running seemed like a great choice for a hobby.
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com
CNN Sports provided by Bleacher Report

Bleacher Report is on a mission to revolutionize the way sports fan learn, think, and talk about their favorite teams and topics. Fans looking for Sports Illustrated content can find and bookmark it by clicking the link below.
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grantland.com January 31, 2013
The White Album

Royce White has a lot of radical thoughts about his own mental illness. But that's just the beginning — he's worried about your brain, too. I probably don’t need to tell you who Royce White is.
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espn.com August 24, 2016
The inside story of the quick rise and quicker fall of DraftKings and FanDuel

There's a game within the game that requires a different set of skills," actor Edward Norton says in the voice-over as quick-cut video images show young men and women bathing a dog, jogging on the street, sweating in a sauna -- all while staring, hyperfocused, into their smartphones.
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theverge.com May 2, 2017
Fitness app Strava really, really wants to be the social network for athletes

Strava Inc., maker of a fitness-tracking app that caters mostly to outdoor athletes, has just announced a new feature: “Athlete Posts,” a kind of blogging platform within its existing app that lets select athletes write extensive stories and publish photos.
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rollingstone.com November 25, 2014
The 15 Worst Owners in Sports

Sports arguments compensate for our powerlessness.
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grantland.com May 9, 2012
Oden on Oden

Me: “Well, my goal is to humanize you and give people an idea of what the last five years have been like for you. You might not realize it, but you’re one of the biggest enigmas in the NBA. Because of your injuries, most fans haven’t seen you play.
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theplayerstribune.com June 29, 2015
Letter to My Younger Self

You’re about to go pro, and you’re pretty excited. Deep in your heart you know you’re eventually going to succeed. But believe me, it’s coming a lot sooner than you think.
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outsideonline.com August 20, 2015
Age Is Irrelevant When It Comes to Fitness

Last February, 59-year-old Ned Overend, aka “The Lung,” aka “Deadly Nedly,” won the first National Fatbike Championships, held in Ogden, Utah. Fat Bike Nats isn’t exactly the Tour de France, but it’s no charity ride, either.
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theplayerstribune.com March 21, 2015
Life After Basketball

I’m retiring. I heard someone once say there comes a day when they tell us all that we can’t play anymore. We’re not good enough. Surplus to requirements. Too slow, maybe.
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newyorker.com July 10, 2018
Nick Kyrgios, the Reluctant Rising Star of Tennis

Nick Kyrgios, the twentieth-ranked tennis player in the world, stepped to the baseline. He briskly bounced the ball and rocked forward to begin his serve, his arms swinging. He has a narrow waist and strong shoulders, a greyhound’s look, and a greyhound’s air of languid indifference.
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grantland.com February 18, 2014
The Worst Contracts in the NBA

The Sports Guy is no Joe Dumars, but he knows a thing or two about awful deals — these are the 30 most abysmal in the league B ad deals are inescapable in sports and pop culture.
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grantland.com February 1, 2013
Daring to Ask the PED Question

If everyone is secretly suspicious of so many athletic achievements in the 21st century, why aren't we talking about it? I made a deal with myself a long time ago: My column needed to capture the things I discuss with my friends. Last week, I realized that wasn’t totally happening anymore.
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foxsports.com March 17, 2017
The rise and fall of Rafael Palmeiro

He’s sitting with a North Carolina State hat dipped downward. He’s aged well. Still handsome, the black mustache of his playing days is gone, replaced with a salt-and-pepper beard. When he stands up, his shoulders are muscular, and he looks a decade younger than 51.
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grantland.com August 14, 2014
The Influencer

The NFL has gone from doubting Chip Kelly to trying to mimic his innovations. Can the question-everything coach and his Eagles stay ahead?
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buzzfeed.com September 8, 2015
The Lost, True Story Of The CIA’s Greatest Basketball Coach

From the stands, Jay Mullen didn’t like what he saw. He didn’t like that the Soviet basketball team was humiliating its overmatched Ugandan opponents. He didn’t like that the visitors were bigger, stronger, faster, and more skilled than the amateurish Ugandan army and prison guard teams.
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deadspin.com June 23, 2017
SI Swimsuit Is Apparently Phasing Out Those Inconvenient Swimsuits

Sports Illustrated experimented with just what you can put on a supermarket rack without a plastic cover way back in 2015 when the cover of their swimsuit issue featured model Hannah Davis (now Jeter) pulling her bikini bottoms down to her vulva, but have you checked in lately? At this point, the SI
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grantland.com June 25, 2014
The Ultimate Crapshoot

How crazy is the NBA draft? Just look at what would happen if we redid the top picks from the past 19 years. First things first — I love the 2014 NBA draft.
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newyorker.com May 16, 2016
Show Them the Money

“This Is Your Brain on Sports” (Crown Archetype), by L.
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newyorker.com January 3, 2014
What Makes a Football Player Smart?

