Time is something that cannot be bought, it cannot be wagered with God, and it is not in endless supply. Time is simply how you live your life. | | | | | Craig Sager. (Keith Allison/Flickr) | | | | | | “Time is something that cannot be bought, it cannot be wagered with God, and it is not in endless supply. Time is simply how you live your life.”
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| | rantnrave:// CRAIG SAGER, you never failed to entertain. That’s the best compliment you can pay a broadcaster and Sager was the embodiment of NBA festivity. The league has always separated itself from other sports by prioritizing how fun and irreverent it can be – unlike the militarism of the NFL and the sepia-toned institutionalism of baseball. Sager was just so damn fun. I love it when people don’t take themselves seriously and Sager always let you know he was there to be laughed at and laugh with you. His suits were ridiculous and mesmerizing. His interviews with GREGG POPOVICH had the stilted humor of an ABBOTT AND COSTELLO skit. He wasn’t a jester. No, Sager was what ANDY KAUFMAN could have been if he had wanted the whole world to love him instead. Who else has ever made KEVIN GARNETT seem human and empathetic? Sager has received an outpouring of love and appreciation in death and luckily he felt it too while alive. Watching RACHEL NICHOLS, a former colleague and a friend to the end, announce his passing in real-time on ESPN made me choke up too. The best part of sports is when you forget it’s a sport and access it as life’s tale. Sager, as he battled leukemia for more than two years, was an avatar for everything we love about sports and he didn’t have to play a minute on the court… To get a full breadth of his genius, his pep, his skill and the prolonged battle he fought, check out the new REDEF SportsSet: “Remembering Craig Sager, the NBA's Clown Prince”… USA GYMNASTICS must answer for itself and the responsibility it holds as guardians of thousands of young girls and women. This is a harrowing investigative story about the sexual abuse suffered by young gymnasts nationwide after being left in the care of the organization – 368 allegations in 20 years is an astonishing number. Read the story for yourself to get the full scope… Should a team worry about the product it puts out onto the court or the ticket holders it will disappoint? That question is important again after GRIZZLIES fans lost out on the chance to watch LEBRON JAMES in MEMPHIS WEDNESDAY. The cost of the tickets was just as expensive as the pain of not seeing him play. NBA teams are increasingly resting their players early in the season and that’s no sin with an 82-game schedule and playoffs in mind. But that means commissioner ADAM SILVER needs to find a way to balance team-needs and the best interests of his consumers. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| IndyStar investigations revealed that children were being abused in gymnastics gyms, but no one knew how widespread the problem was. Until now. | | |
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| When Colin Kaepernick took a knee this fall, he kicked off a movement. Now, Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin and other athletes are writing the playbook for what comes next. | | |
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| Before Ronda Rousey could return to the Octagon, she had to answer a simple question: Why should she? | | |
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| Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz stands by everything he said in his participation trophy rant. But it's not that simple. | | |
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| J.A. Adande remembers Craig Sager, who was always on his game. | | |
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| LeBron James didn't make it to Memphis Wednesday night (Dec 14), which disappointed a lot of fans. Neither did Kyrie Irving or Kevin Love. All three players were healthy. All three players were resting in Cleveland as the Grizzlies beat the Cavaliers Wednesday night, 93-85. | | |
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| Les Carpenter: Pete Carroll has engendered a team culture practically unique in today’s NFL, where speaking out is not only tolerated but encouraged. | | |
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| If you also had money, fame, time, wide-ranging interests, friends around the globe, and the curiosity and chutzpah required to make the most of those possessions, you, too, would be Bill Murray. I know I would. | | |
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| Matt Ryan has gone from dependable to devastating to potential MVP - and turned the Falcons into a juggernaut. | | |
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| To discover the art of scouting quarterbacks, I talked to six NFL scouts and asked each what has changed. What do you look for now that spread offenses have taken over college football? What do you look for now that quarterbacks don’t take snaps under center or call plays in the huddle The answers might surprise you. | | |
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| By remaining defiantly optimistic and energetic during a grueling, two-year battle with cancer, TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager has evolved from the NBA's most colorful character into its most esteemed. | | |
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| Mr. Sager was known as much for his outlandish outfits as for his brief interviews with basketball coaches and players on N.B.A. broadcasts. | | |
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| Americans aren't watching football this season like they used to, but it's not the game's fault. It's everything around the football being played-the rules, the refereeing, the broadcasts-that is hurting the NFL. | | |
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| University of Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich and Bobby Petrino deny any wrongdoing in the Wake Forest game-plan breach. However, there came a statement Wednesday from Jurich. It rewrites the definition of NCAA tone-deafness and pretty much explains how college sports got here in the first place. | | |
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| Precision punting and rule changes designed to make kickoffs safer have had unintended consequences on the game. Front offices are no longer on a quest to find momentum-shifting returners, and special-teams play has become, well, rather predictable and boring. | | |
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| The launch comes during a fraught time for the pay television market in the U.S. | | |
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| Unless you’re one of the half-dozen biggest revenue franchises, there will always be a tug between the present, the future and the consistent development production that Theo Epstein built in Boston. The Cardinals have developed and the Dodgers are trying to construct. In 2015, Dayton Moore said “you have to know when your now has come and go for it." | | |
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| Alistair Brownlee hauled his stricken brother Jonny over the finishing line in Mexico but felt the episode at the end of the triathlon run let them down. | | |
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| How becoming a Muslim shook up the league and changed one player’s life forever. | | |
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| The Nets PG and award-winning comic book writer Greg Pak discuss Lin's cameo in the latest edition of Marvel's "Totally Awesome Hulk," Asian American representation in pop culture and more. | | |
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