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19thnews
U.S. Soccer guarantees equal prize compensation to men’s and women’s teams
19thnews
3 min read · May 18th · ‘Equality goes both ways’: A long fight and support across the sport helped establish a new level of pay equity.
bundesliga.com
Jürgen Klopp: A world-class coach, made in the Bundesliga
bundesliga.com
4 min read · May 15th · bundesliga.com looks back on seven wonderful years in Borussia Dortmund's history, when Jürgen Klopp was at the helm as head coach.
The Washington Post
Fresh off a perfect game, Japanese phenom nearly throws another
The Washington Post
May 2nd · Pulled Sunday after eight innings, 20-year-old Roki Sasaki has now thrown 17 straight perfect innings in Japan's top baseball league.
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MIT Press
Running and the Science of Mental Toughness
MIT Press
~17 min read · Apr 26th · There is more to running than just training your muscles and improving your stamina. It is also a mental sport, and maybe even more so than previously believed.
Longreads
The 19th-Century Hipster Who Pioneered Modern Sportswriting
Longreads
~11 min read · Apr 26th · More than a century before GoPro, Thomas Stevens’ around-the-world bike ride vaulted first-person “sports porn” into the mainstream.
Reader View · Shared by 141
cyclingtips.com
Exposed by a Strava KOM: The many lives of a fake pro cyclist
cyclingtips.com
Apr 29th · Cyclist, scholar, CEO, soldier: who is Nick Clark?
Reader View · Shared by 96, including Michael Shermer
Sportico
Military Mulls Massive Recruiting Plan to Enlist College Athletes
Sportico
9 min read · Apr 28th · The U.S. military is actively discussing an initiative, proposed by a defense contractor, to fund athletic scholarships for tens of thousands of college athletes each year in exchange for their man…
Reader View · Shared by 74, including Scott Soshnick, Kurt Badenhausen, Michael McCann
The Washington Post
How a former NBA player and activist became a far-right media darling
The Washington Post
~11 min read · Apr 28th · Not long ago, he was known for battling the NBA over its mental health policy and protesting police brutality. Now, with prodding from Steve Bannon, Royce White is running for congress as a far-right populist.
Reader View · Shared by 63
CNBC
Pickleball, a paddle sport with a whimsical name, is becoming big business
CNBC
4 min read · Apr 24th · The rapid growth of pickleball has caused a flurry of investment.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Baffert’s absence among many storylines for Kentucky Derby
Las Vegas Review-Journal
3 min read · May 7th · There is no lack of storylines for the famous horse race that takes place on the first Saturday of May.
Reader View · Shared by 58
The Washington Post
Welcome to the (other) birthplace of basketball
The Washington Post
~12 min read · Apr 25th · In upstate New York, a small town pins its hopes on a bold claim: that basketball was invented there. Can it prove its case?
Reader View · Shared by 58
Sports Illustrated
Inside Hue Jackson’s Tanking Allegations Against the Browns
Sports Illustrated
20+ min read · May 3rd · The NFL has cleared the team, but internal Browns documents viewed by SI raise questions.
Reader View · Shared by 57
The New York Times
Are the Next Global Tennis Stars Among These ’Tweens?
The New York Times
9 min read · May 1st · The search for elite players is so competitive that IMG, the agency that once ruled tennis, is cultivating preteens to find the next prodigy, giving kids access to representatives from the pro tours…
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MIT Press
Running and the Science of Mental Toughness
MIT Press
~17 min read · Apr 26th · There is more to running than just training your muscles and improving your stamina. It is also a mental sport, and maybe even more so than previously believed.
TIME
Naomi Osaka: 'It's O.K. Not to Be O.K.
