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Deford Says Thanks For A Good Game, Drops Mic
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages!I always wanted to use that in a commentary, that wonderful circus introduction ballyhooed by the splendid ringmaster, but I could just never...
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Let's Ring In Spring With The Masters Golf Tournament
In days of yore, Opening Day of the baseball season was special, signifying that spring had come at last.Today, however, Opening Day sort of dribbles into existence, and the spiritual start of spring...
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Baseball's Proposed Changes Are 'Not So Good,' Says Frank Deford
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More Athletes Are Speaking Out On Social Issues Than Ever Before
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After Years Of Mediocrity, The Dallas Cowboys Have The NFL's Best Record
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Is It The Concussions? Football Suffers A Ratings Penalty
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100 Years After Epic Mismatch, It's Still True: Carnage In College Football...
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Sports Need A Better Playbook For Suspensions
Since too few Americans go to the polls, I say what this country needs is a bobblehead election, where voters will get free bobblehead dolls of their choice when they show up and vote for...
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Frank Deford: Olympic Swimmer Ledecky Is This Century's Perfect 10
In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field.So, the shared premier showcases of the first week are swimming and women's...
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Statues Of Sports Stars Help Us Remember Them As Larger Than Life
Pete Rose may not make the Hall of Fame, but a statue of him is going to be erected outside the Cincinnati Reds' ballpark. Statues of sports stars are all the rage — especially in baseball. There are...
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What Is Football Doing To Us As A People?
A few years ago during an interview, Dave Pear, a former defensive lineman with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, suddenly, without warning, grabbed me — his huge thumb and forefinger pinching my poor neck. It...
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Why Do Cities Keep Vying To Host The Olympics?
On Thursday, it'll be three months till the Olympics begin. Usually, there'd be a panic by now that construction was way behind schedule, but, incredibly, only a couple of major projects remain...
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It's Time To Celebrate The UConn Women's Basketball Team
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Basketball's 3-Pointer: From Tacky Gimmick To Strategic Platform
It was not that long ago when the accepted wisdom in football was that the running game had to be established — that was always the obligatory verb: established — before passes could become effective....
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Super Bowl 50's Quarterbacks: So Talented And So Different
I firmly believe that football games are best when both the quarterbacks are stars, which is what we've definitely got Sunday.Yeah, yeah, I know: Defense wins games and a football takes funny bounces,...
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Sometimes, You Have To Pass The Ball
Dear People of St. Louis:I want you to be good sports. Yes, you lost an NFL franchise, but that's just the way it is in America. Owners own teams so that they might move them to another municipality...
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Soccer, The Normal-Sized Player's Game
Much as we talk about certain financial institutions that may be too big to fail, you can be absolutely certain that the one organization in the whole wide world that truly fits that definition is...
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Rose Is Banned From Baseball, But What About Accused Steroid Users?
We start 2016 with a command: that the subject of Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame is over, finis, kaput forever and ever. As sure as we will no longer discuss whether Lindsey Graham or George Pataki can...
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NBA Dares To Speak Out On Gun Violence
It's an incident largely forgotten, but in 1964, the NBA — then a struggling fourth-string major league — finally got its All-Star Game on prime-time TV. The players refused to leave the locker room...
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Dear NBA: Why So Many Games?
Until Dec. 12, the Golden State Warriors were undefeated, 24-0. They're the popular NBA defending champs, who play a fun style, led by an absolutely beguiling star, Stephen Curry. It's hard enough to...
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