If we were talking about a player in any other major American professional sport, it would hardly be worth a mention these days. Ninety-four in the National Basketball Association will make $20 million or more this season; more than 70 are now in Major League Baseball; and between 60 and 70 will in pro football. …
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Lightning struck with the 5:53 left in the first quarter of last Friday’s preseason game between the Broncos and Packers at Empower Field at Mile High—a 20-yard touchdown pass from Bo Nix to RJ Harvey. Thunder followed. At least that’s what nearly everyone thinks the latest in the line of majestic white live-animal mascots will …
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There are lessons to be learned from the collaborative spirit shown by Air Force Academy head football coach Troy Calhoun and the University of Colorado’s Deion Sanders last week. The National Football League allows joint practices and scrimmages between two of its teams during summer camp—despite the scuffles that mark almost every such meeting. At …
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No coach was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last weekend, even though there are several deserving candidates—in addition to the Tom Brady-blessed Bill Belichick. That got me thinking about the 29 who are in, and those who aren’t but should be. Lombardi, Shula, Halas, Brown and some others—Landry, Ewbank, Lambeau, Noll and …
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The news that Drew Brees asked Broncos coach Sean Payton to be his presenter in Canton at Sunday’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies—and Payton’s emotional reaction—made bigger news, at least in Denver, than the selection of Brees itself. Brees made the request in a video call to his former coach, and the exchange …
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LeBron James announced “The Decision, Part 3” last Friday. He’s “taking his talents” to Philadelphia this time. “I’m not going for money,” he said, explaining why he signed for the bargain price of a paltry $8 million for two years—the league’s veteran minimum—compared to the $52.6 million the Los Angeles Lakers paid him last season. …
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In 1950s Northern Kentucky, we played Knothole Baseball—Class C, B or A, depending on each player’s age—instead of Little League. We had shirts and hats instead of full uniforms and turned in our shirts at the end of the season so they could be re-issued the next spring. (Some boys pinned pieces of paper with …
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Can the Rockies be both a seller and a buyer in the lead-up to the 2026 Major League Baseball trade deadline on August 3? Why not? The Tampa Bay Rays have almost perfected that split personality over the last few years, buying aggressively and selling shrewdly, all with the good of the organization in mind. …
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states can ban transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams . . . . . . . . Twenty-seven states limit school sports for women and girls to athletes whose biological sex is female. In the remaining states, transgender athletes can compete on teams that align …
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