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The only game in town: 8-man football is a way of life in Eastern Montana,...
On a recent Saturday afternoon, 12 miles from the Canadian border, the hometown Scobey Spartans prepared to kick off to the Wibaux Longhorns in an 8-man high school football game. The Spartans were 0-6...
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They're playing basketball: An oral history of Kurtis Blow's 'Basketball' on...
The intersection of hip-hop and basketball has been well-documented. Rappers want to be ballers, ballers want to be rappers, and every MC worth his salt has name-checked the NBA. From the early hip-hop...
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This train: When two unlikely teams met in the SEC Championship, we saw a...
"This train is bound for _____." The MARTA train splits Atlanta into four quadrants and greets you with this introduction every time you board. It is both a statement of fact and a nod to Atlanta's -...
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Sunday Shootaround: The Knicks, a disaster in 3 acts
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupThe Knicks: a disaster in 3 acts.Paul FlanneryAct I: Knicks locker room, pregameMetta World Peace was holding...
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2013 SB Nation All-America Team
☰QB/RBWR/TEO-lineD-lineLBDBSpecial TeamsMore awardsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupWe like watching college football, from the kickoff of Sun Belt Tuesday to whenever the last Mountain West game ends, from...
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Qatar Chronicles: Part I, Destination everywhere
David Roth traveled to Qatar for a closer look at the World Cup's future home. Below is the first installment of his five-part series.★★★The defining thing about airports is that no one really wants to...
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Qatar Chronicles: Part II, Buying a masterpiece
David Roth traveled to Qatar for a closer look at the World Cup's future home. Below is the second installment of his five-part series. Previously: Part I, Destination everywhere.★★★On the first bleary...
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Sharing Derek Sheely: A helmet-to-helmet hit took the life of a 22-year-old...
Ken Sheely sits on a couch with a photo album on his lap. He flips the pages. His son, Derek, gets older with each turn. Smiling at the beach. At Disney World. At Gettysburg. There's even a picture of...
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Qatar Chronicles: Part III, Only for the rich
David Roth traveled to Qatar for a closer look at the World Cup's future home. Below is the third installment of his five-part series.Previously:Part I, Destination everywherePart II, Buying a...
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Qatar Chronicles: Part IV, They wanted it more
David Roth traveled to Qatar for a closer look at the World Cup's future home. Below is the fourth installment of his five-part series.Previously:Part I, Destination everywherePart II, Buying a...
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Qatar Chronicles: Part V, On their own terms
David Roth traveled to Qatar for a closer look at the World Cup's future home. Below is the final installment of his five-part series.Previously:Part I, Destination everywherePart II, Buying a...
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Sunday Shootaround: The Pacers meet Danny Granger again
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupHello again, Danny GrangerPaul FlanneryINDIANAPOLIS -- When Danny Granger checked into the Pacers’ lineup late in...
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Modern Hate: The status of the college football rivalry, in four different...
by Steven GodfreyModern HateThe status of the college football rivalry, in four different statestwitterfacebookgoogleplusThe Keg of Nails, where getting out is half the battleSometimes the death of a...
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Fiction: The forgiveness of Lou Gehrig, 1931 and 1940: A Christmas story
Chapter 1You have to understand what kind of pressure I was under. No kid -- and at 23 I was still definitely a kid -- should have to be under that kind of stress. The day the Yankees called Jimmie and...
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Year in Longform 2013
The year in Longform13 of our favorite SB Nation features from ‘13The last shotMichael GraffEarl Badu hit one of the most famous shots in Maryland basketball history. Ten years later, he jumped off...
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The big 2014 Rose Bowl breakdown: Michigan State vs. Stanford
"There’s no such thing as carry-over. We’re not going to win games because we won last year."Stanford head coach David Shaw told me that in an interview last offseason. He gets excited talking about...
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The big 2014 Fiesta Bowl breakdown: UCF vs. Baylor
As a whole, the BCS did a decent job of choosing top teams for top bowl games. In terms of the F/+ rankings, the top five teams are all represented, as are six of the top seven and seven of the top...
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The big 2014 Sugar Bowl breakdown: Oklahoma vs. Alabama
[Game recap here: "Big Game Bob" and the Sooners pulled off the Sugar Bowl shocker!]The "Big Game Bob" moniker for Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops has lived a long life and served a couple of different...
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Serie A midterms: Asking the magic 8 ball what lies ahead
It's difficult to see what the future holds in Serie A over the second half of the season. Unless you have a magic predictive device.We're not quite halfway through the Serie A season -- only 17...
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The big 2014 Orange Bowl breakdown: Clemson vs. Ohio State
"College football is better when ___ is good."We see and hear it said a lot. Fill in your national power (or, perhaps, former power) here: USC, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan, whoever. We take comfort in...
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