The best way to get through spring training is not to work out at all in the offseason. Put your cleats on and stand in your driveway and drink a six-pack of beer. | | | | | Denzel Valentine is fired up to celebrate tonight. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The best way to get through spring training is not to work out at all in the offseason. Put your cleats on and stand in your driveway and drink a six-pack of beer.”
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| | rantnrave:// FACEBOOK is stepping into the sports rights arena. It will broadcast LIGA MX, MEXICO's top soccer league, through Facebook Live. This isn't as high-profile as TWITTER getting NFL rights but it's still important. Facebook is probably using this as a way to stamp its arrival in the rights game and to broadcast games. While Twitter appeared to broadcast games as a compliment to its core product, it seems like Facebook wants to become a prominent rights holder. And with AMAZON potentially getting into the fray, I wonder how and where we'll watch sports in 10 years... The 10 most innovative companies in sports, according to FAST COMPANY... Granny free throws -- like father, like son... CAPITALS goalie BRADEN HOLTBY is going to wear a mask promoting LGBTQ equality... DIRECTV will argue it had already been “burned” by overpaying for LAKERS games when it defends itself against the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’s charge that it led a conspiracy to keep the DODGERS off pay TV in LA. The government says the satellite company led an organized boycott of TIME WARNER CABLE’s SPORTSNET LA. DirecTV says SportsNet was asking for too much. If the “burned” argument prevails in court, will it change how we and other broadcasters value sports rights?... I could not be more excited for the ANDRE THE GIANT documentary BILL SIMMONS and HBO will be making. His drinking stories are captivating enough. This might be one of the most interesting docs ever... You'll never be the IRON HORSE but you can buy LOU GEHRIG's home if you want... The RAMS and CHARGERS could make $350 million in annual revenue in their new stadium in LOS ANGELES... Another NBA team will add a patch to their jersey, but the UTAH JAZZ are doing it for charity. The company that bought the jersey space will use it to raise money for cancer research... Roses are red, violets are blue, thanks for reading, SportsREDEF would choo choo choose you too. Happy VALENTINE'S! | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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