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Boston Marathon Medal Shows You Can’t Outrun Commercialism

Since 1983, the Boston Marathon has handed out participation medals featuring a unicorn — the race’s symbol — to runners as they crossed the...

15.04.2024 10

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Caitlin Clark Vs. Angel Reese Is a WNBA Gift

It wasn’t Iowa vs. LSU drawing a record 12.3 million viewers and dominating conversations on Monday night. It was Caitlin vs. Angel, two...

03.04.2024 6

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NCAA’s Division II Schools Save Amateurism in College Sports

For college sports fans who believe in the idea of an amateur student-athlete — one motivated by the love of playing and scholarship — the game ...

02.04.2024 5

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Chicago Bears and the Suburbs Were Never Going to Kick Off

The Chicago Bears see a lot to like in the suburbs, starting with all of that open space. So in 2021, the team, in hot pursuit of a new stadium,...

24.03.2024 10

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March Madness as We Know It Faces Extinction

The first round of the NCAA’s men’s basketball tournament started Thursday. But it won’t be the only college basketball competition worth...

21.03.2024 8

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The Latest Assistant Coach Is an AI Chatbot

Imagine it’s crunch time at the end of the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl. One team faces third-down and goal, five yards from a game-winning...

16.03.2024 5

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Caitlin Clark Was Almost Paid to Stay in School. Good Idea.

Just before 11 a.m. Sunday, I squeezed through the crowded corridors of the Target Center in Minneapolis. The formal occasion was the Big Ten...

13.03.2024 4

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College Sports’ Future Shouldn’t Be Determined in Courts

For nearly as long as there have been organized college sports, schools and their boosters have made financial promises to recruit the best athletes....

03.03.2024 10

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Super Bowl Weekend’s Biggest Loser Is Allegiant Stadium

This year’s Super Bowl matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs will be played in Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, built in...

10.02.2024 30

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Has Something Other Athletes Want

What would it take to nudge 51-year-old Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, one of the world’s highest paid actors, back into a professional wrestling...

02.02.2024 2

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Women’s Hockey Is Breaking the Ice Ceiling

New sports leagues come and go. Most are barely noticed as they play to diehards in relative obscurity or until they fold. For years, that’s been...

29.01.2024 3

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NBC Understands NFL Fans Very Well

Back in May, Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal paid $110 million for the exclusive right to stream an NFL playoff game on its subscriber-only Peacock...

17.01.2024 2

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NILs Are Also Starring in College Football’s Championship Game

This week, University of Michigan star running back Blake Corum could have been finishing his first season in the National Football League. Instead,...

09.01.2024 6

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Shohei Ohtani Can Be More Valuable to MLB Than an American

The Los Angeles Dodgers don't need Shohei Ohtani, with his new 10-year, $700 million (deferred) contract, to help them sell tickets. They’ve been...

16.12.2023 9

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Draymond Green’s Suspension Should Cost the NBA

On Wednesday, the National Basketball Association indefinitely suspended Draymond Green for hitting an opposing player in the head. The involuntary...

15.12.2023 5

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NCAA Makes a Selfish Attempt to Cling to Relevance

For decades, the National Collegiate Athletic Association fought proposals that would’ve allowed schools to pay athletes. It went to court; it went...

13.12.2023 7

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Florida State’s Football Snub Is All About TV Money

In Florida, the politicians are racing to grasp the political football that was thrown into the air when the 12-1 University of Alabama Crimson Tide...

05.12.2023 2

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Make Baseball Free Again on TV

Major League Baseball loves a hefty cable bill. For decades, its revenues and payrolls have been fueled by tens of millions of cable subscribers who...

02.12.2023 7

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College Sports Need Their Tax-Exempt Status Revoked

Before the end of the year, John James “Jimbo” Fisher Jr., the recently fired head football coach at Texas A&M University, will receive a $19.4...

25.11.2023 10

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F1 Needs to Rethink Its Luxury Branding to Succeed in the US

It was 1 a.m. on the US East Coast, Sunday morning, when the cars finally began racing down the strip, marking the start of the Formula 1 Las Vegas...

22.11.2023 3

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The Last Thing the Game of Cricket Needs Is Saudi Money

This year, Saudi Arabia’s expansion into global sports has disrupted professional golf, upended the soccer business and garnered the kingdom the...

16.11.2023 3

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NCAA Transfer Rules Deny Athletes Their NIL Rights

When RaeQuan Battle runs the floor, other basketball players struggle to keep up. Battle’s national profile rose over the last two seasons at...

10.11.2023 2

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Michigan’s Sign-Stealing Scandal Shouldn’t Be One at All

When the University of Michigan meets Purdue on Saturday in Ann Arbor, there will be more at stake than a football game. Two weeks ago, allegations...

03.11.2023 10

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What Baseball Traditionalists Don't Get About the Arizona Diamondbacks

Americans love an underdog, so long as the underdog stays out of the baseball World Series. That’s the unwelcome reality faced by the Arizona...

27.10.2023 3

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Nike Super Shoes Aren’t Performance-Enhancing Drugs

World records in marathons have toppled like track hurdles in recent weeks. Tigst Assefa, the new women’s record holder, beat the old one by more...

22.10.2023 5

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Sports Are a Bright Spot in a Bad Year for M&A

High interest rates, geopolitical risks and skittish investors have created the worst year for mergers and acquisitions in a decade. But sports is one...

16.10.2023 4

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ESPN Misfires With Blank Flags for Tennis Stars

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14.09.2023 8

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