Just because something works in the States and other parts of the world doesn't mean it will work here... You've got to do what works for you. | | | | | The bat flip is synonymous with baseball in South Korea. (toughkidcst) | | | | |  | “Just because something works in the States and other parts of the world doesn't mean it will work here... You've got to do what works for you.”
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| | rantnrave:// Remember all the outrage JOSE BAUTISTA caused with his bat flip in the ALDS against the TEXAS RANGERS last year? In SOUTH KOREA, bat flips are just part of the norm. Baseball players there will flip their bats if they hit a double, if they fly out to left, or if they just so happen to hit a homer. MINA KIMES of ESPN spent 10 days traveling around the country to learn about the phenomenon and why players there don't see it as much of a big deal... SERENA WILLIAMS has been profiled many times, but I'm not sure if I've read a more engaging profile than this one from ELENA BERGERON at FADER. Serena tackles issues including returning to INDIAN WELLS, being African-American, her body image and more... Also from Fader, the story of retired NFL offensive tackle EUGENE MONROE, who is taking the lead on ending the league's opioid-abuse epidemic... "ROWDY" RODDY PIPER passed away in his sleep last year at the age of 61. Here, CRAIG PYETTE -- who was ghostwriting the famous wrestler's autobiography -- details the time he spent traveling across CANADA with Roddy Piper in the months before his death... SEAN FLYNN of GQ provides a detailed look at the backstories of former NEW ORLEANS SAINT WILL SMITH and his killer, CARDELL HAYES... Learn about RALPH CALHART, who started a project six years ago to connect every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame with a single baseball... Lastly, JACKIE MACMULLAN, one of the best sports reporters in the business, with a detailed and at times somber look at NBA players who don't get to choose when their careers end, and often times don't even know if there's a second chance waiting around the corner. For every KOBE BRYANT and DEREK JETER, there are thousands of athletes who don't get to determine their last go-round, have a farewell tour and receive goodbye gifts in every city. Many of these athletes simply toil away, wait for a phone call that might never come, and then one day, their careers just kind of end. | | | - Alex Wong, guest curator |
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 | ESPN.com |
| MLB's code is clear: Flip your bat and you'll pay. But in South Korea, flips are an art. How does this alternate world exist? And what does it say about us? | | |
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 | The Fader |
| One of the greatest athletes of all time took a path to success that only she could devise. | | |
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 | National Post |
| You can overthink hugging an emotional wrestler goodbye. In a dark Calgary hotel room in June 2015, I said my farewell to Roderick Toombs, a man better remembered as Rowdy Roddy Piper, the brawling professional wrestler and actor. After a week together on the road working on his book, I assured him we’d see each other again. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Everyone assumed that Cardell Hayes shot Will Smith as a vendetta. Everyone was wrong. | | |
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| ESPN.com |
| What's the difference between holding on for one more year and retiring in the NBA? Sometimes it's as simple as demand. | | |
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 | FOX Sports |
| In one tumultuous year, the former Southern football player has seen everything in his life change. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| A long and complicated journey from war to the World Cup has only just begun. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Bruce Lee's no-holds-barred challenge match against Wong Jack Man was a pivotal moment that remains buried beneath decades of mythology. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| A New York City baseball fan has spent six years traveling with a faded ball, hoping to pay homage to all the inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame, living and dead. | | |
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 | Adventure Journal |
| Derek Eland spent a season exploring the fascinating dynamic of humans attempting the highest mountain. | | |
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| The Fader |
| The former pro-athlete retired from football because it was killing him. Now he wants to end the league’s opioid-abuse epidemic -- one vape hit at a time. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| There is a strange thing we do in America, and while the phenomenon has repeatedly been explained away with peppy-yet-cliched responses, a legitimate reasoning seems hard to come by. Namely: What’s the deal with our irrational loathing of professional athletes? | | |
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 | MTV News |
| The real power of LeBron's Hillary Clinton endorsement. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| So LeBron James has offered his “endorsement”--since the traditional newspaper endorsement has lost whatever influence it ever had, it doesn’t seem too ridiculous to use the word to describe political support given by a guy who throws leather balls against the ground for a living-of Hillary Clinton for president. | | |
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 | Golf Digest |
| Cheering for a local boy who made good. | | |
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 | espnW |
| Emily Harrington and Adrian Ballinger set out to climb and descend Cho Oyu in two weeks. An interview with the couple about how they tackled the 26,906-foot ascent that typically takes two months. | | |
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 | Uni Watch |
| Timing. Timing is everything. When you read through the book "The Unforgettable Buzz: The History of Electric Football and Tudor Games" by authors Earl Shores and Roddy Garcia, you realize that it was all a matter of timing. | | |
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 | SB*Nation |
| On the ground with black protesters in Michael Jordan and Cam Newton’s city. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| Predawn football practices? The players at Desert Mountain High don’t mind--not when the guy directing the offense is a Super Bowl champion and two-time MVP. But in this first coaching stint, Kurt Warner is a learner as much as he is a teacher | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Celebrating the friendship of LeBron, D-Wade, Melo, and CP3 in five scenes, as told by the four themselves | | |
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