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Was 'Deflategate' About Tom Brady's Legacy Or His Ego?
Here's a question to ponder over your morning coffee: Why?Why would the New England Patriots' Tom Brady get involved in a scandal? This week, Brady, who has denied any wrongdoing, was suspended four...
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The Other Sacred Thing Tom Brady Squashed: Sportsmanship
Sport may be dismissed as inconsequential child's play, but there is, in counterpoint, the ideal that sport is our best model for human fairness and equality — a Garden of Eden with competition. But,...
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For Sports Immortality, The 3rd Or 4th Time's The Charm
There is hardly a sport that has not named a version of its annual multiple championships. Two wins is not enough; you have to win three (a "Crown") or four (a "Grand Slam"). For example, if you win...
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Awards For Athletes Should Honor Unsung Heroes
Something of a cause célèbre has developed because ESPN has decided to present the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Caitlyn Jenner. The ceremony will take place at its annual ESPYs award show in...
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The Quieter Sports Season, And Why Tennis Needs Caddies
Ah, it's summer, and sport is of a sweeter sort now — don't you think? For instance, of all the jobs in sport, I think maybe the best is retrieving foul balls. The boys and girls in that job get to...
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All-Star Games Are Worthless If The Players Are Not All-Stars
For those of you who haven't got your baseball All-Star ballot in, don't panic, you have until Thursday. It's convenient. You can get a ballot off the Internet, and here's the good news: You can vote...
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What Have The Numbers Done To America's Pastime?
Whereas numbers have never been a significant adjunct to the other performing arts, they've been stitched into the very essence of sport. Not just the score, but how fast, how far, how good. And, of...
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For Women's Sports To Soar, Female Fans Must Show Support
Soccer owns sports nationalism. There are world championships and continental championships in all kinds of sports, but when it comes to countries playing against each other, soccer's tournament is...
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For Love Or Money: Fans And Businesses Flock To Fantasy Sports
In the famous Disney movie, a carpenter named Geppetto longed to have a son. He carved a puppet of a boy, and, wouldn't you know it, the wooden Pinocchio magically became a real child. Fantasy games...
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Deford To Hollywood: Ban Boxing Movies
Some people wanna ban boxing. I just wanna ban boxing movies.You get the feeling sometimes that Hollywood still thinks Joe Louis is heavyweight champion and boxing is still top-tier popular? Yes,...
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Bryce Harper Or Mike Trout: Are These Two Too Good?
Because college football and basketball are so prominent, when the best players move up to the pros they're already well-known.However, baseball's different.How many of you pretty good sports fans can...
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Deford: When 'Deflategate' Dust Settles, Put Goodell Out To Pasture
In an odd way, the longer and more tangled that what has been called "deflategate" goes on, the more it becomes about the commissioner of the National Football League, Roger Goodell, than it does about...
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What If Serena Williams Had Faced Tougher Rivals?
Always, the ever-tantalizing, ever-impossible discussion in every sport revolves around who's the greatest player ever. It's so difficult trying to compare champions from different eras, but it's a...
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Why Is There An Extra Point In Football, And Do We Need It?
On Wednesday, in honor of footballs that are inflated, we must discuss extra points. The NFL is monkeying around with the extra point again. You think it should? Do you have a better idea? Do we even...
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Deford: When It Comes To The Courtroom, Bet On The Players
While many legal experts expected the Tom Brady deflated football case to be settled in favor of the NFL, those wise lawyers neglected pertinent history. That is, that for 40 years now, most important...
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Spending Public Money On Sports Stadiums Is Bad Business
As an absolutely impossible thing happened to Serena Williams on the way to becoming the absolutely guaranteed Grand Slam champion, it reminds us once again, on the field of play, there is no sure...
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Too Many Sports Columnists Being Cut From The Team
"It's plain and simple: baseball is a radio game." So said Milo Hamilton, the longtime play-by-play man for the Houston Astros, who died the other day. And, yes, radio and baseball have so long gone...
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Yogi Berra, The Ultimate In Athletic Americana
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Why Women's Sports Get So Little Attention
You may not know that the WNBA finals begin this weekend. It's probably fair to say that if it were the NBA you would know.More people pay attention to men's sports than women's sports, and one reason...
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Football, Notre Dame And Winning 'For The Gipper'
It was 75 years ago this week — Oct. 5, 1940 — when the movie Knute Rockne, All-American was released and first we heard, "Rock, some day when the team's up against it, breaks are beating the boys, ask...
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