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Players for Long Beach's new minor league baseball team, the Breakers, take their seats in the team bus for a trip to Utah for a game against the "Pioneers" on 05/16/2001. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Labor battle with Minor League Baseball?

Mitchell Nathanson - The Conversation
Serena Williams of the United States celebrates winning a point against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia during her second round match on Day 3 of the US Open Tennis Championships at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, 2022 in New York City (Robert Prange/Getty Images)

Serena Williams changed tennis reporting

Erin Whiteside - The Conversation
American tennis player John McEnroe during the final at Benson & Hedges Championships, Wembley Arena, London, UK, 16th November 1981. (Hilaria McCarthy/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

"McEnroe" probes tennis' complex bad boy

Kaitlin Thomas
Manti Te'o in "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist" (Photo Courtesy of Netflix)

Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax & aftermath

Joy Saha
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Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs is sacked by defensive end Joey Bosa #97 of the Los Angeles Chargers during the third quarter at SoFi Stadium on September 20, 2020 in Inglewood, California (Harry How/Getty Images)

When "Thursday Night Football" kicks off

Sabrina Reed - Hidden Remote
Former U.S. President Donald Trump plays his shot from the first tee during the pro-am prior to the LIV Golf Invitational - Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 28, 2022 in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Jonathan Ferrey/LIV Golf via Getty Images)

Golf, Saudi Arabia and Trump: It's ugly

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com
Announcer Vin Scully of the Los Angeles Dodgers poses for a photo circa 1960s. (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)

How Vin Scully scored his Dodgers gig

James Walker, Judith R. Hiltner - The Conversation
Empty american football stadium (Getty Images/Cunaplus_M.Faba)

College sports and the cover-up industry

Irvin Muchnick
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A portrait of the Brooklyn Dodgers' infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jackie Robinson was a radical

Peter Dreier - The Conversation
(Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

NFL's speculative Covid science

Rae Ellen Bichell - KFF Health News
President of Russia Vladimir Putin touches the World Cup trophy after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium on July 15, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)

Russia's soccer ban: Sports as politics

Stefan Szymanski - The Conversation
Gareth Steenson of Exeter Chiefs kicks the ball upfield on May 19, 2010 in Exeter, England (David Rogers/Getty Images)

US & UK teams scrapping Native mascots

Sam Hitchmough - The Conversation
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Russia's Olympic Committee Alina Kovaleva curls the stone as Galina Arsenkina and Ekaterina Kuzmina watch during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games curling competition on February 17, 2022. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)

10 cool facts about curling

Rudie Obias - Mental Floss
Katharina Althaus of Team Germany jumps during the Women's Normal Hill official Training at Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre on February 03, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

8 biggest Beijing Olympics controversies

Joy Saha
Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws during practice in preparation for Super Bowl LVI at UCLA's Drake Stadium (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Burrow's greatness comes from Appalachia

Alison Stine
Kamila Valieva of Team ROC reacts during the Women Single Skating Free Skating Team Event on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 07, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Russian glory at any cost, even athletes

Alison Stine
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Leslie Jones (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Why won't NBC rehire Leslie Jones?

Joy Saha
Jada Wooten in "Cheer" (Netflix)

The "Cheer" role model deemed "too much"

Alison Stine
University of Nebraska mascot Herbie Husker (Getty Images)

Nebraska nixes mascot "white power" sign

Brett Bachman
George Visger (Photos courtesy of George Visger)

One NFL player's saga of survival

Irvin Muchnick
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Jada Wooten in "Cheer" (Netflix)

"Cheer" returns and goes full out

Alison Stine
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Minneapolis Police Union head Bob Kroll on stage during a campaign rally at the Target Center on October 10, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The rally follows a week of a contentious back and forth between President Trump and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Flaming the fans

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com
Football players passing football (Getty Images/Pete Saloutos)

Sudden death: Football's hidden problem

Irvin Muchnick
Former first lady and president of the United States Melania and Donald Trump do "the chop" prior to Game Four of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves Truist Park on October 30, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Getty Images)

Trump ripped for doing "tomahawk chop"

Brett Bachman
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