Not long ago, I was talking about daily life in the N.F.L. with Ryan Fitzpatrick, the veteran Tennessee Titans quarterback, who studied economics at Harvard. “It’s such a physical game,” he said. “You see three-hundred-pounders hitting each other, and people think of the physicality.
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si.com February 26, 2015
The history of college basketball's offensive decline—and how to fix it

On April 1, 2000, Wisconsin and Michigan State faced off at the Final Four in Indianapolis. The game was slow, grinding and physical. At halftime, the Spartans led, 19-17. Sitting in his seat at the RCA Dome, Roy Williams cringed.
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lifehacker.com November 26, 2014
How Can I Learn Enough About Sports to Talk to Others?

Dear Lifehacker, Everyone talks about sports at the office. I'm not particularly interested, but I'd like to at least join in and bond with my coworkers. How can I learn just enough to be sociable without wasting a ton of time?
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grantland.com July 23, 2015
The Lingerie Football Trap

For top female football players, there’s no game in town besides the no-pay Legends Football League and its revealing dress code Heather Furr just twitched: a quick nod toward the women behind her, who wear football pads and eyeliner and garments that
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sbnation.com June 3, 2014
All is lost

In order to respond, I requested that you also write me a poem about the eventual fate of the NBA. Over 600 of you were kind enough to weigh in. There was no consensus, really, but the most popular answer was, "it will end with societal collapse."
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nytimes.com October 26, 2017
Steve Bartman Remains Invisible, 10 Years Later

CHICAGO — Steve Bartman sat in the first row down the left-field line for Game 6 of the National League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins at Wrigley Field on Oct. 14, 2003. He wore a green turtleneck and had headphones over his Cubs cap.
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grantland.com June 13, 2011
The Greatest Paper That Ever Died

Radically brilliant. Absurdly ahead of its time. Ridiculously poorly planned. The National changed everything about sports journalism — and torched $150 million in the process.
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espn.com February 25, 2013
Meet the world's top NBA gambler

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's March 4 Analytics issue. Subscribe today! Bob Voulgaris had become one of the most successful sports gamblers in the world when, in 2004, he started to lose.
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outsideonline.com September 24, 2007
The Greatest Fitness Tips. Ever.

Three decades ago, endurance training consisted of pretty much one workout: all-out, all the time. Then fitness went mainstream, CEOs started wearing spandex, and "sports scientist" became a legitimate career goal. The result? Periodization, VO2 max, functional strength, and more.
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ericcressey.com February 27, 2013
20 Ways to Prepare Young Athletes for Success in Sports and in Life

It’s a challenging time to be a parent. My twin daughters just turned two, and I can already appreciate this fact. You see, at the end of my own personal youth athletics career, I went directly to a career in coaching young athletes – and I’ve been there for well over a decade now.
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mmqb.si.com November 23, 2015
Broncos QB Brock Osweiler, Peter King's Monday Morning QB Week 11 : The MMQB with Peter King

I love this time of year, and not just because it’s Thanksgiving (ICYMI: I like food). But look at the standings this morning. Notice a symmetry? Thirty of the 32 teams—all but New England and Buffalo, playing tonight—are at the 10-game point. No more byes.
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deadspin.com April 24, 2017
This Is The Story About Robert Kraft's Casino Holdings That Rupert Murdoch's Paper Never Ran

It goes without saying (hey there, Las Vegas Raiders!) that the NFL’s gambling policy is a hypocritical mess.
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sbnation.com November 20, 2013
Requiem for a welterweight

After eight frustrating years, four controversial fights, 42 contentiously scored rounds, with over 500 punches landed from more than 1,800 thrown, after two grueling hours of opportunity under the spotlight, on Dec.
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expertboxing.com November 23, 2012
The BEGINNER’S Guide to Boxing

The ULTIMATE GUIDE to boxing! Are you new to boxing and don’t know where to start? I made this complete basic boxing guide for all beginner boxers, filled with explanations, pictures, videos, and links to more detailed guides. Please share it with other aspiring boxers and fighters.
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thewirecutter.com July 10, 2017
The Best Sports Bras for DD+, C/D, and A/B Cups

