All the girls are like, ‘Simone’s just in her own league. Whoever gets second place, that’s the winner.' | | | | | Simon Biles turned the gymnastics world upside down this year. (Agência Brasil Fotografias/Flickr) | | | | |  | “All the girls are like, ‘Simone’s just in her own league. Whoever gets second place, that’s the winner.'”
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| | rantnrave:// The previous 360 days have been an endless barrage of barely believable moments. More than any other year in memory, sports in 2016 has provided us with moments that were not only history but truly historic -- a designation that escapes record books. They have been in pursuit of greatness, as respites from tragedy, and they have made the impossible come true. This was 2016 at its best. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Derrick Henry rushes for three touchdowns and O.J. Howard has 208 receiving yards and two more scores as the Tide beats Deshaun Watson and the Tigers, 45-40. | | |
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 | The Denver Post |
| For all the importance of Peyton Manning's likely final game, it was Von Miller and the Orange Rush that thrust the Broncos to a championship, smothering Carolina 24-10 in Super Bowl 50 Sunday. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| The moment no hockey fan will ever forget occurred on a carpet laid out over the ice, as a small man named Gary Bettman handed a million dollar check to a much larger man, the NHL All-Star MVP John Scott. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| You can debate where he ranks among the game's all-time greatest quarterbacks, but Manning's legacy is ultimately about something more. | | |
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 | Hartford Courant |
| As they walked off the court together with 1:46 remaining in their final night, first hugging each other and then hugging their coach, the thought was irresistible. Yes, this is what history looks like. Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson, Morgan Tuck and Geno Auriemma, the four in a single embrace, four championships in four years, four-for-forever. | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| HOUSTON -- With 4.7 seconds left in a tied national championship game, Daniel Ochefu walked over to the little boy charged with mopping up the wet marks on the court and politely took the mop out of his hands. The Villanova coaching staff likes to tell its players, "Be the best street sweeper you can be." | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| Kobe Bryant last NBA game was one to remember: 60 points on 50 shots and plays that brought to mind an NBA superstar once at the top of his game. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| In July last year Claudio Ranieri was enjoying a break in Italy when he received a phone call from Steve Kutner, his agent, that would end up changing the face of English football in a way no one could have imagined. | | |
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 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| These Penguins rarely did anything the easy way. They needed a coaching change and series of personnel moves to lift them out of an early-season sputter, then had to go on a late surge just to secure a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Seemed only fitting, then, that they had to fight hard to earn the victory that has made them champions. | | |
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 | Mercury News |
| The Warriors didn't just break the NBA single-season record with 73 victories, they made the moment into a precious piece of art. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The Cavaliers became the first team in history to rally from a 3-1 series deficit in the finals, and it was the first major sports title for the city of Cleveland since 1964. | | |
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 | The Players' Tribune |
| This has been by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life. I understood cognitively that I was facing a crossroads in my evolution as a player and as a man, and that it came with exceptionally difficult choices. What I didn't truly understand, however, was the range of emotions I would feel during this process. | | |
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 | SB*Nation |
| Dee Gordon made America cry on Monday night (Sep 26), and the moment will be there in 50 years when you want to cry again. | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| Swimmer continues to redefine what’s possible in distance events. | | |
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| Sports Illustrated |
| Not only did the 2016 Rio Olympics serve as a validation of Michael Phelps’s dominance in the pool but the Games also marked a proper farewell for a storied swimming career. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Sports |
| Off to the side, off in the shadows, Bela Karolyi stood and watched this outrageous, audacious gymnast before him. One generation greater than the next, Nadia to Mary Lou to this, Bela at 73 years old staring as Simone Biles soared higher and spun faster than he ever could have fathomed. “The joy.” | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| RIO DE JANEIRO - There he was, loping through the shadowy tunnel at Olympic Stadium. In the distance, out on the track, lay the red starting blocks for the 100-meter dash. The tall, lanky runner from Jamaica kept moving toward those blocks in the floodlights, his dark eyes glimmering with intensity. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| By kneeling during the national anthem, the 49ers quarterback has ignited a new era of activism by athletes. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| The retiring voice of the Dodgers spent 67 years captivating listeners. | | |
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| ESPN.com |
| In Chicago, the final wait for a Cubs win mixes joy and sorrow. | | |
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