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The Fake Girlfriend Experience
Why didn’t sportswriters catch on to Manti Te’o’s phony relationship? Because they didn’t care to look.
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Give Lance a Chance
He’s a cheater and a bully who doesn’t deserve leniency. But letting the champ cut a deal may be the only way to fix cycling.
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Fox Gets Conservative
Did the Denver coach’s risk-averse approach cost the Broncos a playoff victory?
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Extra Points Are for Losers
There's a late-game scenario in which going for two is always the right move. Why don't NFL coaches ever do it?
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The Lesson of RGIII
The health of an NFL player belongs to everyone but the player himself.
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In Defense of Mike Shanahan
Why the Redskins coach shouldn't be attacked for playing Robert Griffin III.
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"You Have To Step Up and Be a Man Sometimes"
Robert Griffin III twisted his knee on the oldest clichés in sports.
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A Season of Miracles in Washington
The Redskins reappear, and the owner vanishes.
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The Perfect Linebacker
Ray Lewis is a complicated problem who played football with simple greatness.
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A Commissioner Everyone Can Hate
On further review, Roger Goodell butchered this season from end to end.
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Farewell, Andy Reid
The Eagles coach was good enough to make you hate him for how bad he was.
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You're Fired Because ... Well ... Hmmm
Lovie Smith, the coach who got canned on the NFL's Black Monday for no good reason.
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He Can Pass! He Can Run!
Russell Wilson is the quarterback Darrell Bevell always wanted.
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Roger, Over and Out
Paul Tagliabue rules that the NFL doesn't have a bounty problem, it has a Goodell problem.
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Why the NCAA Doesn’t Care about Concussions
In college football, the risk of legal liability is dictating the response to a medical crisis.
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Ultimate Fleecing
UFC’s deal with Fox was supposed to secure its future. So why is the premier mixed-martial-arts promotion in such bad shape?
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The Shill Becomes a Journalist
In speaking up for gun control after the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide, Bob Costas finally took advantage of his pulpit.
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The Big East Is a Failed Experiment
So is every other college conference. Here’s a better approach to blowing them up.
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The Performance-Enhancing Drug That Doesn’t Enhance Performance
Adderall isn’t helping football players do anything but get suspended.
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Marvin Miller
How the greatest union man in sports history shaped the games we watch today.
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