For DD+ wearers, we like the Brooks Juno. The Juno’s straps are the bra’s highlight: They use Velcro, and you can adjust them from the front while still wearing the bra, making this bra the easiest to customize out of any we tested.
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grantland.com September 17, 2013
Bigger, Faster, Stronger, Louder: How the Seahawks Became the Coolest Team in the NFL

An hour and a half before the Seahawks and 49ers were set to kick off, the air above Occidental Avenue smelled like weed and hot dogs. The jersey-clad had filled the bars outside CenturyLink Field for hours, but now the migration inside had begun.
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grantland.com October 27, 2015
The 15 Biggest Plays in Baseball History

Which plays caused the widest swings in a team’s numerical chances at winning the World Series?
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artofmanliness.com May 19, 2015
De-Quasimodo Yourself: 6 Exercises to Counteract Slouching

Earlier this year when I made a video about how to plan your week, several viewers commented on the terrible Quasimodo-like hunched back I displayed. As a guy who spends much of his time sitting slumped over a laptop, I was aware I had developed a terrible slouch. And I wasn’t proud of it.
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sbnation.com September 24, 2013
Perfecting the formula

The play call surprised nobody on the University of New Hampshire sideline. Not the head coach, not the quarterback, and definitely not the receiver who eventually found himself celebrating in the end zone. On Nov. 4, 2000, UNH was in trouble.
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espn.com March 5, 2015
From The Mag : Top MLB prospect lives by his own rules

THE FUTURE of the Toronto Blue Jays wakes up in a 1978 Volkswagen camper behind the dumpsters at a Wal-Mart and wonders if he has anything to eat. He rummages through a half-empty cooler until he finds a dozen eggs.
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grantland.com March 6, 2013
The Devil’s Dictionary of Sportswriting

The journalist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) vanished in Mexico before he could add sportswriting clichés to The Devil’s Dictionary. Too bad. I would have liked to have seen what Bierce made of “distraction” and “glue guy,” not to mention everyone’s favorite: “first-ballot Hall of Famer.
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vitals.lifehacker.com May 24, 2016
My New Favorite Sports Bra Is a $40 Piece of Elastic

I didn’t believe it at first, either. When I first heard about the Būband, I googled up review after review looking for someone who could verify that it was a ridiculous garbage gimmick. But most of what I read was positive, so I told you guys all about it.
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nytimes.com October 29, 2017
Ryan Hoffman, a U.N.C. Football Player Two Decades Ago, Is Now Homeless

LAKELAND, Fla. — With sunset minutes away, the man in the neon yellow knit hat took his usual spot here at a busy intersection.
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theguardian.com March 13, 2014
Steven Gerrard and the 'top, top' chop

Last October, 500 journalists attended the Institute of Directors on London's Pall Mall to witness history in the making: the launch of Sir Alex Ferguson's second autobiography.
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bloomberg.com September 10, 2015
You Aren't Good Enough to Win Money Playing Daily Fantasy Football

Every first-time player of daily fantasy football begins the new season undefeated, just like even the most hopeless NFL teams.
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artofmanliness.com January 9, 2012
Beginner’s Guide to Long Distance Running

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Matt Frazier. For the past few decades, running hasn’t seemed so cool.
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grantland.com October 10, 2014
The Commissioner

When Bob Ryan would begin writing a Celtics game story — a “gamer,” as it’s known in the trade — he’d look for a lede. An insight, a gag, a short scene. Something he could extract from his brain before deadline that would give the reader a proverbial starting point.
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cracked.com August 19, 2014
5 Reasons You Should Hate Professional Sports

I am not a sportser. I do not sport, nor do I mingle among sportsed or sporting folk. And what you have to understand is that for people who grew up not caring about professional sports, being a "sports fan" seems just as weird and alien as being a brony, a furry, or a comedy writer.
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washingtonpost.com July 24, 2015
Chip Kelly, football’s most intriguing figure, is also its most unknown

On a Monday afternoon nearly two years ago, a woman in her mid-forties settled into a long Metro ride, Dupont Circle to Landover, bound eventually for FedEx Field.
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sports.vice.com November 22, 2016
How Magnus Carlsen is Making Chess Cool and Wearing His Rivals Down

When his son Magnus turned five, Henrik Carlsen sat down and told his wife, Sigrun, that he felt the boy had the potential to become a grandmaster.
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deadspin.com August 22, 2014
Why Your Team Sucks 2014: Pittsburgh Steelers

Some people are fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Your 2013 record: 8-8. And no team looks more 8-8ish than when the Steelers go 8-8.
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grantland.com January 27, 2014
A Tale of Two Cities

