ARCHIVE:
Sports
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Seven Seconds in Heaven
Ray Allen’s tying 3-pointer revealed everything that’s great about sports (and a few things that are terrible about sports commentary).
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Golf’s Unconscionable Ban on Croquet Putting
Think the new prohibition against anchoring your putter is dumb? In 1968, it was deemed illegal to putt between your legs.
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Where Are the Champions?
An interactive map of every championship in the history of MLB, the NBA, the NHL, and the NFL.
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“No Wonder Everyone Thinks You Are Garbage”
Why sports gamblers target tennis players on Twitter.
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The Most Ignored Dynasty in Sports
The NBA’s most successful franchise reveals that America is a nation of hypocrites.
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The Dreaded C-Word
Bryce Harper ran face-first into a wall. Why are the Washington Nationals afraid to say he had a concussion?
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An Interview with Sir Alex Ferguson
The Manchester United manager discusses his early start, the importance of continuity, and his need to be alone.
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Fast, Expensive, and Out of Control
Does the drowning of an America’s Cup sailor reveal that the race’s fancy new boats are too dangerous?
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See If I Care!
Jason Collins' coming out reveals a new, peculiar form of homophobia.
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Coming to Their Senses
U.S. Soccer finally admits that Abby Wambach’s concussion was mishandled.
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The Oldest Curse in Sports
Can Verrazano break the Kentucky Derby’s Curse of Apollo?
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Not Using Their Heads
How Abby Wambach, her team, and the National Women’s Soccer League botched the star player’s head injury.
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Men in Uniform
Don’t listen to people who say a gay athlete will “divide a team.” People said the same thing about gays in the military.
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Out of His League?
Jason Collins averaged one point per game this season. Does he have a future in the NBA?
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No More Live-Ball Timeouts
The dumbest rule in sports just claimed one of the NBA's most exciting players.
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Get Your Head Out of the Game
Abby Wambach got hit in the head and stayed on the field. For shame.
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“They Won’t Get Away With It”
Four-time Boston Marathon champion Bill Rodgers says the bombing will not destroy the world’s greatest race.
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The Other Kind of Moneyball
The grotesque rise of baseball salaries reveals everything that’s wrong with the American financial system.
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Tiger Woods vs. the Golf Pedants
The silly moral grandstanding of those who want the world's No. 1 player to disqualify himself from the Masters.
