If I was being paid $30,000 a year, the very least I could do was hit .400. | | | | For the love of the game.
(Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “If I was being paid $30,000 a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.”
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| Think it's easy being Sidney Crosby? He was compared to Wayne Gretzky at 15 and concussions nearly derailed his career. But he's got three Stanley Cups, an Olympic gold medal, and the NHL marches to his beat. | | |
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 | Esquire |
| Once the NBA's weapon of choice, the classic has been replaced by low-profile performance pieces in recent years. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| A tale of two fans: One at the Army-Navy game in front of Trump, in his underwear. One at the Reds-Cubs game, in it for the thrill--and the followers on social. They were both destined for jail, but what about greatness? | | |
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 | The Walrus |
| Instagram-style fitness is just another reason for women to hate their bodies. | | |
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 | Lapham’s Quarterly |
| Notes from a high-wire artist. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| New testing suggests the baseball is at least partially responsible for MLB’s huge homer spike. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| As legal battles loom, the college sports establishment argues that allowing athletes to be paid would hurt their educations. Here's why that's as preposterous as that sounds. | | |
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 | SB Nation |
| "If I am not for myself, who is?" | | |
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| What makes world No.1 Dustin Johnson tick? His parents and friends answer that question as he gets set to defend his U.S. Open title. | | |
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| Joe Maddon of the Chicago Cubs on managing the storied baseball franchise, who won the title in the World Series last year for the first time since 1908. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Asbury Park F.C. has devised a plan to maintain the perfect record. Forever. | | |
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 | The Independent |
| For a man who is one of Croatia’s most successful exports, it is a curious quirk that Luka Modric has never been universally revered in his homeland. Indeed, many people have resented his connection with Zdravko Mamic, the most powerful man in Croatian football, but this week that indifference turned to indignation -- an instant fall from grace and one captured on camera, no less. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| He's only 33, but those who know him best know he's ready. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| Water has been a prevailing metaphor for this season’s Warriors, and not just because their logo includes a bridge. | | |
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 | Golf Digest |
| At 37, there are changes in his life and his golf. | | |
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| After knowing Jonathan on social media for a couple of years it was a lot of fun to finally get to talk with him. We covered how he got into sports journalism, what he’s up to at the Philadelphia Inquirer & Philly.com. | | |
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| Rather than relying on physical ability, the Warriors have built their team around a motion based offense that hinges on players consistently making the decision that will maximize the team’s expected points for that particular possession. More specifically, the team’s players are asked to survey the court and make decisions quickly to generate open shots. | | |
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| Josimar can reveal that at least 110 North Koreans have worked at the Zenit Arena in St Petersburg, one of the venues for the 2018 World Cup Finals. International experts describe the workers from North Korea as both slaves and hostages. One North Korean worker was found dead in a storage container outside the stadium. | | |
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 | The Bill Simmons Podcast |
| Bill Simmons reports live from Oakland with 2017 NBA Champion and Finals MVP Kevin Durant to discuss the initial moment right after the confetti fell in Oracle, running the pick-and-roll with Curry, the shot in Game 3, appreciating LeBron's journey, Curry's high-level play in the playoffs, Obama's congratulatory text, the Warriors free agents this offseason, and more. | | |
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| If you think Capitol Hill is polarized, overcompetitive, and obsessed with winning, wait until you see the Congressional Baseball Game. | | |
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