ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith was emphatic: “Jon Gruden’s career is over. It’s over.” But then he said something I found simply unbelievable: “I cannot imagine even a white male with influence and connections and some degree of power that can overcome what The New York Times reported and what we all now know.”
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Golden State has plenty of talent and depth at small forward. They don’t need Wiggins. His absence will give Jonathan Kuminga time to develop and perhaps take his place in the starting lineup permanently.
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There’s always been a tendency of losing teams to blame the ref, but it’s gotten worse over the years, and that has seeped into politics, as well. Pre-emptively. Any election that’s lost is automatically viewed as the result of some imagined fraud, and those that are won must have been clean as a whistle.
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We’re letting people get famous without proving themselves. The Paul brothers are Exhibit A. How many hard-working fighters who’ve paid their dues would have given their eye teeth to get a shot at Mayweather? A whole lot. But the white guy with no credible experience steps to the front of the line. I’ve never cared for the term “white privilege,” but if this ain’t it, I don’t know what is.
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Curry won the scoring title, but Jokić wasn’t even in the top 10 in scoring this year. He was 12th. Two other former MVPs — Russell Westbrook and Giannis Antetokounmpo — both finished ahead of him in two of the “big three” categories: Giannis in scoring and rebounding, Westbrook in rebounding and assists. Yet few people are talking about either of them as potential MVPs.
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The leagues could compromise and adopt a 14-game schedule that starts in late winter (to avoid Canada’s worst weather) and ends in late summer, with a dedicated bye week during the NCAA Final Four, and perhaps another during the NBA Finals.
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