Sport … still provides one of the few moments that is broadcast live where having a replay doesn’t make sense. When it comes to sport, Netflix has zero value. | | | | Scooter Gennett lost his bat and the Reds lost to the Cubs Saturday.
(Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) | | | | | | “Sport … still provides one of the few moments that is broadcast live where having a replay doesn’t make sense. When it comes to sport, Netflix has zero value.”
|
| |
| | rantnrave:// What if sports' decision-makers suddenly were transparent in explaining their choices? Because MIKE SIELSKI makes an interesting suggestion: If you're a team who drafts JOE MIXON in the NFL DRAFT then just be honest about it. The GM that drafts him will do it because he wants to score touchdowns and win games and, for him, that outweighs Mixon punching a woman at a bar -- which was gruesome and caught on video. How would that GM be received if he just admitted why he made the draft pick? Would sports fans and media appreciate the honesty? Would they be upset by the GM not even attempting to spin the choice? Does a wink at morality matter if it's only a formality? There is already evidence that acquiring a player with a history of domestic violence is taking advantage of an inefficient market. Look at who the YANKEES traded away to get AROLDIS CHAPMAN last year and who they got in return when they traded him midseason to the CUBS. Should the NFL GM that picks Mixon admit he saw a possible star running back who slid too far and knew it was great value, and that the reason why he dropped didn't matter to him at all? Would that be refreshing or too brazen for our liking?... I want to see SAFE AT HOME. Now, I just need a way to get to MINNEAPOLIS... Stop. Intentionally. Throwing. At. Batters. There is nothing more antiquated about baseball than its code that retaliation be achieved by throwing 95 mph fastballs at someone. COMMISSIONER ROB MANFRED can continue his crusade to slice a few minutes off the length of a game if he wants but how about doing something to prevent pitchers from trying to hurt opponents on purpose?... It's not too late to celebrate WORLD BOOK DAY. A recommendation: FEVER PITCH by NICK HORNBY. Don't worry, it doesn't involve JIMMY FALLON. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
|
|
| | | how soccer explains the world |
|
| What can this two-time MVP, who is by all accounts unfailingly polite, who is astoundingly accommodating, who is a people pleaser nonpareil, not do? | | |
|
| Get in the game: Why sports will play a greater role in Fox's upfront pitch. | | |
|
| Outside the Lines has found that the culture around injuries that led to the resignation of Indiana University's football coach existed elsewhere in the athletic department and medical staff. | | |
|
| Some team will pick the Oklahoma running back with the violent past, and it would be nice if its GM were up front about the reasons. | | |
|
| Why it makes sense to legalize PEDs in Major League Baseball and more from around MLB. | | |
|
| If Trump fulfills his pledge to eliminate a federal law prohibiting charitable organizations from participating in political campaigns, the nonprofit NCAA will be free to shower sympathetic candidates with cash. | | |
|
| 'I fear indifference more than I fear a mix of positive and negative responses,' said Phil Orlins, the senior coordinator producer for all of ESPN's baseball telecasts. 'Clearly, this is a telecast that people did react to, which I view as good.' | | |
|
| One of the few blacks at the top of the sport, he’s shooting for the Tokyo Olympics. | | |
|
| eSports is on the brink of becoming a billion-dollar industry. It’s growing exponentially fast, and in the US its audience figures rival those of more traditional sports like baseball and hockey. While in Asia, it was recently announced that eSports would become a medal event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. | | |
|
| Micki Free remembers The Purple One's perfect jump shot. | | |
|
| Will the clash between gamemakers and students doom college e-sports before they really had a chance? | | |
|
| After Aaron Hernandez, former Patriots star player and convicted murderer, killed himself in prison, rumors have continued as to why. | | |
|
| The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport's annual report card shows that MLB continues to struggle with racial and gender diversity. | | |
|
| 'Safe at Home' is a Minnesota hit that deserves to be seen widely. | | |
|
| To define the legacy of Arshavin's Arsenal career remains as enigmatic a proposition as the man himself. Some would have him as a genius the club failed to exploit, others as a mentally frail player whose distractions cost him the career his talent was capable of. | | |
|
| Four seasons later, we dive deep with 32 takeaways from one of the worst first rounds in league history--and some lessons for 2017. | | |
|
| Old Man Game involves a cranky, crafty set of moves built around misdirection, leverage, and angles. | | |
|
| A nonprofit group rehabilitated the Cuban National Tennis Center, emphasizing the humanitarian aspect of overhauling the courts and propping up the sport. | | |
|
| Key trends for marketers and agencies who want to win in today's sports marketing environment.. From Campaign US | | |
|
| After losing his leg to cancer, Terry Fox set out to do the impossible: run 5,300 miles across his native Canada, one five-hour marathon at a time. He died before he could reach his goal, but retracing his route 26 years later shows his legend to be very much alive. | | |
|
| © Copyright 2017, The REDEF Group |
|
|
