As great as today feels and as great as today is, in all honesty we're five weeks behind in the 2017 season. | | | | | LaDainian Tomlinson is leaping into the NFL Hall of Fame. (Robert B. Stanton/NFL Photo Library/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “As great as today feels and as great as today is, in all honesty we're five weeks behind in the 2017 season.”
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| | rantnrave:// I spent MONDAY fighting my SUPER BOWL hangover. No, a hangover wasn't involved, although all that buffalo chicken dip took its toll. It's just hard to move past that epic PATRIOTS win. There's still so much to digest. KYLE SHANAHAN was named the 49ERS' new coach while I'm still trying to figure out his play-calling as ATLANTA's offensive coordinator in the fourth quarter. It's crazy to think that the SUPER BOWL was a literal coin flip game. If MATTHEW SLATER had called tails, the FALCONS might be champions. And like TOM BRADY, I'm a JAMES WHITE MVP truther... Admittedly, I'm no expert, but if you're going to steal Brady's jersey, don't hashtag it on INSTAGRAM... It seems as if the AIR JORDAN 1s are not only being rejuvenated but NIKE is ready to saturate the market with them. My favorite basketball shoes ever are now going to be golf shoes too... The SUPER BOWL was not a safe space for BUDWEISER. Its ad has triggered a boycott. The brewery's commercial depicted its founder as an immigrant unwanted in the U.S., which seemed too critical for some in light of PRESIDENT TRUMP's refugee ban. The company says it came up with the concept before the executive order but that hasn't placated Trump's supporters... The WNBA may have its first "super team" in the WASHINGTON MYSTICS. Or maybe a super team has no meaning anymore if the term is being used so often. Even the KNICKS have been called a "super team"... I'll admit it: I was the rube who didn't know LADY GAGA's roof-jumping intro was taped... NAPLES, FLA., is going to be waiting a while for the FALCONS' championship parade... The STANLEY CUP isn't the only trophy that knows how to have fun. The LOMBARDI TROPHY gets around... People seem to be fed up with probability charts. They've taken a beating after the election and the Super Bowl. Or maybe people just don't like math... The college basketball season has started... The NCAA continues to punish NORTH CAROLINA for its anti-LGBT HB2 law. The state might not host an event until 2023... This is LEBRON JAMES' "Ether." | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | The Ringer |
| Hacking isn’t the only threat to information creep. | | |
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 | Aeon Magazine |
| Millions believe that pop psychology can change their tennis skills, their love life or their moods. Are they all wrong? | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| In light of his reinvention of the Nike Dunk trainer, the designer reveals how the sport has influenced his work -- plus, who would be on his dream team. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| The president's Patriots vs. ATL-style democracy? Marky Mark vs. Outkast? To the real Americans in Houston this weekend, politics didn't matter. Sports won. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| It is America’s biggest sporting event. How different will it look in a couple of decades? | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| Injured Mets righty Robert Gsellman literally could not swing a bat in 2016. Still, he stepped up to the plate 17 times -- and even got a hit. How did he keep opposing teams in the dark? | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| We thought computers needed to become more human to win at poker. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| While one might assume that the pub is still the primary social hub for football fans, there are in fact vast online communities based on outmoded internet forums. For many, they are where the last vestiges of true football fandom reside. | | |
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 | Slate |
| The Golden State Warriors blew a 3–1 lead in the NBA Finals. The Cleveland Indians blew a 3–1 lead in the World Series. The Atlanta Falcons blew a 28–3 lead in the Super Bowl, which is pretty much a 3–1 lead cubed, so long as you also douse the cube in kerosene, strafe it with a blowtorch, and fumble it on your own 25-yard line while protecting a 16-point cushion in the fourth quarter. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The Patriots quarterback embraced alternative training methods and diet and, after his fifth Super Bowl victory, is playing the sport better -- for longer -- than anyone else. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Whether you like Tom Brady or not, his performance in the Super Bowl secured his status as the best quarterback of all time. | | |
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 | Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| Projected costs for a proposed new NFL stadium in Las Vegas might not be as high as anticipated, leaving Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis looking for a new investment partner but possibly needing less money to complete the project. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| In his new book, No Barriers, blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer details what it was like to kayak the Grand Canyon and shares his journey since becoming the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest. | | |
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 | CNN |
| As I write this, there are four seconds remaining in Super Bowl LI. The score is tied at 28. My Patriot-loathing son, sitting atop a pile of pillows, is in near tears. | | |
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 | Vanity Fair |
| In this week’s Carl’s Crush, Tom Brady et al. are matched with some fresh off-the-runway outfits. | | |
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 | FourFourTwo |
| Mexico's biggest star could demand an MLS-record investment, but most GMs believe that he's worth it. | | |
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 | GeekWire |
| Microsoft wants to change how sports fans think about autographs. The tech giant this weekend unveiled “Social Autograph,” a new concept that digitizes an age-old art form -- traditionally created with pen and paper -- by taking advantage of the company’s Surface tablet and Windows inking technology. | | |
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 | Sportsnet |
| Nippon-Ham Fighters star Shohei Otani is the best pitcher in Japanese baseball. He's also the best hitter. And as soon as next summer he could become MLB's most dominant two-way player in a century. | | |
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 | CSN Philly |
| Sixers sideline reporter Molly Sullivan recaps her journey from collegiate swimmer into the male-dominated field of the NBA. | | |
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| The Ringer |
| Rule changes and evolving basketball norms have pushed this onetime staple into obscurity. | | |
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