Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row. | | | | Sometimes you need to fix it on the fly.
(Jeff Vinnick/NHLI/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.”
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| | rantnrave:// Why are fans blinded by laundry? There's outrage every time a star switches teams or when a promising underclassman goes from one college to another. Freedom of player movement is a virtue only if it helps your team. KEVIN SCARBINSKY asks the essential question: Why do fans side with management over players? When a running back low on the depth chart wants to go somewhere else, why do fans want their school to restrict transfers? In the pros, max salaries, franchise tags and qualifying offers tether players to their teams and limit their free agency. Fans want the best players on their teams. Player movement is a zero sum game and nobody wants to lose. Why don’t fans side with labor more often when there are contract disputes or when a player signs a big contract with a new team? Most fans are employees, not owners. They work jobs, leave jobs, look for better salaries and situations that are best for their families. Does that sound familiar? Pro athletes may be millionaires, making it hard for ticket-buying fans to relate to them. But owners are even wealthier. College athletes get a scholarship for their work, while their schools rake in millions. Everyone is looking out for themselves, just like we are in the job market. Shouldn't we want a system that gives players that? It may hurt to see a player leave, but shouldn't we at least understand why they're leaving? Is fandom so intoxicating that it wipes out empathy?... AARON JUDGE is 6-7 and 282 pounds. He mashes 500-foot home runs and plays GOLD GLOVE right field. Even if the YANKEES rookie isn't the next DEREK JETER, he's already MLB's breakout star. SportsSET: "The New King of Dingers"... JOHANNA KONTA could be the first BRITISH woman to win WIMBLEDON in 40 years. On the men's side, ANDY MURRAY, who knows something about breaking long British droughts on that grass court -- is eyeing his third Wimbledon title. All Konta has to do to get to the final is beat VENUS WILLIAMS. Unseeded MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA could be waiting for her there. Murray has FEDERER and DJOKOVIC remaining in his bracket. Is that juicy enough for you?... LOS ANGELES and PARIS will get the 2024 and 2028 OLYMPICS in some order but, as SALLY JENKINS asks, why does any city want them? Can the IOC assure them they won't be left in debt and stuck with useless stadiums? With fewer cities willing to bid, the ones that do have leverage to bargain... For $100 you can buy MAYWEATHER-MCGREGOR or a year's subscription to AMAZON PRIME... CHRIS CHRISTIE, sports talk radio host. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| Aaron Judge is 6-7 and 282 pounds. He mashes 500-foot home runs and plays Gold Glove right field. Even if the Yankees rookie isn't the next Derek Jeter, he's already MLB's breakout star. | | |
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| Major league baseball has a long but little-known history of rebels, reformers, and radicals. | | |
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 | Wired |
| It's the night before the world's first professional flag football game, and everything's going wrong. Not that it matters. The league's two teams, led by former NFL all-pros Mike Vick and Terrell Owens, have just taken the field for a dress rehearsal of sorts. On the first play, someone bobbles the throw-off. | | |
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 | Huck Magazine |
| Last year, Hasan left Palestine to live illegally in Israel -- here, he shares his stories on skateboarding, filmmaking, and falling in love with the enemy. | | |
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 | 30 for 30 Podcasts |
| Twenty years ago, hundreds of women answered a classified ad seeking intrepid adventurers for an all-women trek to the North Pole -- no expedition experience necessary. On the ice, 20 of those women came face to face with just how deadly the Arctic can be, along with the supreme beauty of the top of our planet. They also discovered something in themselves that changed their lives forever. | | |
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 | MEL Magazine |
| ESPN’s sabermetrics guru discusses antidepressants, the importance of logic and his great new book about the future of the national pastime. | | |
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 | Victory Journal |
| For three years I camped out at stadiums, hotels, card conventions, restaurants and bars waiting for players, pen ready, asking for autographs. Most of my time was spent at Anaheim Stadium, where the then California Angels played. As long as I didn’t get arrested, do drugs or come home with a tattoo, my parents didn’t seem to worry what I did while I was out getting autographs. | | |
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| Sir Martin sits down with Robert Kraft, owner of the Super Bowl champion Patriots and MLS’ New England Revolution; and Academy Award-winning director, producer, actor and co-Chairman of Imagine Entertainment, Ron Howard. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| There are so many ways to die. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Daily News |
| “My whole thing is not to cause division or anything,” he says. “I want to talk about my experience, how it is, what it’s like for me.” | | |
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 | Awful Announcing |
| The idea that ESPN is "too liberal" began on July 15, 2015, when Caitlyn Jenner received an ESPY for courage. But what does that allegation really mean? | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| As fewer cities show interest in hosting the Games, those willing should use their leverage to demand greater financial help. | | |
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 | Runner's World |
| I can eat a dozen donuts without blinking, but it took me years to learn that running, too, is in my blood. | | |
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 | Sportsnet |
| Justin Smoak's journey from can't-miss-prospect to underachiever to MLB all-star is a tale of talent, struggle, perseverance and a willingness to accept new help when presented with a fresh opportunity. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The juxtaposition of President Trump, who has alienated women’s rights activists, and the premier women’s golf event in the country has put players in an awkward position. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| Mike Francesa and Christopher Russo--or ‘Mike and the Mad Dog’ to their legions of fans--open up about their trials, tribulations, and triumphs behind the mics. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Five-time Wimbledon winner beats Latvian, repeats last year's feat of reaching the final four in tournament. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent the first two days of this week auditioning for a job on New York sports talk radio giant WFAN. Whether he gets it or not, he's earned it. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Blessed with his father's height but also a childhood growing up with basketball, five-star recruit Bol Bol has earned scholarship offers from powers like Kentucky, Arizona and Kansas. | | |
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| Cinema operators will soon be woven into the fabric of the competitive gaming business model, where audiences can experience esports tournament play with a wide range of 4D motion and special effects. | | |
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