TIME
4 min read · 2021-07-08
Reader View · Shared by 248, including F ΞRπλ N-DØ (he, him), 🆃🆁🆄🅳🆈, Xavier Trabado Farré, Ibram X. Kendi, Mike Monteiro🌹, Hannah Milan, Nieman Foundation, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Marc Lamont Hill, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Vala Afshar, Erin Ashley, Gabriele, Jason Hirschhorn, C.C. Chapman (He/Him), Tara Parker-Pope
The New York Times
Meet the Money Whisperer to the Super-Rich N.B.A. Elite
The New York Times
~11 min read · From 2019 · Who’s the guy Klay Thompson and other N.B.A. stars trust to manage their wealth? One who knows how to rebound with $8,000 stuffed into his underwear.
Reader View · Shared by 243, including Leo Polovets
MIT Technology Review
Machine learning predicts World Cup winner
MIT Technology Review
8 min read · From 2018 · Researchers have predicted the outcome after simulating the entire soccer tournament 100,000 times.
Reader View · Shared by 229, including Thomas Power, melbic, Grzegorz Wapiński, Chintan Shah, Daniel Lawniczak, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Atul Pradhananga, Mark Pitman, Scott Williams, MIT CSAIL, Mark Kaigwa, Esther Schindler, Dominik Grolimund, Dave Nussbaum, Leslie D, Oliver Reichenstein, René Clausen Nielsen, Gideonro, ∬ Nazif Berat, Angela Zutavern
BBC Future
The strange 19th-Century sport that was cooler than football
BBC Future
~12 min read · 2021-07-28 · Pedestrianism was a sport of epic rivalries, eyewatering salaries, feverish nationalism, eccentric personalities and six-day, 450-mile walks.
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Players' Tribune Football
I've Got Some Things to Say
Players' Tribune Football
~11 min read · From 2018 · People in football love to talk about mental strength. Well, I’m the strongest dude you’re ever going to meet.
Reader View · Shared by 204, including Dominik Grolimund, Ben Hibbs, Luca Like, Nick Lüthi, Nils Hitze, Mark Kaigwa, David Bauer, Oliver Reichenstein, Johannes Lenz, Erik Hauth, Moritz Moser, ₵BZ, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Vincenzo Tremonte, Auf der Isar gibt es keine Matrosen, nur Flößer., Uwe Sinha, Merkstatt, Moritz A. Mihatsch, Christian Fahrenbach, 120minuten
The Guardian
We’re not the good guys: Osaka shows up problems of press conferences
The Guardian
4 min read · 2021-05-31 · Young athletes are expected to answer the most intimate questions in a cynical and often predatory environment
Reader View · Shared by 201, including grimm, Grzegorz Wapiński, Maria Bustillos, Carl Zimmer, Jennifer Ouellette, Michelle Garrett (she/her), David Owen (The Home Office remains a disgrace), Esther C, MD MPH, Ibram X. Kendi, Noely ⚡️🏐, Jörgen Camrath, Jay Rosen, 🆃🆁🆄🅳🆈
M.G. Siegler
The Great Asshole Fallacy
M.G. Siegler
4 min read · From 2020 · On Michael Jordan being a jerk to make the Bulls great…
Reader View · Shared by 165, including Steven Sinofsky, jorge-ferrer, dewang mishra, Peter Steinberger, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, 👨🏻💻☕️, Martina Pugliese, Sachin Rekhi, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Bijan Sabet, Katharina Borchert
wbur.org
My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley
wbur.org
9 min read · From 2018 · Shirley Wang's father, Lin, was on a business trip when he ran into NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. It was the beginning of a friendship.
Reader View · Shared by 142, including Tom Connor, Avinash Kaushik, WBUR, Richard Deitsch, Eric Sinclair, Ernie Smith, Brent W. Roberts, Mathew Ingram, Leo Polovets, James Hamblin, Johannes Lenz, Florian Hanke 🍎, Patrick OShaughnessy, W. Blake Gray, Kyle Petzinger, Dana Chisnell 💪🏼💻🗳🇺🇸, Mark Kaigwa, Esther Schindler
