Sports is an actual faith. It’s not even metaphor. It’s real. | | | | | Former 76ers GM Sam Hinkie. (The Playmaker/Flickr) | | | | | | “Sports is an actual faith. It’s not even metaphor. It’s real.”
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| | rantnrave:// SAM HINKIE has finally opened up. He was a black box as the 76ERS GM but since being fired he’s gone out to find himself in SILICON VALLEY. We may learn a lot about where the NBA, and maybe sports, is trending by Hinkie’s next job. Professional organizations are inherently risk-averse. Hinkie was a risk-taker. You can can argue that he failed, but I'll disagree. And lesser GMs have received second chances. Is anyone in the NBA willing to hire him to run a team again? Is anyone ready to accept outlier thought processes that don’t dovetail with conventional wisdom? This is a basic question, asked all the time. The executives who hit big get all the publicity but that takes time. Look at the CUBS or WARRIORS. There’s little utility to being a visionary if no one else can see the vision… Finally, some good news among a sludge of bad news. Good for ISAIAH AUSTIN. Can you imagine the emotion he felt when he learned his career wasn’t actually over?... The best soccer celebration you might see this year… Is sports a religion? This documentary series says it is. I’m not sure what it says about all of us if we paint entertainment in pious terms, but sounds like a show worth watching… The TWINS may be giving their employees the option to take personal leave for family occasions for all the right reasons, but it also gives them a competitive advantage in luring talent. I’ve heard from several executives who struggle with work/life balance. Don’t we all. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| What happens when you’re 38 years old and have already blown up a franchise and become both cult hero and cautionary tale. What do you do next? | | |
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| How did a boring Nintendo game from 1987 become the most coveted cartridge ever? It's a bit of a mystery. | | |
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| Jerry Falwell's university just hired a man still facing litigation for alleged indifference toward sexual assaults committed by athletes in the department he presided over at Baylor. | | |
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| Vikings cornerback Terence Newman is a step slower, so he tries to outsmart opponents to stay on top of his game. | | |
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| A look at the moral dimensions of competitive savagery. | | |
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| German football slang originates from the days when men in long grey coats and flat caps stood watching their team, hands in their pockets, on a dull and rainy afternoon somewhere in northern Gelsenkirchen. | | |
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| Long before Leicester City's European odyssey, there was Inter Milan in 1993-94 -- a team that triumphed in Europe but just about staved off relegation. | | |
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| He can't lose. He can dead-lift nearly 600 pounds. He is Russell Wilson, but he is 18 years old. He is Johnny Football with his shoes on fire, plus he's a good person, more chiseled and-oh, yeah-that hair. If Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts is too good to be true, then, well, who is he? | | |
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| Al Horford and his wife welcomed their second child into the world Sunday. But when the Boston media hot-take machine and the public that eats up its garbage complained about him missing the game the following day, it became apparent that common sense and decency need to pop in to say hi every once in awhile. | | |
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| The pioneering female manager of Clermont Foot has presided over success with thrilling football and a straight-talking style. | | |
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| A Michigan adopter discovers the sport’s ecstasy- - and agony. | | |
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| Despite three head coaches in five years, Wisconsin has managed to stay at the top of the Big Ten and enters its fourth conference championship game against Penn State on Saturday (Dec 3). | | |
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| Ian McCaw resigned from Baylor amidst a sexual assault scandal. | | |
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| Broadcaster wants city and Ballpark Village owners to waive height restrictions. | | |
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| The 45th anniversary of one of the best football films ever. | | |
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| Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said he and a star-studded group of former players are launching Dugout Ventures, a private-equity fund that will focus on companies manufacturing the next generation of baseball equipment. | | |
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| The real issue of Jim Harbaugh’s punishment for criticizing refs after the Michigan-Ohio State game is the lack of accountability for officials. | | |
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| With the team languishing at the wrong end of League Two, something has gone horribly wrong at Leyton Orient. We spoke to fans about their controversial owner, and the difficulties of fighting back. | | |
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| Nebraska players and opposing players and coaches paid tribute throughout the season. | | |
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| Many NFL fans can no longer sit still watching a lone game device-free. Just how frenetically do we watch football these days-and how is the league advertised? | | |
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