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Interesting Super Bowl Logos Are Making a Comeback. (Finally.)
This year's colorful logo marks an encouraging trend away from the boring, cookie-cutter designs of the 2010s.
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Terry Rozier Doesn’t Fit the Usual Profile of Sports Betting Scandals — And Leagues Should Be Worried
Most players caught in gambling scandals have been fringe guys with little to lose. Rozier is different.
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Mailbag! LeBron's 3 HOF Careers, Planning For Ovechkin's Record, Hoosier Losses and Head-to-Head QBs
It's time for a long-overdue answering of reader questions.
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Can the Lions Keep Detroit’s Sports Renaissance Flourishing?
The city has already turned a lot of things around from just a few years ago.
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When Did “The Nerds” Start Ruining Each Sport?
Let's look at the development of certain trends that are allegedly making sports unwatchable.
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Neither Championship Sweep Happened. (BOY, Did They Ever Not Happen.)
Blowout Game 4 wins for the Mavericks and Oilers were as emphatic as any we've seen from teams down 0-3.
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The NBA (and NHL) Finals Could Be a Championship Sweep. We Don’t See Those Much Anymore.
Across the series-based major men's pro sports, we're running way behind how many championship-round sweeps "should" happen.
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What Do We Do When a Great Athlete Is a Bad Person?
The cases of O.J. Simpson and Curt Schilling highlight a difficult dilemma.
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I Guest-Wrote Numlock News Today!
My friend Walter Hickey is off enjoying the beach and the sun, so I had the pleasure of guest-writing today at his newsletter, Numlock News :
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