I like to think I’ve got some perspective. But really the best thing about sports is when you lose perspective, when you get swept up in the moment and shove the real world off into a corner and care about nothing else but right now, bottom of the ninth, three-pointer in the air, a putt to win the Masters, overtime. | | | | Dele Alli nets a second for Spurs against Swansea City.
(Michael Steele/Getty Images) | | | | | | “I like to think I’ve got some perspective. But really the best thing about sports is when you lose perspective, when you get swept up in the moment and shove the real world off into a corner and care about nothing else but right now, bottom of the ninth, three-pointer in the air, a putt to win the Masters, overtime.”
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| | rantnrave:// ARIZONA fired RICH RODRIGUEZ after a former assistant came forward with sexual harassment allegations. The assistant has made it known she's going to sue the university, and maybe Rodriguez too. Will this set a precedent for how colleges intend to respond to such accusations? The details aren't as clear-cut as other allegations of harassment or sexual assault. The school did its own investigation and said it couldn't corroborate the claims and the assistant didn't cooperate. But obviously Arizona learned enough to fire the coach anyway. Rodriguez admitted to cheating on his wife with another woman, and the assistant says she was asked to keep that affair quiet, amidst working in what she'll probably argue is a hostile workplace. The school said it wasn't happy with the direction of the program -- which went 15-21 in the last three years after a FIESTA BOWL appearance -- and that likely contributed to Rodriguez's ouster. Arizona didn't use this as a way to escape paying Rodriguez a buyout but the legal aspect of this is more complicated than it seems. Firing college coaches, especially at public universities, is different than almost anywhere else. Will this be a gauge of how much schools are willing to tolerate and who they're willing to tolerate it from? Is there going to be a sliding scale based on how bad the allegations are and how successful the coach has been? Will sexual harassment and assault be treated with more seriousness than NCAA violations? Will there be a strict liability for coaches rightfully snagged in the #METOO movement. And will schools maintain fair working conditions for women in a high-testosterone field?... Sports can be uplifting. Good to get a reminder of that. The WASHINGTON POST's JESSE DOUGHERTY writes about MYA FOURSTAR, an AMERICAN INDIAN high school basketball sophomore trying to shoot her way out of MONTANA... KYRIE IRVING remains one of the most confounding stars in the NBA but ESPN's JACKIE MACMULLAN comes as close as anyone has to crack the CELTICS point guard. What would make a young, title-winning star want to go somewhere else?... The national champion is in the eye of the beholder. So are the bonuses. What do the players get?... Not fair... The best athlete of our time? | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| She scored 50 points as an eighth-grader and her name spread across Montana. But leaving the American Indian reservation she calls home won’t be easy. | | |
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| On the eve of the National Championships, Nicole Chung and champion skater Kristi Yamaguchi discuss life after the Olympics, what it means to be 'the first,' and the state of figure skating in 2018. | | |
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| If you think Pardon the Interruption was a Kornheiser/Wilbon idea, think again. Episode 2 explains how the show was created, and why it's still successful after more than a decade and a half on the air. | | |
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| The inside story of Irving's last year in Cleveland, from his relationship with LeBron James to his demand to leave to what he is hoping to find as a member of the Boston Celtics. | | |
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| Jorge Alves went from washing Carolina Hurricanes jerseys to wearing one. Last season, when the team’s beloved equipment manager took the ice as an emergency goalie, he didn’t expect his moment of glory to last quite this long. | | |
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| Jordan Greenway is set to become the first African-American to play for USA Hockey at an Olympic tournament. The 20-year-old, who will break a color barrier nearly a century old, shares his story. | | |
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| In 2003, as a rookie offensive lineman for the Carolina Panthers, Jordan Gross was asked to buy a cappuccino machine. Jordan refused. Drama ensued. 13 years later, Bill Littlefield tells the story of The Curse of the Cappuccino Machine -- and gives Jordan a chance to apologize for his mistake. | | |
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| The Georgia Bulldogs — the football team I have rooted for since I was old enough to root — won the most thrilling football game I have ever seen, and will play next week for the national championship. It’s 6:30 in the morning on the day after, and my blood is still coursing with a mix of Irish whiskey and adrenalin. I feel thoroughly and completely alive. The birds outside are chirping just for me. | | |
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| There were the cheerleaders, the novelty checks and the photo-ops, the boos for the visiting team and the pyrotechnically-enhanced entrance of the home team, strutting and preening for the cameras to the sounds of Kanye West's "Black Skinhead": "Middle America packed in / Came to see me in my black skin." | | |
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| According to the people at Brooks Sports Inc., I'm not a runner. I'm what's known within the company as a person who runs. "There's a difference," says Brooks Chief Executive Officer Jim Weber, who's run three to five mornings a week, every week, for 35 years but apparently isn't a runner either. | | |
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| The Raiders have made a mockery of the rule, so Roger Goodell must take a tougher stance. | | |
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| Our science staff is trying to lead a more scientific life in 2018. Throughout the week, we'll be writing about our resolutions for the new year . Here's the second entry, on Tom Brady's fitness empire. I am done with testimonials from professional athletes. | | |
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| If the Yankees balk at spending above the luxury tax, the hardened salary cap could become inelastic. | | |
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| 25 years ago, KC Boutiette led a wave of inline skaters onto the ice. Now he must beat men half his age for a trip to PyeongChang. | | |
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| As Saban’s Crimson Tide and Smart’s Bulldogs prepare to play in the College Football Playoff semifinals, we examine the various attempts at Sabanization and evaluate how closely the pupils have adhered to the master’s style using the four key components of Saban’s success. | | |
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| I love football. But it became difficult to love the game as much when I was in some sort of pain every day. | | |
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| Almost 20 years ago, Nike set out to craft a shoe that delivers peak performance for athletes while reducing manufacturing waste in the process. | | |
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| The US and North Korea seem to be on the brink of starting a nuclear war almost every single day here in 2018. But even if a nuclear bomb is used and millions die, whatever humans left surviving will try to achieve some level of normalcy in the aftermath. | | |
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| Tolbert is back on the job as one of the most popular sports talk-show hosts in Bay Area history, anchoring KNBR’s 3-7 p.m. slot alongside John Lund with his customary wit and perspective. He sounds as if everything is fine in the wake of an emergency heart operation in August. | | |
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| The son of two schoolteachers is up to the task of helping Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz learn the league. | | |
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