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NFL Star's Arrest Prompts Questions
(The Root) — Rushed judgments have become a national pastime, fueled in part by the 24-hour news cycle’s incessant and insatiable appetite. It demands instant decisions, analysis and commentary, lest you be left behind or deemed wishy-washy. An incident occurs — say, an African-American athlete is charged with resisting arrest — and many folks immediately…
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Guns in Sports Reflect Guns in Society
(The Root) — The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence had a sports-related report “in the pipeline for a number of years,” co-author Jon Lowy said this week in a phone interview. But a steady stream of incidents forced constant revisions and updates, until the authors “came to the realization we’ll have to write this…
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The Nets Put Brooklyn in the House
(The Root) — Determined to be players in the franchise’s first season in New York, the Brooklyn Nets have landed the NBA’s prized free agent, acquired an All-Star shooting guard and still have their sights set on Superman, aka Dwight Howard. If the New York Knicks were sleeping on the neighbors who moved from New…
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Tiger Woods Is Back on Top
(The Root) — Locked in a fierce battle to win the AT&T National, the tournament he founded in 2007, Tiger Woods stood at the eighth tee Sunday at Congressional Country Club, just outside Washington, D.C. Although he enjoyed overwhelming support from the majority of fans on the storm-ravaged course, littered with toppled trees and fallen…
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Extorting Sports Figures Is the Latest Rage
(The Root) — Unless you normally pose in the nude or star in porn films, it’s probably a bad idea to circulate pictures of yourself naked. And it’s a really, really bad idea if you’re a celebrity or public figure of any kind. Just ask former Rep. Anthony Weiner. So we have to ask Golden…
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NBA Star's Gay Slur Is Latest Twitter Error
(The Root) — Ever since last summer, New York Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire has displayed an uncanny knack for doing the wrong thing. Even worse than being a leading candidate for the Bad Judgment Award, he’s also a favorite for the Bad Timing Award. He attempted a fancy dunk and injured his back during warmups,…
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Venus Williams a Nonfactor at Wimbledon
(The Root) — If Venus Williams is destined to lose her battle against age, injuries and Sjogren’s syndrome, she’s determined to go down swinging. She was unable to muster much resistance Monday in an opening-round match at Wimbledon, but Williams refused to concede that her reign as a premier player has ended. “I feel like…
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LeBron Wins Title and Proves Critics Wrong
(The Root) — As the clock wound down Thursday night, with the outcome clear, LeBron James let everything out. All the grief he took for leaving Cleveland. All the hate he received for going to Miami. All the criticism he endured for failing in the NBA Finals last year. The only “crimes” were his over-the-top…
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Jonathan Vilma in Uphill Battle Against NFL
(The Root) — Linebacker Jonathan Vilma has become the face of “bountygate,” the New Orleans Saints’ alleged program that rewarded players for injurious hits. No other player has been mentioned as prominently or suffered a more severe penalty (season-long suspension). But Vilma, who last month filed a defamation lawsuit against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, faces…
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Tiger Woods Teased, but He Didn't Please
(The Root) — The end came right from the start for Tiger Woods on Sunday as his promising prospects at the U.S. Open began disintegrating on the final round’s initial hole. The carnage went like this: bogey, bogey, double bogey, par, bogey, bogey. Just like that, Woods played himself out of contention after sharing the…
