Stories By John Altavilla
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NBA
/ 1 month agoFinal Warning: Jazz Owner Tells Fans To Behave Themselves After Westbrook Incident
We’ve already spent time this week discussing the poor conduct of some fans and the implications of their actions at sporting...
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MLB
/ 1 month agoGame Changers: MLB Owners, Players Agree To Significant Rule Alterations
After spending months conceptualizing with the Major League Baseball Players Association about rule adaptations, Major League Baseball announced Thursday a series...
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NBA
/ 1 month agoBattling Browns: All Of A Sudden, Cleveland Is The Talk Of The NFL
Even if you aren’t a Cleveland Browns fan you’d admit watching them work the last few weeks has restored faith in...
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MLB
/ 1 month agoPlaying The Odds: The Brewers Are Comfortable With A Moose At Second Base
Baseball purists cover their eyes and ears when the topic of metrics is brought up. It’s understandable. Mathematics has muddled the...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoMomentus Moves: The Jets Are Soaring, The Giants May Be Boring
On Wednesday, the first day of the 2019 business year for the NFL, its two New York franchises made it clear...
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Culture
/ 1 month agoElite Scheme: Parents Paid Coaches, Administrators To Get Kids Into Top Schools
If you’ve ever wondered why your gifted child, or that of someone you know, wasn’t able to get into an elite...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoSo Far, So Good: Foles And Flowers Among Top NFL Free Agent Signings
The NFL’s shopping season is underway and a flurry of trades and free agents signings have already taken place that hold...
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Soccer
/ 1 month agoSafety Pitch: Attack On Grealish Casts Light On Security Flaws
Although it doesn’t happen often, and you rarely, if ever, see the chase on television, a drunken or thrill-seeking fan will...
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NBA
/ 1 month agoIs James Dolan A Good Owner? Some Fans Would Knicks That Idea
Although fans of the Miami Marlins, Cleveland Browns and Phoenix Suns might beg to argue, there’s been nothing quite as frustrating...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoDean Of Divas: Antonio Brown Won’t Let The Bills Pay Him
When it comes to prima donna athletes, such as Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, we have a certain credo we live...
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MLB
/ 1 month agoTom Terrific: Hall Of Fame Pitcher Tom Seaver Diagnosed With Dementia
During his Hall of Fame career, there was no more cerebral pitcher in Major League Baseball than Tom Seaver. Well-educated and...
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MLB
/ 1 month agoValentine Still Loves The Game He Once Managed So Well
Over 16 seasons with the Texas Rangers, New York Mets and Boston Red Sox. Bobby Valentine won 1,186 games as a...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoDraft Notice: Casserly’s Comments About Murray Cause A Stir
Over the course of the next few weeks, you will hear chatter about the upcoming NFL Draft. Players will be dissected...
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Culture
/ 1 month agoCuban Thinking About Diving Into The Shark Tank Of Politics
Now that there’s the precedent for a reality television star to be elected to the highest office in the land, it...
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MLB
/ 1 month agoMets Cross The Mendoza Line With Their Latest Hire
There’s a good chance something else about Major League Baseball will have changed by the time you roll out of bed...
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Golf
/ 2 months agoPain In The Neck: Tiger Is Not Out Of The Woods Yet
As every golf fan knows, the world tingles when Tiger Woods strides down the 18th fairway of the final round in...
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NHL
/ 2 months agoGoal Oriented: Flyers Have Flown Through Eight Goalies This Season
Back in the day, the Philadelphia Flyers had two of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the NHL, Bernie Parent...
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NBA
/ 2 months agoTechnically Speaking: Young Knows, No Eye Contact Or Its Dunn
Every so often, something really interesting happens during an NBA game that has nothing to do with Lebron James, Kevin Durant,...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoNo Sweat: NFL Combine Brings Out The Best In Some Players
There’s really only one place in the world you can learn about the importance of the hip swivel of a supremely...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoHow ‘Bout Those Cowboys? Witten Leaves ESPN For One Last Rodeo
Was it something we said, Jason? Or was it something you didn’t say, that you should have said in the first...
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MLB
/ 2 months agoEasy Money: A Billion Dollars Is Just Pocket Change For MLB Owners
You get the sense sometimes Major League Baseball is just aching for a change. There has been so much talk about...
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MLB
/ 2 months agoHarper Signs Record 13-Year, $330 Million Deal With Phillies
6For the last two months, Bryce Harper’s movements around North America have been monitored as if he was Santa Claus on...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoCFL You Later: Manziel Proves Again He Can’t Scramble Out Of Trouble
Manziel’s career in the Canadian Football League turned out to be a one-and-done when the Montreal Alouettes released him.
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MLB
/ 2 months agoMLB Will Sail The Atlantic In Search Of Groundbreaking Change
MLB has announced the Atlantic League will be its testing ground for whatever experimental rules and equipment flip-flops the game dreams...
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NBA
/ 2 months agoAbdul-Jabbar Hopes His Memorabilia Helps Create More Memories
Depending on how successful one’s career is, a professional athlete can acquire a warehouse full of memorabilia commemorating specific team championships...
