There are moments that are not nice for some people and that wasn't the best for Latinos and all of us. But life goes on ... If our game can give them some joy and take away the sadness they are going through, good then. | | | | | Hooded grandmaster: World chess champ Magnus Carlsen. (Andreas Kontokanis/Flickr) | | | | |  | “There are moments that are not nice for some people and that wasn't the best for Latinos and all of us. But life goes on ... If our game can give them some joy and take away the sadness they are going through, good then.”
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| | rantnrave:// It's almost too fitting that, three days after the presidential election, the US men's national soccer team finds itself hosting MEXICO tonight in a WORLD CUP qualifying match. The potential political subtext of the contest in COLUMBUS, OHIO, has been lost on neither the media nor the players, but it's important to remember that a) this is a consequential match in a long, healthy rivalry without any need to bring politics into it, and b) why would you want to bring politics into it? "Remember," writes VICE's JORGE ARANGURE JR., "a game is a game, and real life is real life; let's not confuse the two. People's lives and livelihoods are at stake, and it has nothing to do with whether CHRISTIAN PULISIC or JAVIER HERNANDEZ scores the deciding goal." This is, however, a good chance to demonstrate that the two nations can continue to compete in a respectful, civil manner, and that US soccer fans in a bellwether swing state can watch in the same spirit. And what better place to demonstrate that than the "spiritual home" of the AMERICAN version of a truly international sport?... For a lot of Americans, meanwhile, the game (7:45 pm ET on FS1 and UNIVISION DEPORTES) will be the first good chance to watch US superstar-elect Pulisic, who we zoom in on in our REDEF SportsSET "I Saw US Soccer Future and Its Name Is Christian Pulisic"... There's a different kind of politics in play for Mexican and Mexican-American soccer prospects who grow up near the US border, on either side. The NEW YORK TIMES' SAM BORDEN examines "the increasingly frequent tugs of war over players eligible to represent both countries" and the potentially life-changing decisions they have to make involving "intrafamilial dynamics, cultural differences and an ever-changing perception about the United States’ place in the global soccer landscape"... (In other sports and politics news, BILL BELICHICK really, really wants to talk about SEATTLE)... Today also marks the beginning of the world chess championship in NEW YORK between NORWAY's MAGNUS CARLSEN and challenger SERGEY KARJAKIN of RUSSIA... And on SATURDAY, NEW YORK finally hosts a sanctioned professional MMA fight after a two-decade battle to make the sport legal in the state... What does a special-teams player have to do to get into the NFL HALL OF FAME? | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The election of Donald Trump as president spurred protests in spots around the country and, for some athletes in the NBA and NFL, it was a sobering development they struggled to accept and understand. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| As fear of a permanent racial divide grows, it’s time for student-athletes to stand up and demand change with the platforms they have. | | |
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 | REDEF |
| Barely 18 years old and starring for Borussia Dortmund in Germany's Bundesliga and the US Men's National Team, Christian Pulisic appears to be the legit superstar American soccer has been seeking for decades. But we're talking American soccer here. So questions remain. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| John Chayka came striding through a Pepsi Center walkway Tuesday morning, on his way up the stands to watch the Colorado Avalanche's morning skate. Wearing a sharply tailored gray suit, the tall, slender Arizona Coyotes general manager wore white Apple earbuds as he talked into an iPhone while carrying a sleek Apple Macbook Air. | | |
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 | SB*Nation |
| Most people expected Wade to spend his entire career in Miami, but over the years that relationship deteriorated to a point of no return. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Several developments in September pushed two disparate fields closer together than ever. What does that mean for the future of sports? | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| One of the most memorable moments in the Georgia-Auburn rivalry is the time 20 years ago when the Bulldogs' mascot lunged at a Tigers receiver. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| The sex scandals and violence that have beset Kiwi rugby union in 2016 have led to ever louder calls for a shift in the culture of the national game. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| The Chicago Cubs were a part of the American fabric in the 60 years between their 1908 championship and the 1969 team that collapsed down the stretch. | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| On hopelessness -- and the way to escape it. | | |
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 | B/R Mag |
| He doesn't recruit, defend or train like anybody else. But can Shaka Smart bring a championship to Texas? | | |
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 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| Commissioner: 'We’re all familiar with what he said about Mexico. We need to wait and see what actually happens.' | | |
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 | Yahoo! Sports |
| In Episode 25, Greg and Dave welcome renowned baseball writer and fellow Nerdist sports podcaster Jonah Keri to the podcast to talk about his beloved Montreal Canadiens, the P.K. Subban trade, the progress of advanced stats in baseball vs. hockey, how different generations believe their sports were the best and much more. | | |
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 | MMQB |
| The Browns are the NFL’s only winless team, but there’s a silver lining: The story of how a failed QB became Cleveland’s No. 1 wideout. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| A city of 70,000 produces an outsize share of top players, and an outsize share of dreams for the area’s youth. | | |
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 | GOOD Magazine |
| These events capture the magic formula to get people to run. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Brooklyn Greens, just over the Brooklyn border in Ridgewood, Queens, is seeking to serve gentrifying neighborhoods now attracting young professionals and artists. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Does offensive efficiency in the most critical area of the field really come down to chance? | | |
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| Vice Sports |
| The wild road from shame to celebration. | | |
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| ESPN.com |
| Sometimes history isn't always pretty. Just over 20 years ago, Wisconsin and Illinois battled to a 3-3 tie that featured more subplots than points and made the impending overtime rule look good. | | |
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