For a footballer, football is not just a game. Through football I can represent my country and through football I can inspire our girls. | | | | Martins Dukurs makes a skeleton run during the 2017 IBSF World Championships.
(Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “For a footballer, football is not just a game. Through football I can represent my country and through football I can inspire our girls.”
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| | rantnrave:// NBA players and coaches have become outspoken critics of PRESIDENT TRUMP. Six PATRIOTS (so far) won't visit the WHITE HOUSE after winning the SUPER BOWL. But baseball players has been largely silent. Why? ESPN's JAYSON STARK dives into that not-so-simple question. He suggests players and executives in a league that once proudly housed JACKIE ROBINSON are now risk-averse -- too worried about upsetting clubhouse peace to speak out. That includes LATIN AMERICANS, who constitute a significant portion of MLB population, and who you might expect to have good reason to speak out. One point not raised: MLB is largely conservative. When baseball players have made waves recently with political statements, it's been with a rightward lean. What if there's no public criticism now because players don't see anything to criticize?... While athletes are sometimes scolded for not sticking to sports, college coaches face a different criticism: focusing too much on the game and too little on preparing their players for the real world. So it's notable that MICHIGAN football coach JIM HARBAUGH tweeted his displeasure that the White House might defund the LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION. Harbaugh is arguably the most famous man in a state Trump won. Will he blaze a path for his risk-averse colleagues? It's doubtful. Harbaugh may be as influential as he is controversial, but few other NCAA coaches enjoy his job stability... We'll all be replaced by robots someday, even NBA players... How to go a CUBS game this season without taking out a mortgage... For $35 a month, you can soon get GOOGLE's YOUTUBETV skinny bundle, ESPN included.... Which NBA player should be the next to get his own signature shoe? I'm partial to GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO. A player so freakish and unique shouldn't be wearing someone else's footwear... UCONN women's basketball is must-see TV... A day later, NORTH CAROLINA lawmakers are stripping HB-112 of the provision allowing parents to let their concussed kids back into the game. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Freed from distractions (no more reality show girlfriends or passive-aggressive teammates), James Harden is quietly making history in Houston--and he likes it that way. | | |
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 | For The Win |
| MLB’s schedule, nature, and culture work against its players developing into superstars. | | |
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 | Baseball Prospectus |
| Baseball is trying to reach a bigger, younger audience, but its marketing has yet to reach the 21st century. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Dixon Hemphill was narrowly defeated by 99-year-old Orville Rogers in the 60-meter dash. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| The former All-Star and NBA Finals MVP wants to ensure his financial future-and make sure no other athlete goes bankrupt. | | |
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 | Mercury News |
| To those who remember Hayward’s Mahershala Ali’s time on the basketball court, it’s fitting he won the Oscar for best supporting actor Sunday for his role in “Moonlight." | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| Accidents on zip lines in Southeast Asia have left Western tourists with lifelong injuries. As adventure parks make their way across the Pacific and open in every U.S. state, the question to ask: Is anyone regulating them? | | |
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 | FanSided |
| I wanted to speak with him about the nature of journalism in the NBA, or at least his perception of it. He is a current NBA player and so his opinion as someone who speaks with reporters frequently is, if nothing else, loaded with perspective. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| Inspired by his father’s trailblazing journey, the Orlando Magic assistant general manager is paving his own way in a different league. | | |
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 | The Gentleman Ultra |
| How does one describe an individual who has faced nothing but uncertainty, obstacles and doubt, only to emerge triumphant? Resilient, and it's one of the many adjectives befitting of AC Milan’s ambitious number 9, Gianluca Lapadula. | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| In the NBA, coaches and stars take aim at the policies of our new president. Not in baseball. Should the sport of Jackie Robinson, with players who make it a multicultural melting pot, say more? | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Miguel Aguilar never wanted to leave Mexico. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Chelsea and Vitesse have always said they have no formal ownership link but a series of emails reveals the key involvement of senior Stamford Bridge executives in the 2010 takeover of the Eredivisie club. | | |
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 | Huck Magazine |
| Martijn Doolaard said goodbye to the daily grind to cycle across the world: an adventure that would take him from Amsterdam to Singapore. | | |
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 | Jeff Pearlman |
| Why is one of the greatest American sportswriters covering small-town Illinois high school girls basketball for occasional free boxes of Milk Duds? Duh—because he loves it. | | |
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 | Vice |
| Queer rugby players speak to what makes the sport an empowering place to come out and be fluid. | | |
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 | CBC |
| McKeyra Peter's BALLINTHE6 logo was created in 2014. He says he was 'bewildered' when he found out Mitchell & Ness, a subsidiary of Adidas at the time, was selling Raptors-related products with a similar logo. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| New Era, an NFL partner, recently bought the naming rights to the Buffalo Bills stadium and has helped revitalize its Rust Belt hometown. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The intentional walk never lived up to the artistry of baseball. | | |
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| Sports Illustrated |
| Forever scarred by his disastrous wardrobe malfunction in front of NFL personnel and scouts? Nah, just another chapter in Chris Jones's story. | | |
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