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Open city: The U.S. Open is an expensive ticket and awash in brand synergy...
When John Rocker began the still-ongoing process of blowing up his life, it was in part because of a long, bigoted bitch about the things a person will see on the 7 train. "Imagine having to take the 7...
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Disarming the NFL's newest weapon: The read option was the breakout star of...
Colin Kaepernick became the 49ers' starting quarterback in Week 10 of the 2012 season, forming a read option troika with Redskins rookie Robert Griffin III and NFC West compatriot Russell Wilson. The...
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Alabama's Johnny Manziel problem: How can Nick Saban's defense stop the team...
Alabama won its third BCS title in four years last season, solidifying the Crimson Tide as the most dominant program of the current era. If you're a current Alabama player, however, you can be forgiven...
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Pride of the city
When the FDNY's Bravest play the NYPD's Finest in baseball, it's more than a game.The FinestJose Vazquez was on a cruise ship en route to Bermuda when he got the news he was hoping not to hear.In only...
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Legends never die: Twenty years later, the cast and crew of "The Sandlot"...
The 20th anniversary tour of The Sandlot wrapped up the only way it logically could have -- in Dodger Stadium. The film ends with a flash-forward to present day (1993), where sandlot wunderkind Benny...
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Call it a comeback: One year ago, it was uncertain if Rafael Nadal would ever...
It's pretty amazing, the similarities between tennis and football: the importance of footwork, the anticipation of what your opponent is going to do, the ability to forget about a bad play and move...
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The B1G Roadtrip: A journey through football's heartland
The B1G RoadtripA journey through football's heartlandby Bill ConnellyHint: Hover over stops for more infoStart: St. LouisWhere our heros' journey begins and, eventually, ends.Stop 1: Iowa CityAn oasis...
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Perfecting the formula: How Eagles coach Chip Kelly used New Hampshire as his...
The play call surprised nobody on the University of New Hampshire sideline. Not the head coach, not the quarterback, and definitely not the receiver who eventually found himself celebrating in the end...
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Mariano Rivera retrospective: Looking back at the career of the great Yankees...
ClosingTimeA Mariano RiveraRetrospectivetwitterfacebookgoogleplusThe Yankees yearsby Steven GoldmanMariano Rivera was the best ever at what he did, but through no fault of his own the impact of his...
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Breaking Madden: Let's bring Brian Hoyer down a peg
Ah ha ha ha ha look at this guy! He is only the 45th-best quarterback in the world instead of the 10th-best! Ha ha ha ha he is horrible.- Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha/checks wall calendar strapped to...
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Sunday Shootaround: Bill Russell's statue allows Boston to properly remember...
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupBoston needed Bill Russell's statue more than he didPaul FlanneryBOSTON -- Who owns an athlete’s legacy? It’s a...
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Over the edge: Once a year, hundreds of people voluntarily jump off one of...
Cody Adams takes a drag off his cigarette, and looks over at Andy Smith."You scared yet?" he asks."Definitely scared," Smith tells him. "I'm trying to convince myself that I'm not.""It's good to be...
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The Art of offense: Has Baylor birthed college football's most unstoppable...
Listening to defensive coaches discuss the outbreak of Bear maulings west of the Mississippi, you get the sense that something awful is happening to the men of their profession."You have to think...
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SB Nation's 2013 MLB awards
☰AL Best PlayerNL Best PlayerAL Best PitcherNL Best PitcherAL Best RookieNL Best RookiegoogleplusfacebooktwitterupEach year, SB Nation polls its network of team bloggers in a referendum on the major...
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Sunday Shootaround: Anthony Davis is already here
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupRaising eyebrowsPaul FlanneryAsk anyone around the league what has caught their eye in the first week of the...
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Ra’Shede’s Road: The improbable path that took Ra’Shede Hageman from foster...
He was born on fourth-and-long. Mom drank when she was pregnant with him. Traded sex for drugs while he was in diapers. State authorities dragged him out of a crack house closet when he was 4 years...
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Hope on the high plains: Welcome to Wyoming, where one of Division I...
It's a 1976 Chinook. Bryan Stevens bought it from his parents, who bought it from his grandparents. There were countless camping trips in the Chinook, the interior of which still sports a...
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Staying grounded: Chiefs vs. Broncos will hinge on the running game
Every football season has a handful of games that are billed as "the biggest regular season game of the year" in the week leading up to kickoff. So far this year, the San Francisco at Seattle Sunday...
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Sunday Shootaround: The impossibility of playing to lose in the NBA
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupWhere tank is a four-letter wordPaul FlanneryArron Afflalo hates to lose. The very thought consumes him. It...
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Requiem for a welterweight: Manny Pacquiao may be broke, but is he broken, too?
You’re Joe Louis, aged thirty-seven, a main-event heavyweight. You were the greatest champion of your time. But you’re trapped by the fight racket which you conquered.”— Jimmy CannonAfter eight...
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