Every day of the week, Chris Mannix of SI will register with his Bubble Bits, a quick success in something remarkable from inside the NBA campus LAGO BUENA VISTA, Florida. In the middle of the third trimester, a quiet gym suddenly became noisy. When Andre Roberson recorded the Oklahoma City …
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In October 2016, he was sitting at the end of a wooden bleacher in the congested Koury Natatorium at the University of North Carolina. My middle son Clayton was competing for Georgia in her first college swim meet against the Tar Heels. Within minutes of the meeting, a silver-haired man …
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one. Four months later, opening day is finally here. The Yankees face the Nationals at 7 p.m. ET. The Giants and Dodgers will play at 10 pm ET. Joe Buck will call the Yankees-Nationals game this Saturday night for Fox with teammate John Smotlz. Buck appeared in this week’s Sports …
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The summer of 2020 is not exactly the most comforting moment in recent memory, with the NBA returning in the shadow of a global pandemic. But despite the wave of concerns outside the bubble, basketball on the NBA campus will take center stage sooner rather than later. And there’s no …
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Before the Dodgers traded for Mookie Betts, their analytics staff and professional staffing department conducted a study to measure the aging curve of such powerful little outfielders. Betts stands at 5 foot 9 and 180 pounds. His career slugging percentage is .519. They didn’t find anyone like him, unless you …
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