We believe athletes are the next great entrepreneurs and investors. The traits that athletes possess — dedication, relentless pursuit of positive results, the ability to assess a situation quickly, and the ability to use their own personal and social capital — seamlessly translates to investing and business. | | | | Ecem Cankaya loses her head in her routine during the Islamic Solidarity Games.
(Dan Mullan/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “We believe athletes are the next great entrepreneurs and investors. The traits that athletes possess — dedication, relentless pursuit of positive results, the ability to assess a situation quickly, and the ability to use their own personal and social capital — seamlessly translates to investing and business.”
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| | rantnrave:// We have been blessed with a year's worth of ridiculous postseason sports. From last April's NCAA TOURNAMENT buzzer-beater to LEBRON's comeback against the WARRIORS, to the CUBS, to the PATRIOTS' SUPER BOWL win, it has been one epic playoff moment after another. So it's understandable that there is some disappointment and boredom with the NBA PLAYOFFS this year. It's been underwhelming and slow. With so many blowouts, fans and media are getting antsy. "If you don’t like it," KEVIN DURANT said, "don’t watch it." Then you might have missed Sunday night. BOSTON's big win was a thrilling exception -- a reminder that CLEVELAND can lose. Who saw that comeback coming? But it didn't break the rule. I get the agita. But not every postseason is captivating. We've been lucky. But take another look at what we're watching. The CAVALIERS and Warriors are building toward a tantalizing NBA FINALS. They've each won one title over the other. We're getting a trilogy. Isn't this the end-game everyone wanted? Two roaring giants steamrolling everyone to face each other again... Can we take a moment to appreciate LeBron? This has been one of his best seasons and it's flown under the radar. Has he had a more dominant playoffs than this one? Game 3 was the first poor performance he had all spring. Not like we needed a reminder but LeBron James is The King, and his empire has grown beyond the NBA to everything he touches. He's the most dominant athlete in the US -- six straight NBA Finals appearances and a seventh on the way. Go ahead and try to slow him down. SportsSET: "LeBron Holds the Throne"... BEEF JOHNSTON seems like a fun time. Maybe he can be one of the faces of golf in its post-TIGER world... Another year, no TRIPLE CROWN. It's the biggest tease in sports. The horse names are fun, though... Does NBA commissioner ADAM SILVER have to react to MARK CUBAN's admission that the MAVERICKS tanked this season? Should an owner or team be punished for telling the truth? What's the difference between doing it blatantly but not admitting it, like the 76ERS, and copping to it after the fact? Tanking is the right strategic move. The incentive, if there needs to be one, should be against tanking, not against talking about it... Loved this 1981 story on ANDRE THE GIANT. What a life he led. Look at how large his hands are. I can't wait for the documentary on him... Does this mean sneaker prices are going to rise again? | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | BBC News |
| Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, say goodbye to the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| The company has reimagined its signature technology, durable sacks of inert gas, for the $190 VaporMax. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| A report by antidoping officials says the coach, Alberto Salazar, violated drug protocols with Dathan Ritzenhein, Mo Farah and other elite runners. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| How many ways can you shoot a free throw? If you're LeBron James, it's 18. The results? The worst free-throw shooting season of his career. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| What’s whiny, eco-friendly and found mostly in urban environments? The electric race car auto makers hope will draw a millennial audience to motor sports. | | |
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 | The Hockey News |
| When L.A. eliminated Edmonton from the 1982 NHL playoffs, it was one of the biggest upsets in history - and the turning point was the craziest comeback the league has ever seen. | | |
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 | Dye Stat |
| Deshae Wise rises above 'by the Grace of God.' The hurdler and sprinter grew up a 'hostage' of human traffickers while her mother was exploited. | | |
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 | Slate |
| For college athletes, performance bonuses outweigh academic bonuses 15 to 1. That’s not acceptable, says Arne Duncan. Duncan served as Barack Obama’s education secretary. Now, he’s on the Knight Commission, which is trying to lead reforms in college sports. | | |
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 | USA TODAY |
| TV rights to men's NCAA tournament will eventually generate more than $1 billion per year. Some good can come from slicing off a piece of that. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| Golden State’s shooters always seem open because they set screens much differently than other teams. | | |
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 | TED Talks |
| Sports is not about winning or losing ,it teaches discipline patience and develops a persistent attitude in life. Sports is a must for women considering they have to handle life on all fronts, as a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. | | |
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 | The Independent |
| By the time the Chelsea plane got back to London after the title-clinching 1-0 win at Wes | | |
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 | Saturday Night Live |
| Host Dwayne Johnson and fellow Five-Timers Club member Tom Hanks announce their intention to run for president and vice president in 2020. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| How an also-ran jobber took an old-school route to main-event stardom. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Trump's dalliance with horse racing in the late 1980s, according a former employee, had a disastrous ending for the horse. | | |
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 | Vocativ |
| Suit shop owner Joel Oks has clothed--and mooned--them all. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| Were the Kings cheated out of a win in the '01-02 Western Conference Finals? Maybe. But the loss undeniably echoes in the organization today. | | |
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 | SportTechie |
| Three venture capital firms recently discussed with SportTechie how they analyze investments at the intersection of sports and technology. | | |
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| Bloomberg |
| The life of Beef Johnston. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| That's no small beer on the right, it's a normal 12-ounce can in the hand of 7'4", 500-pound wrestler Andre the Giant. The glass is in the prodigious paw of the author, a former super-heavyweight powerlifting champion, who describes what life is like for a man who has made the most of being the biggest. | | |
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