What happens when the Broncos' historic offense faces off against the Seahawks' immovable defense? You’re underrating the Denver Broncos’ offense. Yes, you. I don’t care who you are.
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sports.vice.com February 12, 2015
The Plot to Kill the Slam Dunk

The first thing you need to know is that the inventor of basketball never intended for the rim to be set at 10 feet. It just so happened that the running track above the floor where James Naismith hung his peach baskets in 1891 was 10 feet tall.
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deadspin.com January 16, 2013
Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax

Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, the stories said, played this season under a terrible burden. A Mormon linebacker who led his Catholic school's football program back to glory, Te'o was whipsawed between personal tragedies along the way.
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grantland.com February 26, 2015
Moneyball II: Charles Barkley, the Sports Media, and the Second Statistical War

When Charles Barkley sank his teeth into analytics this month on Inside the NBA, you could almost hear the whole Internet groan.
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nytimes.com October 26, 2017
Why The Athletic Wants to Pillage Newspapers

By the time you finish reading this article, the upstart sports news outlet called The Athletic probably will have hired another well-known sportswriter from your local newspaper.
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mmqb.si.com July 24, 2013
Chip Kelly’s Mystery Man

From now until the opening of training camps, The MMQB will run a series of our Greatest Hits from the site’s first year. From July 2013, Jenny Vrentas profiles the NFL's first sports-science coordinator.
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nytimes.com October 27, 2017
Becoming the All-Terrain Human

Kilian Jornet Burgada is the most dominating endurance athlete of his generation. In just eight years, Jornet has won more than 80 races, claimed some 16 titles and set at least a dozen speed records, many of them in distances that would require the rest of us to purchase an airplane ticket.
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zenhabits.net June 23, 2008
How to Go From Sedentary to Running in Five Steps

As a runner, there is almost nothing in this world that can take me to the places that running does. I find solitude in my running, I find my thoughts and my peace, I find energy and motivation, I come up with my best ideas and solve my toughest problems. Running transforms me.
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grantland.com July 31, 2014
The Mecca in Decline

Why doesn’t New York City produce elite NBA talent like it used to?
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fivethirtyeight.com July 1, 2014
Lionel Messi Is Impossible

We published this article during the 2014 World Cup. Since then, Lionel Messi has proven the point over and over again, including an impossible goal against Athletic Bilbao to help FC Barcelona win the Copa Del Rey.
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grantland.com June 18, 2014
24 Lingering Questions From the NBA Finals

Leave it to the San Antonio Spurs. Just one day after celebrating one of the most emotional title clinchers in NBA history, the “Ozymandias” episode of the Duncan-Pop era was rendered irrelevant by America’s first World Cup game.
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artofmanliness.com July 10, 2013
A Primer on Krav Maga: The Combative System of the Israeli Defense Forces

I can’t remember how I first heard about Krav Maga, but I do remember being immediately intrigued.
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mmqb.si.com August 3, 2015
Carolina Panthers' Bruce DeHaven battles prostate cancer while coaching : The MMQB with Peter King

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Here’s how football locker rooms have changed before our eyes, per Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan, who was a rookie in 2008: “When I came into the league, guys would be playing cards in the locker room, and dominoes,” Ryan said on Sunday.
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grantland.com December 19, 2014
Finding the Cleveland Misery Tipping Point

Every time I mention in my football column that God hates Cleveland, fans from Buffalo, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Carolina, Houston, San Diego, Tennessee, Arizona, Atlanta and Detroit take it personally.
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sbnation.com July 10, 2013
'I wanna throw up': Celebrating Plano East-John Tyler, the greatest sports video in YouTube history

In 2007, I watched "Plano East-John Tyler 1994 football" for the first time, and immediately decided it was the greatest video on YouTube. Six years later, I reckon that's still true. If you haven't seen it, then for the love of God, see it:
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grantland.com August 27, 2015
The Shadow of Steffi Graf: Before Serena, Women’s Tennis Had Another Unconquerable Force

This was as close as Steffi Graf came to losing at a major in 1988: Returning at 15-15, down a set and a break to the no.
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deadspin.com June 23, 2016
How America’s Favorite Sports Betting Expert Turned A Sucker’s Game Into An Industry

Full wagering is illegal in 49 states, but sports betting is big business, with billions wagered each year—and everyone knows it. Lines and moves are discussed openly on TV, and covers are mentioned right next to game stories.
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grantland.com May 26, 2015
We Interrupt This Eulogy for the NBA Post-Up Game to Bring You Its Rebirth

These playoffs resemble new-age basketball’s death blow to the old-school.
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