If I talk about my encounters with police officers, and how many times I've been unjustly pulled over, I get cut. At the very least, I have my position coach pull me aside and say, 'Keep that stuff to yourself.' | | | | Run as fast as you can.
(Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) | | | | | | “If I talk about my encounters with police officers, and how many times I've been unjustly pulled over, I get cut. At the very least, I have my position coach pull me aside and say, 'Keep that stuff to yourself.'”
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| | rantnrave:// Why is UFC still feuding with reporters? This week, ARIEL HELWANI revealed he was kicked off SHOWTIME's coverage of the MAYWEATHER-MCGREGOR promotional tour. Helwani said it was UFC boss DANA WHITE's doing. It's not the first time White has banned him from doing his job. They have history. He's been a thorn in White's side for consistently breaking big stories and getting them out before UFC. MMA marketing is about narratives and Helwani writes his own. This seems to be a constant problem in MMA, and Helwani is the face of it. MMA writers formed an association in June to try to guard against it. UFC's desire to try to control its coverage is understandable but foolhardy. Every pro sports league would love to have autonomy over what news gets out. UFC, which boomed over the past decade, doesn't have the same norms in place for the press as the NBA, NFL and MLB -- which grew on the back of major media coverage and have had journalistic rules codified through agreements with writers' associations. UFC has marketed itself as a pirate organization and may feel like it's not beholden to the same norms. Blockading reporters, especially ones as good as Helwani, is petty. When they break news, even if UFC doesn't like it, it still keeps a spotlight on the sport. UFC should understand that growth comes from many channels -- even the ones it doesn't always like... ANDY MURRAY, gone. NOVAK DJOKOVIC, injured and out. ROGER FEDERER, still beating FATHER TIME. The dream final four in the men's draw at WIMBLEDON is dead -- collapsing during a wild Wednesday. Instead, we get an unlikely final four. SAM QUERREY is the surprise semi-finalist -- a 24-seed who became the first US male to get this far since 2009. Anything but a Federer title would be a surprise. Then again, so is MARIN CILIC as the second-highest seed remaining, and that happened... Wednesday was the darkest day of the sports calendar. No MLB, NFL, NBA or NHL games. But in the TWITTER age, it doesn't feel like we missed anything... If going to all video means FOX SPORTS doesn't have a place for KEN ROSENTHAL anymore, maybe the company should rethink its digital plan. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| A deep-dive into the controversial online sports publication and how it's still swinging for the fences nearly 15 years after its founding. | | |
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| Jackson Vroman traveled the world, playing ball, partying and drawing friends into his circle. Yet his death at 34 cast a lonely light across his life. | | |
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| With Serena Williams out, parity dominates, and more matches are going three full sets. | | |
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| Major League Baseball and the Players Association implemented the Spanish-language translators program to allow Latino ballplayers to have their voices heard in English without worrying about appearing unintelligent during an interview. Twenty-eight teams have full-time translators, but the Kansas City Royals are allowed to use a coach who also translates, but not word-for-word. | | |
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| Living the dream has never been easy in the West's most beloved adventure hamlets, where homes are a fortune and good jobs are few. But the rise of online short-term rentals may be the tipping point that causes idyllic outposts like Crested Butte, Colorado, to lose their middle class altogether-and with it, their soul. | | |
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| Randy Kaplan is on a quest to bring the world together through his collection of signed baseballs. So far, he's gotten 350 baseballs signed by world leaders -- and another thousand signed by prospective world leaders. Kaplan shares some of his favorite stories with OAG's Karen Given. | | |
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| TV networks including ESPN are bracing for a drop in advertising revenue for football games in the coming season, which could drag down sales growth for sports broadcasts overall, advertising and television executives say. | | |
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| Fans find that waiting in line for access to prime matches at the All England club is half the fun. | | |
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| Former NFL linebacker Ka'Lial Glaud's struggle with post-concussion syndrome illustrates how the sport's fringe performers have greater incentive to put their health at risk-and fewer resources to cope with lasting damage. | | |
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| The elder sister is, at 37, still a top contender at Wimbledon. | | |
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| The inaccuracy of sports opinions and predictions are under fire more than ever but how much does it truly matter if a host is right or not? | | |
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| The world's most underrated cornerback (her opinion) is married to football's most passionate cheerleader (his opinion). Add social media to the equation, and what could possibly go wrong? | | |
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| The high stakes and international competitors that define the world of checkers. | | |
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| For the past 14 seasons, you’ve seen him slugging home runs as an MLB All-Star. But 20 years ago, college recruiters and even some of the NFL’s greatest minds saw something else in Matt Holliday: a franchise quarterback in the making. | | |
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| The U.S. Women’s Open is being held this week at Trump National Bedminster. The New Jersey club is, you might have guessed, owned by President Donald Trump. No one was too interested in discussing whether Trump should attend the tournament, either. | | |
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| At a press conference for their upcoming fight, the two combatants played old hype games with very untimely results. | | |
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| Dwyane Wade explains how he used diverse fashion partnerships to cultivate a broader brand. | | |
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| Blaze opens its 200th restaurant today (Jul 11) in Mentor, Ohio. That's up from just two four years ago, giving the chain the fastest start in the history of the U.S. food service business. LeBron James is investor, franchisee and paid endorser. | | |
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