The moniker ‘lovable loser’—I hate it, but it means something. It’s shared hope and disappointment. It means accepting loss and trying your best and not coming out on top. I'm a little nervous. There’s a part of me that doesn’t want it to go away. | | | | | The Truth: Wrigley Field, Oct. 22, 2016. (Arturo Pardavila III) | | | | |  | “The moniker ‘lovable loser’—I hate it, but it means something. It’s shared hope and disappointment. It means accepting loss and trying your best and not coming out on top. I'm a little nervous. There’s a part of me that doesn’t want it to go away.”
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 | CBS News |
| Several of the NFL's biggest stars have lost a total of $43 million in a risky venture brought to them by a financial adviser registered by their own union | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| From Derrick Rose to Donald Trump, a nasty new reality has taken hold. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| Everything you need to know about the deal and the men who made it happen. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Sports |
| It's been 13 years since the Steve Bartman game. The Chicago Cubs clinched their first World Series berth in more than seven decades Saturday night, and my mind turned to a man who has disappeared from public view for 13 years because of an incident at the very place I'd like to see him again. | | |
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 | Charlotte Observer |
| Former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth is scheduled to be released from prison in October 2018. Carruth’s disabled son, Chancellor Lee Adams, about to turn 17 and being raised by his grandmother in Charlotte, will be there. | | |
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 | The Plain Dealer |
| While James has taken a team to the Finals each year, other franchises have built, torn down, and rebuilt themselves to try and stop him. And they've failed. | | |
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 | Only A Game |
| Hours after playing against the Baltimore Ravens, Washington defensive end Ricky Jean Francois got a text from his teammate Pierre Garçon. It was an invitation to deliver medical supplies to Haiti. The next morning, Francois got in Washington owner Dan Snyder's private jet. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| A Native American advocacy group is planning to protest against the Chief Wahoo logo and the team’s name at all the upcoming World Series games in Cleveland. | | |
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 | FOX Sports |
| Shrewd leadership by Tom Ricketts and Theo Epstein have made the Cubs the class of Major League Baseball. | | |
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| Only A Game |
| Growing up with a superfan father, Liz MacDonald wanted nothing to do with sports. As an adult, she's finally beginning to understand her father's obsession. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| The Golden State Warriors' fiery leader says people "don't see the real me." After a turbulent summer, Draymond is ready to rediscover himself. | | |
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| The Ringer |
| How Donald Trump took a page from Vince McMahon’s WWE playbook and captured the imagination of millions. | | |
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 | Jalopnik |
| Formula One teams transform their garages into exceedingly tidy apartments for each race, with storage space for items you'd never think to give its own little cubbyhole. We walked through Williams' space, and here's how they explained their garage/suite works on a race weekend. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| With this merger, AT&T would own some prize jewels of sports TV rights. | | |
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 | Lenny |
| Sports journalist Jessica Luther's book looks at the microcosm of college football within the bigger picture of rape culture. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Two years after the league's scandal, the Josh Brown incident shows how little has changed. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| All but three of the top 50 players on the WTA Tour are coached by men. The issue is complex, but some see a generational shift on the way. | | |
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 | GQ |
| A chat with the captain of the best NBA crew around. | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| Congress is reviewing current "obsolete" federal gambling laws and plans on introducing comprehensive new legislation. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| For the first time in its history, one of the most prestigious surf contests in the country will include a women's heat in its 2016-2017 competition. But the addition to the Titans of Mavericks competition wasn't done solely because Mavericks organizers felt like it. | | |
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