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Rivera’s Journey to Immortality Overshadows Rodriguez’s Path to Infamy
As the Mariano Rivera farewell tour reached its inevitable conclusion in Houston during the final weekend of the regular season, Major League Baseball witnessed for the final time a man that has constantly redefined
Read More »Does Dustin Pedroia—Or Any Pro Athlete—Have A Right To Privacy?
By MATT MCCARTHY Deadpin.com | October 18, 2013 “The bearded, hundred-million-dollar face of the Red Sox franchise played through much of the 2013 season with an injury he wishes you never heard about. And
Read More »NFL is a despicable league that we should say goodbye to, but won’t
By Bill Dwyre | October 16, 2013 LaTimes.com “As the show ‘A League of Denial’ has revealed, the NFL has long been complicit in hiding the truth about head injuries. But our love of
Read More »Could Modern Medicine Have Saved Bo Jackson’s Career?
By JESSE FREDEEN Deadspin.com | October 15, 2013 “I was too young to remember watching him play, but the unifying tone of wonderment emanating from anyone who saw Bo Jackson crack a 500-foot home
Read More »It’s Wrong For Schools To Be Banning Balls And Games At Recess
By Lee Igel & Arthur Caplan Forbes.com | October 8, 2013 According to a CBS News report, officials at a middle school on Long Island, NY, are banning the use of certain types of
Read More »Armstrong, And The Surprising Reason Why People Cheat
By Lee Igel & Arthur Caplan Forbes.com | October 1, 2013 “For the past couple of days, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been spending time at Major League Baseball headquarters in
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