What I see in the media, front office, scouts, [public relations], community relations—they're white. When you look into the stands—they're white! You're uncomfortable now that I've said something? I'm uncomfortable every single damn day. | | | | May the force be with you, Kolten Wong.
(Scott Cunningham/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “What I see in the media, front office, scouts, [public relations], community relations—they're white. When you look into the stands—they're white! You're uncomfortable now that I've said something? I'm uncomfortable every single damn day.”
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| From tough-guy captain of the Dolphins’ perfect team to driven force behind the nation’s premier spinal-cord research program, Nick Buoniconti was always in charge, always on top. Now, as his body and mind succumb to the ravages of football, he and his loved ones are left angry, confused and grasping to understand. | | |
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 | Nerdist |
| Jonah Keri has a jack-of-all-trades conversation with "Master of None" co-creator and "Parks and Recreation" producer/writer Alan Yang about Roy Hibbert, Nikola Jokić, Kristaps Porzingis, and the NBA All-Star Game; playing pickup basketball with Kanye and Jonah Hill; his creative partner Aziz Ansari hosting "SNL"; the modern state of media; Alan's controversial Emmy acceptance speech and more. | | |
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| Vanessa Arteaga had been playing fighting games since she was a child, long before she became one of the highest-paid women in competitive gaming history--but her tens of thousands in winnings still pale in comparison to the millions that her male peers have made in competitive gaming in the years since. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| With sites like YouTube and Twitch now serving as gaming hubs, both developers and platforms struggle to forge new rules.d | | |
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 | ESPN |
| No one in basketball is having more fun than Mike and Laurel D'Antoni, whose 31-year marriage has spanned continents, survived needy superstars and spawned the NBA's most revolutionary offense. | | |
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 | GQ |
| It may be anti-social, but it also has its perks. | | |
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 | The Indianapolis Star |
| The first lightbulb for Scott Peters went off while he was getting whupped by men half his size and twice his age. The thought he kept coming back to: How is this possible? He stood 6-3. He weighed 300 pounds. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| For a few games there, San Antonio’s defense seemed to be solving the Houston Rockets. After laying a 27-point mollywhopping on San Antonio in Game 1, Houston dropped Games 2 and 3 due in part to crucial defensive adjustments by the Spurs that threw Houston’s potent high-screen game into chaos. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Despite all his rage, Billy Corgan just bought the NWA. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| The recent layoffs at ESPN show how the Walt Disney-owned sports network is losing money as subscribers drop. Here's how a weakened ESPN could impact the renewal of sports media rights deals. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| Nike’s Breaking2 campaign was unsuccessful. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| From Germany to the Man U match, B/R Mag goes inside the complicated past and uncertain future of football's ultimate scapegoat. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| As cable channels like ESPN lose subscribers, college conferences will likely need new platforms like Google and Amazon to keep their revenue for broadcast rights growing. | | |
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 | Edge of Sports Podcast |
| This week, we speak to Baltimore Orioles COO, John Angelos, about his stirring statement against racism after his team's star outfielder, Adam Jones, was hit with a barrage of racist insults at Boston's Fenway Park. | | |
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 | Major League Baseball |
| Introducing 'The Maddux' to its legendary namesake. | | |
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 | LinkedIn |
| Before this year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC), skeptics questioned whether the world’s premier international baseball tournament would continue to run. However, due to advances in technology and social media, 2017 was a landmark year for the Classic because fan engagement and demand grew to new heights. | | |
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 | Vice |
| Charting the history of the total eclipse of "The Sun." | | |
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 | Huck Magazine |
| Greg Carroll revolutionised the skateboard industry, taking him from rags to riches and back again. Now he's disrupting on a whole new level. | | |
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 | ADWEEK |
| The app for sports enthusiasts is moving into original content. It’s new CEO wants the app to be as addictive as Instagram with lots of news-feed content. | | |
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