I’d like to drive a race car on the Indianapolis track. I’d like to kick a field goal in an NFL football game. I’d like to be able to hit a hundred-mile-an-hour baseball. But you have to know your place. There might be some things that are beyond your talents. | | | | | Frustrated race-car driver, field-goal kicker and Major League hitter. (Xavier Badosa) | | | | |  | “I’d like to drive a race car on the Indianapolis track. I’d like to kick a field goal in an NFL football game. I’d like to be able to hit a hundred-mile-an-hour baseball. But you have to know your place. There might be some things that are beyond your talents.”
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 | The Inertia |
| Thank you to every girl who has ever skateboarded -- from the OG's in my day, to the little ones ripping today -- for always charging hard no matter what. | | |
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 | The Miami Herald |
| An autopsy revealed Saturday that cocaine, not just alcohol, might have played a role in the boating accident that killed Miami Marlins ace pitcher Jose Fernandez and two others last month. It is the tragedy within the tragedy. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| A study has found that a single session of heading the ball can significantly affect a player’s brain function and memory for 24 hours. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Meet Terrance Guido Gerin, a.k.a. Rhyno, the hulking wrestler who just so happens to be running an unlikely campaign for the Michigan House of Representatives. Move over, Jesse Ventura, there’s a new rasslin’ politician. | | |
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 | The Morning News |
| What it’s like to be 14 in a new school, a new city away from home-and the wrong ethnicity in a divided country. | | |
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 | GOOD Magazine |
| Skateistan offers education, safety, and fun for Afghanistan’s youth. | | |
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 | Runner's World |
| Male runners may be shocked to learn how often women must endure on-the-run harassment. Many female runners have come to just expect it-and that should upset us all. | | |
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 | The Drum |
| Exciting as it is to predict how social media will shape live TV, many are doing so at the expense of understanding how that shift is shaping both mediums now. Change is afoot, with rights holders and brands recognising there is money to be made, even if they don’t know exactly how. | | |
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 | The Players' Tribune |
| My American fans call me “God.” I’m 20 years old, and I’m the best "League of Legends" player in the world. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| With stadium arrests on the rise, a "Washington Post" study helps identify factors contributing to the problem. | | |
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| The Ringer |
| Not if it involves too much defense. | | |
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 | GeekWire |
| I’ve never sat courtside as a fan at an NBA game. But thanks to virtual reality, I checked off that bucket list item on Thursday evening (Oct 27). Well, kind of. The Spurs took on the Kings last night in Sacramento and it marked the first of 25 games the NBA will stream in virtual reality, working with Laguna Beach, Calif.-based startup NextVR for the innovative offering. | | |
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 | Digital Trends |
| 30,000 ‘Lost & Found’ photos tell the tale of ’70s surf culture | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| A missed draft pick. A trade that fell through. Another draft pick. Another trade. It did work out, but time after time, Dallas had plans that did NOT involve starting a kid named Dak Prescott. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Sports |
| John Scott playing in the 2016 All-Star Game was one of the most unintentionally successful things to happen to the NHL since snow fell during the first Winter Classic. | | |
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 | Complex |
| Penny Hardaway, Tyra Banks, and all the important players behind the iconic 1990s Nike ad campaign tell the true story of the funniest puppet ever--including that time he pissed off Michael Jordan. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Unlike other sports, where roles are so thoroughly defined by generations of predecessors and established norms, esports coaching is still a blank slate. | | |
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 | The Red Bulletin |
| The world of bike messenger racing like you've never seen before. | | |
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 | Remezcla |
| Prospects from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela are boycotting the MLB's controversial announcement. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| Jennifer Frey drank herself to death. | | |
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