September 23, 2015
Don’t Panic, But Maybe Panic: Advice for the Seahawks, Cowboys, Colts, and More
Who should be panicking after two weeks of the NFL season?
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Ducks, Hunted: Can a Soft Schedule Keep Oregon’s Playoff Hopes Alive?
Oregon already has a loss. The defense is struggling. And in case you forgot, Marcus Mariota is no longer around. So are the Ducks doomed? Or could a favorable slate save their season?
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‘The Jonah Keri Podcast’: Len Kasper on the Cubs, and Rhea Butcher on the Indians and Braves
Jonah Keri talks to Cubs play-by-play man Len Kasper about the excitement surrounding this year’s playoff-bound team. Then, for ‘My Team Is a Joke,’ Rhea Butcher rants about the Indians and Braves.
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Eurostar: How German Native and Top Twins Prospect Max Kepler Can Help Baseball Continue to Go Global
We’re dozens of Max Keplers away from baseball having the kind of presence in Europe that it has elsewhere. But until Tuesday, we didn’t even have one Max Kepler in the major leagues, so we’re making progress.
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Peyton’s Place: Why the Broncos Quarterback Should Retire
If his fading skills don’t push Peyton Manning off the field, the most recent ‘Frontline’ should do it.
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Four Incredible Things That Happened in Bayern Munich–Wolfsburg BESIDES Robert Lewandowski’s Five Goals
Here’s everything you might have missed from yesterday’s incredible individual performance if you were just watching the ball go in the back of the net (five friggin’ times).
Read moreSeptember 22, 2015
Tales From Monday Night: Luck Struggles, Jets Soar
We know Andrew Luck has looked terrible and the Jets have looked great, but remember that two weeks of games is hardly enough to set those opinions in stone.
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The Need for Lead: What Statcast Teaches Us About Baserunning … and Ichiro
Thanks to Statcast’s installation in every MLB park this season, we’ve learned about pitches’ perceived velocity and spin rate. We’ve begun to assess batted-ball speed, and we’ve seen video of the nuts and bolts behind breathtaking defensive plays. But we’ve yet to see many breakdowns of baserunning. Until now.
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Stanley Cup Prospects, Part 1: The Bottom Line
In Part 1 of our breakdown of NHL teams’ title chances, we look at the 10 franchises who will have a tough five years ahead of them.
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The Ole and the New: Hugh Freeze’s Mississippi, the SEC Power Struggle, and the Changing Face of Football
A few years ago, Hugh Freeze’s offense led Nick Saban to ask the rest of the football-watching world, ‘Is this what we want football to be?’ If Chad Kelly keeps slinging it like this, maybe so.
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The Evolution of Cristiano Ronaldo
Over the past 10 years, two players in the world have been better than the current version of Cristiano Ronaldo: Lionel Messi and the previous version of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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The 30: What’s Up With These Four Faltering Stars?
Since joining the Royals, Johnny Cueto has become a 50-50 proposition. Meanwhile, James Shields can’t stop giving up homers, George Springer has mirrored Houston’s decline, and Pablo Sandoval is the worst position player in the league.
Read more‘Jalen and Jacoby’: Announcing Their New ESPN Radio Show
Jalen Rose and David Jacoby announce their daily radio show, talk about James Harden’s sneaker deal “violation,” and more.
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Ciao, Gallo! The Rebirth of Danilo Gallinari (and Maybe the Denver Nuggets)
Gallinari has the experience of playing for a winning team, the perspective of coming back from a major injury, and the talent to lead. Oh, and he’s only 27 years old.
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