They kind of needled me a little bit, saying I was a suck up. I just said, ‘Go eff yourself. I played with the president and you haven’t.’ You can’t please everybody. | | | | | Christoffer Faarup gets big air at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “They kind of needled me a little bit, saying I was a suck up. I just said, ‘Go eff yourself. I played with the president and you haven’t.’ You can’t please everybody.”
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 | ESPN.com |
| LeBron James' first act, becoming one of the greatest basketball players in history, is all but settled as a success. His second act -- to become a global entertainment icon -- is just beginning. | | |
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 | The Huffington Post |
| A decade ago, Trump literally tussled with a wrestling champ. The people who were there are still shocked he did it. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Warning: McGregor’s tongue is as dangerous as his left fist. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| We spoke with ballplayers, coaches, and executives about what does and doesn't constitute cheating in baseball. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Hapoel Beer Sheva, the only professional soccer team in Israel owned by a woman, is looking to repeat its unlikely title run of last year. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| Building a legacy of hoops, hip-hop and hope in Chicago. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| At 13, Caleb Swanigan weighed 360 pounds and faced an uncertain future. Now he's a player of the year candidate for Purdue. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| For 40 years, the selection process relied way too much on strength of schedule. Now the league is ready to rethink that system. | | |
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 | The Common Reader |
| Money has always corrupted in one way or another, but it is the unequal and illogical distribution of power that most plagues our cherished games. | | |
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 | For The Win |
| Remarkably, through a vision from school President Brian Mueller, GCU created college basketball’s rowdiest secret with stunning quickness. It’s a secret that they can’t wait to get out. GCU is home to possibly the best student section in college basketball, and it was built from scratch. | | |
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| Many sportswriters have recently decided that they can't "stick to sports" in the current political climate. But for some, societal issues have been woven into the fabric of athletics all along. | | |
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| There was a time when the only link between traditional sports and video games came from titles like Madden, FIFA and NBA 2K. No one needs to take a time out to realize that the writing is on the wall—eSports is quickly gunning for a share of the mainstream sports pie. | | |
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| Westminster is not exactly a canine Miss Universe, but more like Miss Universe crossed with the Olympics with a dash of an industry trade show thrown in for good measure. “Meet the Breeds/Agility” always takes place on Saturday, and is always held, ingeniously, on or around Valentine’s Day. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| From malleable muscles to washing machines, the Patriots quarterback covers it all in part two of a conversation from his Montana hideaway. Topics include his lifestyle, legacy and lack of a grudge over Deflategate. | | |
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 | Business of Fashion |
| With gym culture sweeping the nation and beauty ideals changing fast, international sportswear giants and local players are gearing up for India’s biggest fitness boom to date. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| Overall-and I’ll spare you the details-my football gambling track record isn’t pretty, so when I ended the 2016 regular season well in the black, I knew something was off. And after reaching out to a bookie on the West Coast, my suspicions were confirmed. No, I had not finally cracked the football gambling code. My winnings were simply part of a larger trend. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| St. Louis flamethrower Alex Reyes, the no. 1 pitching prospect in baseball, just became the latest victim of the sport’s spring training Tommy John trend. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Sports |
| As spring training opens, Danny Duffy and the Royals are facing the reality of the loss of their young teammate. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Out of Yeshiva University, an Orthodox Jewish college in Upper Manhattan, comes an unlikely squad of religious roller hockey players. | | |
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| The Undefeated |
| The perennial All-Star exceeded all the expectations placed on him by ‘Sports Illustrated’ in 2002. | | |
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