May 27, 2015
Win and Go Home: The New York Rangers Push the Lightning to Game 7
Derick Brassard’s hat trick leads to a seeming inevitable winner-take-all showdown at Madison Square Garden.
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Everything That’s Awful and Wonderful About Boxing in a Single Knockout Video
Why it’s hard not to love this screwed-up sport.
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Meet AFC Bournemouth, the Premier League’s New Rich Man’s Fairy Tale
As recently as 2008, Bournemouth were in last place among the 92 teams in England’s top four divisions. Three months from now, they’ll play their first game in the Premier League.
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‘The Jonah Keri Podcast’: Travis Sawchik on the Pirates, and Ben Gibbard on the Mariners
Travis Sawchik discusses the Pirates and his new book, ‘Big Data Baseball.’ Then, for “My Team Is a Joke,” Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard rants about the Mariners.
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Veterans Affairs: The Uneasy Marriage of Military Money and the NFL
The ugly — and entirely unnecessary — commodification of patriotism in the National Football League.
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‘The Lowe Post’ Podcast: Ryen Russillo on Dwight Howard, Al Horford’s Ejection, and the Conference Finals
Zach Lowe talks to ESPN’s Ryen Russillo about Dwight Howard’s elbow, Al Horford’s ejection, the conference finals, and more.
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Ignore the Final Table: The 2014-15 Premier League Season Was Not Boring
It’s all about the journey, not the destination, and just because we ended up where we expected to doesn’t mean that the road here was a smooth and predictable ride.
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20 Controversies From the 2015 NHL Playoffs
The NHL playoffs sucker you in with the promise of the world’s greatest sport being played by elite teams with win-or-go-home stakes. Then they sideswipe you with one controversy after another, some serious, but most ridiculous.
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The 30: Surveying the Power Brokers
For the Cubs and Astros, home runs are fueling a powerful present and a promising future. As for the Blue Jays and Mariners, round-trippers are just about all that’s keeping them afloat.
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The Leaderboard Lifer: Appreciating Matt Holliday’s Underrated, Historically Bankable Excellence
With almost 200 plate appearances in 2015, St. Louis’s Matt Holliday is more than a third of the way to a 10th consecutive season of qualifying for a batting title while delivering a park-adjusted offensive line at least 30 percent better than league average. Since World War II, only 13 other hitters have managed such a streak.
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That Was a Thing: Skybox Basketball Trading Cards Were Incredible
You probably forgot how awesome basketball cards were.
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NBA Shootaround: Sweep This
James Harden scores 45, Steph Curry takes a fall, and the Rockets stay alive.
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We Interrupt This Eulogy for the NBA Post-Up Game to Bring You Its Rebirth
While the efficiency of the 3-pointer and the pick-and-roll have dominated NBA offenses, an old standard is making a quiet and effective comeback.
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