My wishes for a speedy recovery to one of the best in the business . The game ain’t the same with both is us out. But I know you’ll beat me back out there and inspire me to get back right then and there! 🙏🏾
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"What I want to do is focus on the bottom line. It is sad, and pathetic, that (Eric) Bieniemy has to take this job (with the Commanders)," writes for . "It is humiliating for him and embarrassing for the NFL."
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The remarkable thing isn't really what said. It's the political reality that at an age male politicians are seen as gaining authority, female politicians are often seen as hitting their expiration date. Here's my take >>>
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Jack Trice's written words were almost a foreshadowing, a devastating preview, of what would happen on the football field the next day.
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“It’s not as simple as saying, 'I want to help people.'”
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“Guys don’t know where to start.”
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“It’s a broken system.”
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“Why isn’t there a video or a session on 501(c)(3)?”
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#WPMOY
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There’s more U.S. Olympic sex abuse outrage today, but as long as the U.S. Center for SafeSport is woefully underfunded, understaffed and under-appreciated, and outright mocked and ridiculed by some, how does it stop? My column:
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What do the NCAA basketball Final Fours, U.S. Soccer’s SheBelieves Cup, USA Swimming and USA Diving 2024 Olympic trials all have in common?
They'll take place in a state having laws hostile to women's rights.
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Damar Hamlin reminds us NFL players are human after tragic moment
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USMNT is into the knockout rounds. Got dicey there at the end -- very dicey -- but they've made it through.
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UNLV's firing of Marcus Arroyo and Western Michigan's firing of Tim Lester today mean FBS public schools have committed themselves to more than $73 million in buyouts to football head coaches this season, subject to mitigation and offset
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And yes, this is intentional. US Soccer spokesman says it was done to show "support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights."
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Hadn’t noticed this. Post on Nov. 21 shows the flag with the Islamic Republic emblem, posts as of Friday (at least) do not.
Bold move by US Soccer.
usatoday.com/story/sports/s
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ICYMI Had FIFA let players wear the “OneLove” armbands, it would have been a story for a couple of days and then the tournament would have become the focus.
But FIFA’s ham-handed edicts have
only kept the controversy going. Great job!
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Landon Berry — who has a condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the same condition as former tight end Greg Olsen’s son T.J. — got to meet his idol Lamar Jackson. Here's how it happened.
The latest from :
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Misery Index Week 11: From preseason Top 10 to 3-7, Texas A&M officially hits rock bottom usatoday.com/story/sports/c via
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Houston #Astros GM James Click is out after barely clinging to his job for the past year.
Then again, was he ever really in?
Which assistant will next be fired from Click’s staff?
And who replaces Click?
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Has Iowa State looked into allegations of mistreatment by soccer coach Matt Fannon?
No comment.
Have there been any formal complaints against Fannon?
No comment.
Were Fannon/school reps available for interviews after his contract extension?
No.
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I’ve said for years is one of the best storytellers I’ve ever seen. He shows that skill here:
Herschel Walker's ex-Cowboys teammates speak out on his Senate run
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Thank you! What a lovely honor.
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Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports), an award-winning national sports columnist for USA Today and commentator for CNN and ABC News, has been named the 2022 Sam Lacy-Wendell Smith Award winner.
MORE: merrill.umd.edu/articles/povic
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COLUMN: Antisemitism is raging right now. The movie Kyrie Irving promoted is dangerous. The NBA and the Nets can’t mess around with this stuff. If he doesn’t apologize, it’s time to administer some consequences. | Opinion usatoday.com/story/sports/c via
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“The current generation of USWNT and NWSL players have spent majority of their professional careers fighting or recovering from issues outside of wins and losses.”
Sobering look at what’s hovering above NWSL championship tonight, by
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Houston #Astros ' manager Dusty Baker, the future Hall of Famer, is 'ashamed' World Series has no Black players
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COLUMN: Kirk Ferentz has enjoyed unfettered power at Iowa. His response to questions about nepotism show how soft it has made him. usatoday.com/story/sports/c via
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Besides it being sweet, that photo of the Kentucky coal miner and his son struck a chord because it reminded us that sports create memories that carry us through good times and bad, and give us a common language when there is nothing else to say.
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In his well-deserved criticism of Ye, with the reminder that the problem is bigger. And much worse.
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Nebraska, which was ordered by a judge to release the amendment, had said Scott Frost would not be dismissed based on any charges against him after an NCAA investigation. He was fired in after losing two of three to start this season.
Read more here -> bit.ly/3TpcVv0
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At league meeting in March, white coaches challenged NFL owners on diversity.
“We were speaking from our hearts. And what that was, was, `Listen, we need to see some results,” Frank Reich said
Latest in NFL Coaches Project, from and me
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Powerful work from
Stanford athlete Katie Meyer's suicide leads parents to create project
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San Diego State football coach Brady Hoke received a 1-year contract extension and a raise this past March, amid rape allegations against three of his players. A report with :
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I’m extremely proud of our reporting team who launched USA TODAY’s NFL Coaches Project. The depth of reporting is outstanding and there’s much more to come. usatoday.com/story/opinion/ via
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How boosters are having an impact on FBS college football head coaches' total pay, which, on average, has increased by more than 15% compared to last season -- nearly 13% even if pandemic-related pay reductions in 2021 are disregarded:
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This powerful plea comes many of the LPGA’s biggest stars compete in the Aramco event this week in New York …
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An open letter to the @LPGA Commissioner, Board of Directors, and Players — pleading them not to embolden MBS by potentially aligning with LIV Golf.
Please, don’t do it.
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“How many college football coaches are like Tuberville? How many do what he apparently did: make millions off the labor of Black athletes while apparently hiding their disdain for those same Black people?” -
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Meet the country's documented dreamers: Americans who are only American until they turn 21 usatoday.com/story/news/pol via
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This year, 41 college football coaches had buyouts guaranteeing payouts of at least $10 million if they are fired for losing too many games, according to public-school data compiled by based on a hypothetical termination date of 12/1/2022.
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Awful news: Figure skater Bridget Namiotka, who came forward as victim of sexual abuse by John Coughlin, is dead at 32. “Bridget succumbed to her long struggles with addiction after several very difficult years of dealing with the trauma of sexual abuse.”
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The one thing I’ve kept going back to is, What made you think you were entitled to these women’s bodies? What made you think it was OK to treat them as disposable?
And it wasn’t just Riley, Dames and Holly. It was everybody.
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This story by @BOOMbaca will sit with me for a while. When we asked the NFL about its diversity problems, @TroyVincentSr gave us list of "reasons" teams had passed over very capable men of color for head coaching jobs
They're as awful as you'd imagine usatoday.com/in-depth/sport
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