Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring. |
| | | | | Johan Cruyff, 1947 - 2016 (footysphere) | | | | | |  | “Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring.”
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| rantnrave:// Sportswriter JOHN FEINSTEIN tells a story about meeting DUTCH soccer great JOHAN CRUYFF in the lobby of a MINNEAPOLIS hotel. They were going to do an interview in CRUYFF's room, so FEINSTEIN headed for the elevator. "No, no, no, not the elevator," Cruyff said. Instead, the soccer star led the reporter down a hall, up a staircase, down another hall, etc. A more efficient route, it turned out. FEINSTEIN: "I asked him, 'Did you scout this out?' He said, 'No, it just made sense.'" CRUYFF, who succumbed to cancer on THURSDAY, had as good a sense of a soccer pitch as anyone who ever played the game. A sense of the present -- where every player was, and should be, at any given moment -- and a vision of the game's future. He's remembered as the father of Total Football, the inventor of modern soccer, the man who turned the beautiful game into art, and a Zen master of soccer simplicity... The CRUYFF turn... The man he turned... He was a pioneering fashion and branding rebel, too... Was the NEW YORK TIMES' blockbuster investigation into the NFL's "deeply flawed" concussion research a helmet-to-helmet hit? The league is taking it that way -- especially the paper's detailing of links between the league and Big Tobacco... RIP KEVIN TURNER and KEN "WHITE SHADOW" HOWARD. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | The Guardian |
| Slender, swift and lithe, the Dutch master saw football as fundamentally a creative activity, and used his awe-inspiring talent to change the game for good. | | |
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 | These Football Times |
| Barcelona have made football look simple by mastering the complex. It has always fascinated me how many observers make the conclusion that their style of play, particularly under Pep Guardiola, is very simple. In my mind and in my experience of observing and studying Barcelona, I cannot comprehend how people can come to that particular conclusion. | | |
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 | The California Sunday Magazine |
| I had spent only a few minutes with Jake Phelps before someone called him an a**hole. It was a balmy October morning in San Francisco, at the tail end of the city's reliably tardy summer. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| Investment over next three years will be used to hire more staff and build out the digital sports brand’s video output. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| An investigation by The New York Times raises questions about the league’s concussion research and its relationship with the tobacco industry. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| On Thursday morning, the "New York Times" published a lengthy investigative piece on what the NFL knew about the link between football and degenerative brain disease and when the NFL knew it. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| This generation’s best climbers built their skills in climbing gyms. Now they’re venturing onto big walls. | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| LAS VEGAS -- A man named Las Vegas Cris rolls up under the Tropicana Casino promenade in a slick, black Thunderbird convertible. I hop in. In a short-sleeve Hawaiian shirt, army green cargo shorts, shades and sneakers, Las Vegas Cris takes off down the Strip. We are absolutely the first bald sports writer and gambler to cruise down Las Vegas Boulevard together in a convertible. | | |
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 | Vocativ |
| There's a long history between Big Tobacco and MLB that has led to generations of addiction. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Modern soccer boots come in a wide range of elaborate colours and synthetic casings. It began in 1970, when Alan Ball wore a pair of white Hummels -- and nothing has been quite the same since. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Television rights and scheduling logistics have put fans and professional players who are trying to observe the Jewish Sabbath in a tough position. | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| So one of the most polarizing players in professional sports has signed up with one of the most chaotic franchises in the NFL to play one of the most unstable positions, on any team, in any league. Godspeed, RGIII. Might want to rent, not buy. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Sports |
| It was March 24, 1996. It was the NCAA West Regional semifinal. Mike Legg of the Michigan Wolverines took the puck behind the Minnesota net and surveyed the scene. Two Gophers were standing on the other side of the goal, waiting to see what the Michigan forward was going to do. | | |
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 | Flournoy Over Riley |
| Every year, billions of dollars are pumped into an ever-growing industry that rewards cities across the country with high-level professional competition that doubles as family entertainment and community rallying point. | | |
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 | PrimeMind |
| Adrenaline junkies to tech innovators: We call them Type-T and they’re wired to be bold. | | |
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 | /Film |
| Unlike so many of the testosterone-fueled films of the ’80s, "Bloodsport" holds the rare distinction of being based on a true story. It’s the amazing tale of Frank Dux, a Caucasian martial artist who fought in (and won) a ruthless secret tournament that’s held only once every five years. | | |
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| Vice Sports |
| In middle school, before Andrew Goodman was even sure what he was, other kids bullied him. They called him "queer" and "fa****." Those kids included his track and field teammates. His parents told him to ignore the insults, that the other kids were just seeking attention. But it was hard. | | |
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 | ESPN Cricinfo |
| Melbourne's Kingsville Baptist CC had their pitch vandalised ahead of a vital game. Their graceful response has won many admirers for a club that reflects the changing face of Australian cricket. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| "My five favorite little men in NBA history are: Kenny Anderson, Mark Jackson, Kenny "The Jet" Smith, Allen Iverson, Chris Paul." These were Malik Taylor's words in the 2011 documentary, "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest." It went on from there. | | |
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 | The Huffington Post |
| Like most people of my generation from the Netherlands, my life is closely associated with that of Johan Cruyff, the Dutch football icon who died today at the age of 68. | | |
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