When I'm in a slump, I comfort myself by saying if I believe in dinosaurs, then somewhere, they must be believing in me. And if they believe in me, then I can believe in me. Then I bust out. | | | | A goalkeeper is only as good as his defense.
(Clive Rose/Getty Images) | | | | | | “When I'm in a slump, I comfort myself by saying if I believe in dinosaurs, then somewhere, they must be believing in me. And if they believe in me, then I can believe in me. Then I bust out.”
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| | rantnrave:// MIKE TROUT isn’t just a generational talent -- he has few precedents in baseball history. He is SIDNEY CROSBY on grass and dirt. The best player in MLB is still getting better. And yet, there is something missing in the conversation about Trout. He deserves the hosannas he has received but he is, in some ways, still bound by the old rules of superstars. His greatness gets lost in the ANGELS' mediocrity, even at a time when we know (or should know) that one player does not equal team victories. His public profile suffers, robbing baseball of a pitchman. And he doesn't mind. Trout is the best -- and most overlooked -- player in baseball. By choice. Meet the man who doesn't want to be talked about. SportsSET: "Baseball's Forgotten Superstar"... The NFL is bringing fun back. Kind of. In bits and pieces. Congrats, TD-scoring NFL players, you can celebrate without fear again. Group celebrations are back. The football can be used as a prop. Snow angels are legal. The NFL needs more TERRELL OWENS and JOE HORN, not less. No league benefits if we have to ask "Why so serious?" When it looks more like a business than a sport, a league has lost its way. The NFL suits seemed to forget for a while that they're selling football. This is a positive step. But TD dances alone won't do it. And there's still no twerking... I've bought more BROADWAY tickets this year than game seats. So this stat isn't surprising. But I still can't get seats to HAMILTON... An ode to UNCLE CHARLIE... Where did the great HOLLYWOOD baseball movie go?... There is no need to lament the loss of "The Great Hollywood Baseball Movie"... My favorite baseball movie. It makes my heart sing... JEFF PEARLMAN's story of the high school football team that ran into TUPAC hours before he was fatally shot is the best thing I read all day. The reporting is rich and the idea unique... If MANU GINOBILI played his last game in the NBA Monday night, it's a huge loss for basketball. Ginobili is a rare breed. He's unique and improvisational, all while sublimating himself to the SPURS' greater good. His flair made every game more fun. He made basketball more fun -- which is the biggest compliment. His feats with the ARGENTINIAN national team helped globalize basketball's popularity. This is the Manu I'll remember. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| Mike Trout is the best—and most overlooked—player in baseball. By choice. Meet the man who doesn't want to be talked about. | | |
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| Hours before the rap legend was shot and killed in Vegas, a school trip became a chance encounter in the desert--and a brush with Suge Knight's strapped security mob. | | |
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| Modern pitching is defined by velocity, right? Not so fast. An ancient, mysterious pitch--the curveball--is an increasingly lethal weapon in the pitcher vs. hitter battle. | | |
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| For the first time in 40 years, people aren’t just criticizing the cable giant - they’re savoring its decline | | |
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| We open an entire box of CFL cards from the 90s, only to find out that they were all stuck together like some kind of prank deck or something. This did not stop us in our quest to find the worst card of all time, or to reflect on how weird the very first Grey Cup matchup was. | | |
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| I was the bald kid in high school. Then I was the bald kid at Ohio State. Then I was the bald guy in the NFL. | | |
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| Square-jawed and gap-toothed, with dark half-framed glasses and a buzz cut, Lombardi wasn’t slick or elegant. On the sidelines, he liked to wear suits with white shirts, a skinny tie, and a brown Borsalino hat. He looked like a fire hydrant dressed for a job interview. | | |
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| One team's brilliant discovery eventually becomes the entire league's status quo. | | |
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| Archer practices 'mindfulness' and it may be a big reason why he is performing better this year. | | |
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| eSports has emerged from its online roots to become an increasingly sophisticated live arena experience. Purpose-built eSports facilities are the logical next step. | | |
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| In an era of analysts and HD broadcasts, audiences don’t see the players as larger-than-life characters anymore. | | |
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| Mostly because there were not too dang many of them in the first place and most of them were bad. | | |
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| Worksman Cycles is the oldest American bicycle manufacturer that still makes its products in the U.S. | | |
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| The humid Shanghai air crackled with anticipation as hordes of sweating football fans burst out of the subway.The giant Hongkou Stadium loomed above the exit, scaffolding still in place. | | |
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| A former Rockets coach without a team, Jeff Van Gundy becomes a Houstonian with a charter school cause. | | |
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| As CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer was famous for over-the-top enthusiasm. Now he’s brought that same passion to the N.B.A. -- and to a pet project called USAFacts, which performs a sort of fiscal colonoscopy on the American government. | | |
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| Soccer came to Brazil in the late 19th century. It was first a game of the elites but then over time became a game of the poor and working class. In this sense, says BBC journalist Fernando Duarte, soccer was the country's true revolution. | | |
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| Deepen Parikh joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on investing in sports tech. Deepen is a Partner at Courtside Ventures, which invest in early-stage companies that are transforming the intersection of sports technology, media and gaming. Courtside has invested in companies like LiveLike VR and "The Atlantic." | | |
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| The Celtics guard lost his mother but built a family and is right where he wants to be now. | | |
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| During the 1999 season, no defense could stop the Rams' pass-heavy offense. How exactly did that offense, spearheaded by offensive coordinator Mike Martz, come to be? It all started with Don Coryell and the San Diego State Aztecs. | | |
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