No man should ever be judged by one goal alone. But if he is to be, it is best it is a goal as vibrant, vivid and majestic as Carlos Alberto’s. | | | | | Corey Kluber, strikeout king. (Erik Drost) | | | | |  | “No man should ever be judged by one goal alone. But if he is to be, it is best it is a goal as vibrant, vivid and majestic as Carlos Alberto’s.”
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| | rantnrave:// So, um, maybe the WARRIORS aren't going to win 82 games this year. On Tuesday afternoon, when the Warriors were still undefeated on the season (no wins, no losses), we published the REDEF SportsSET "Those Damn Warriors," which asked, "Can anyone beat them?" Two teams beat them several hours later—the DUNCAN-less SPURS and their own sloppy selves. So, new questions: How long will it take their three old ringers to learn to gel with their one new ringer? How many more flaws will be exposed along the way? What's the new over/under on their win total for 2016-17? How do you spell schadenfreude?... This is one of the most beautiful goals in BRAZILIAN soccer history, and here are 35 reasons why. "I think it was the best goal ever scored in a World Cup," the man who scored it once said, "not because of the goal, but because of how we created it." That was CARLOS ALBERTO, the ninth and last Brazilian to touch the ball on the play. He took a blind pass from PELÉ and finished a breathless run with his right foot to seal the WORLD CUP final vs. ITALY. Alberto, a giant of 20th century soccer who lived out the next five decades as Brazil's "eternal captain," succumbed to a heart attack Tuesday. "Dear GOD," wrote Pelé, who went on to play alongside Alberto for the NEW YORK COSMOS, "please take care of our ‘Capitao'." RIP... We're going to be talking about COREY KLUBER's WORLD SERIES game one gem for a very long time. His eight strikeout victims in three innings: FOWLER (twice), BRYANT (twice), SCHWARBER, BÁEZ, COGHLAN, RUSSELL... NBA on its way to SEATTLE (again)? Hockey, too?... JOHN JOHN FLORENCE's long-in-the-making, but not at all surprising, first world surfing title. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | FanGraphs |
| In many ways, the Chicago and Cleveland clubs about to begin this year’s World Series are similar teams. We know about the lengthy championship droughts each share, as well as their general, respective histories of futility. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Draft experts tried to warn fans of the teams who drafted quarterbacks this spring that progress would come slowly, and yet Prescott, Wentz and more have all played like the real deal right away. How could we have all missed so badly? | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| The league’s white players talk about what it’s like to be the minority | | |
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 | The Independent |
| The reintegration of Maria Sharapova into the tennis fold is gathering pace. The 29-year-old Russian is banned from playing competitively until the end of April, having tested positive for the banned drug Meldonium at this year’s Australian Open, but earlier this month she played in a charity event in the United States alongside the likes of John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova. | | |
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| Sports Illustrated |
| Andrew Miller has become the most feared man of this year's playoffs-and potentially a prototype for a new era of the game. | | |
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 | Slate |
| First, Theo Epstein saved the Red Sox. Now he's rescuing the Cubs. Here's his secret. | | |
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 | Press Association |
| Carlos Alberto was the captain of Brazil’s brilliant 1970 World Cup-winning side and scored the goal that defined the tournament in the final against Italy. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| The NFL is rightfully taking heat for apparently botching another domestic violence investigation, but the Giants’ moral lapse should not be overlooked. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Jeremy Lin is a good basketball player, but also on the shortlist of famous Asians invoked in racist taunts. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| David Roberts, a major figure in modern adventure literature, has explored risk, death, and loss for more than 50 years. Now he’s fighting cancer while producing new writing-including a series of reflections on his disease-that friends and colleagues believe is his best work yet. | | |
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 | New Republic |
| Can the league's fighters win the same rights as other professional athletes? | | |
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 | The Drum |
| When the Chicago Cubs host the Cleveland Indians for Game 3 of the 2016 World Series in Chicago, it will be the first championship baseball game at Wrigley Field since 1945. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| It had nothing to do with the Premier League at the time, but looking back, it could have applied if it had have been. "This is a copycat league," Randy Wittman said last year, per ESPN, then head coach of the NBA's Washington Wizards. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Lions quarterback quit the deep pass and became an MVP candidate. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| The showmen, the drama, the mohicans, the maths … "House of Flying Arrows" is the documentary darts deserves. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| Far from being a relic of the past, chess is thriving in the era of computers and esports. | | |
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 | Vocativ |
| Understanding why Rome's gladiatorial games came to an end begins with understanding what gave birth to them. | | |
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 | The Telegraph |
| "The reality is that my daughter will be 20 next week, my son will be 17 in a couple of months. They are very stable. University in London. Football in London. Friends," Mourinho told Sky Sports. "So they are in an age where they can't chase me like they did before. | | |
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 | Golf Digest |
| The incredible story of Rory McIlroy helping a young star recover from a horrific accident. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| Do I want -- really, actually, genuinely want -- the Cubs to win the World Series? It's a question I grappled with at length after a couple whiskeys with my best friend from back home as they marched toward the pennant. I love the Cubs. I've always loved the Cubs. | | |
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