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This likely was not the way decorated gymnast Kara Eaker envisioned her career ending. A two-time gold medalist at the world championships and an alternate for the Tokyo Olympics, she announced late last week on Instagram that she was retiring and withdrawing from the University of Utah because of alleged non-physical abuse by a Red Rocks coach. Advertisement “For two years, while training with the Utah Gymnastics Team, I was a victim of verbal and emotional abuse,” she wrote in a seven-page pos…
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The had no business being in the game. They were down two starters, had only eight available players, were playing in an arena that had been a house of horrors for them this season and were facing a super-team that had been put together specifically to dethrone the defending champions. Advertisement At one point they were down 12 in the third quarter to the New York Liberty. Fans in the Barclays Center snapped white towels to the beat of pulsating music. It was hard not to look two nights down…
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anticipated the question before it was asked. In fact, he seemed to welcome it. The guard sat on a dais for the start of media day earlier this week, fingers interlocked on the covered table, and nodded knowingly as a reporter inquired about his health after he missed the final 40 games last season and 122 of 164 games the past two seasons. Advertisement Simmons stared intently at the questioner and tried to be patient, but his eagerness and excitement finally got the better of him. “You know w…
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This is considered the age of empowerment for professional athletes, and that’s positive in significant ways. Athletes should have greater control of their careers. But the increased power comes with a downside for old-timers like me, one of them being the loss of romance we used to associate with sports. Advertisement During my youth — which admittedly came before the ice age — iconic players regularly started and finished their careers with one team. They were considered family to us. We share…
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DEL MAR, Calif. — As amateur and casual golfers gathered around their carts Monday morning for the start of the Eastside Golf Invitational, it was immediately apparent the tournament was going to be unlike many others. For one, instead of kicking off festivities with “The Star-Spangled Banner,” saxophonist Mike Phillips played a spirited version of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the hymn that’s also known as the Black national anthem. Advertisement The choice was intentional, as is most everything…
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The Athletic has live coverage of and in Week 5 college football action. It was as bad a beating as a proud man and his program could imagine. Actually, that’s not accurate because Deion Sanders, a proven winner at every stop of his athletic journey, both as a player and a coach, isn’t someone who envisions defeat, let alone a 35-0 halftime deficit. Advertisement But that is where he and his found themselves Saturday against the undefeated , who used the game as an opportunity to make the type…
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Whether he was arrogant, fooled himself or flew too close to the sun, Tucker will likely pay dearly for his actions.
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In the spring of 2018, owners gathered at a swank hotel in Atlanta for their annual meeting. Among the agenda items was a proposal to amend the national anthem policy, which had come under scrutiny after back-to-back seasons of player protests during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The demonstrations had waned significantly from when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee to protest police brutality against people of color, but that wasn’t enough fo…
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Sanders is proving you don’t have to be a former coordinator to be a successful head coach. Teams should be asking: Can this person lead?
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Steve Wilks’ reported testimony that burner phones were used to communicate with suspended GM Steve Keim should result in stiff penalties.
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Reps matter for young players, especially QBs and offensive linemen. “There’s nothing like the real thing,” Falcons coach Arthur Smith said.
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