Week of August 8, 2016 Archives

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Monday, August 8
Olympics Should Quit Being Traveling Circus
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Owens' Hitler Snub Is Just Propoganda
Aaron Gordon, Vice Sports
With 58, Furyk Secures His Spot in History
Patrick Kiernan, Golf Digest
A-Rod the Enigma a Man of Excesses
Andrew Marchand, ESPN
A Sneak Peek Into Elway's Mind
Nicki Jhabvala, Denver Post
Goff's Best Starting Spot Is on the Bench
Bucky Brooks, NFL.com
Turns Out DeBartolo Is a Comedian
Daniel Brown, San Jose Mercury News
Russian Ban Does Paralympics Proud
Martin Rogers, USA Today
Team USA Should Shoot for 100-Point Win
Andrew Lynch, Fox Sports
Rio Will Be Final Feather for Coach K
Bill Leopold, NBC Olympics
Palestine, Lebanon Short on Olympic Spirit
Leil Leibovitz, The Tablet
$3.1 Billion Olympic Subway Will Benefit Rich
Nate Berg, CityLab
How Much Testosterone Is Too Much?
Daniel Engber, Slate
This New Trick Is Called 'The Dick'
Ben Cohen, Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, August 9
Blowhard Barkley Wrong Guy for TV Show
T.D. Williams, The Cauldron
American Smacks Nemesis With Gold Medal
Dave Sheinin, Washington Post
Why U.S. Tennis Really Stinks
James Brady, SB Nation
Which Coaches Deliver in the Clutch?
Jon Solomon, CBS Sports
Rosen Ready to Rise - Just Ask Him
Pete Thamel, Campus Rush
Look for Browns to Turn RG3 Loose
Tom Pelissero, USA Today
Burfict Will Channel His Aggression
Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News
Chargers Dealing From Old Deck With Bosa
Tom Krasovic, San Diego U-T
HOF Game Fiasco a Good Thing - for Fans
Ray Ratto, CSN Bay Area
Best NFL Value Bets for the 2016 Season
Nick Varallo, The Sports Quotient
Saric's Big Play Makes Sixers Smile
Michael Lee, The Vertical
Can Leicester City Produce an Encore?
Ben Lyttleton, Planet Futbol
Ichiro's Place in 3,000-Hit Pantheon
Manny Randhawa, Sports on Earth
Hard to Make A-Rod's Legacy Add Up
Neil Paine, FiveThirtyEight
Wednesday, August 10
Phelps Sends Message in Gold
K. Crouse, D. Mills, C. W. Lee, N.Y. Times
'Final Five' Stands Alone in Rio
Sally Jenkins, Washington Post
Tim Tebow, the Kardashian of Sports
Ray Ratto, CSN Bay Area
Osweiler Using Lessons Learned from Manning
Peter King, MMQB
Browns a Model of NFL QB Stability?
Mark W. Sanchez, New York Post
Curry Has Caught Ray Allen's Attention
Dan Feldman, NBC Sports
What Harper Can Learn From A-Rod
Will Leach, Sports on Earth
Bullpen Keeping Dodgers Afloat
Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
When You Don't Have to Play to Get Paid
Evan Grossman, N.Y. Daily News
Make-or-Break Season for Chris Petersen
Matt Calkins, Seattle Times
NBC Has Answer for Prime Time Critics
Erik Brady, USA Today
Serena Completes a Rio Faceplant
Maggie Hendricks, For the Win
Djokovic Goes From Golden to Gruesome
Peter Bodo, ESPN
Con Man McGregor's Phony Feud With WWE
Ian Williams, Vice Sports
Thursday, August 11
John Saunders' Death Stuns Sports World
Ken Fang, Awful Announcing
Ledecky Leading U.S. Gold Rush in Pool
Barry Svrluga, Washington Post
Ranking NFL Quarterbacks, 1-32
Steven Ruiz, For the Win
Postseason Door is Open for Mets
Andrew Mearns, Baseball Prospectus
Setting Fire to NFL's Pot Policy
Nicki Jhabvala, The Cannabist
Americans Show Brady Love, But Not Respect
Will Brinson, CBS Sports
How Cubs Became Winners
Jay Jaffe & Cliff Corcoran, Sports Illustrated
Fielder Cut a Wide Swath Through Baseball
Steven Goldman, Vice Sports
Giant Rodents Live on Olympic Golf Course
Nick Schwartz, Fox Sports
Olympics TV Ratings Taking a Hit
Josef Adalian, New York Magazine
Strength in Olympic Numbers
D. Reiche & S. Pettigrew, FiveThirtyEight
After the Time Trial, Time for Tears
Jim Caple, ESPN
Kyrie-Coach K Connection Runs Deep
Michael Lee, The Vertical
LeBron James, Handball Superstar?
Jason McIntyre, The Big Lead
Friday, August 12
The Hottest Seats in College Football
Rohan Nadkarni, Sports Illustrated
Colts Seem Headed for a Nosedive
Sanha Ryoo, The Sports Quotient
Big Money Shouldn't Put Jones in Canton
Gil LeBreton, Fort Worth S-T
Phelps Leaves No Doubt: He's Still the Best
Matt Norlander, CBS Sports
Biles Separates Herself From the Field
Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle
Simone Manuel's Swim for Records and History
Bill Chappell, NPR
Rocky Road to HOF for A-Rod
Anthony McCarron, New York Daily News
It's OK If Tebow Stinks at Baseball
Tim Brown, Yahoo Sports
Patrick Roy's Strange Depature From Avalanche
Barry Petchesky, Deadspin
Jays Facing Tough Call on Sanchez
Danny Knobler, Bleacher Report
Irish Offense Must Cover Flaws on 'D'
Brian Hamilton, Campus Rush
A Dream Team Before All the Others
Oscar Robertson, The Undefeated
Here's the Media's College Football Picks
Ty Duffy, The Big Lead
She Forced the Olympics to Include Women
Brian Blickenstaff, Vice Sports
Saturday, August 13
Sore Loser Hope Solo: 'Best Team Didn't Win'
Graham Hays, ESPNW
Phelps, Americans Sought More Drug Testing
Dan Roan, BBC
SEC Sold Out Saban in Maurice Smith Case
Andy Staples, Campus Rush
Will LeBron Lure Buddies to Cleveland?
Danny Leroux, Sporting News
Super Preview for Super Team's Super Season
Ray Ratto, CSN Bay Area
A-Rod's Farewell is All Wet
Mark Feinsand, New York Daily News
Cam Newton Needs to Settle Down
Frank Schwab, Shutdown Corner
New Missouri AD Digging Through Rubble
Sam Mellinger, Kansas City Star
A Silver Lining to End of Phelps' Career
Nick McCarvel, TeamUSA
Ledecky in a Pool of Her Own
Bryan Flaherty, Washington Post
Gold Medalist Manuel Tackles Race Issues
Martin Rogers, USA Today
Rugby Gold a Religious Event in Fiji
Rodger Sherman, SB Nation
Who's Winning the Eyeball Olympics?
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
She Put Her Horse's Health Above Olympics
Sarah V. Schweig, Huffington Post
Sunday, August 14
Time to Give Hope Solo the Boot
Nancy Armour, USA Today
Manuel's Momentous Swim Through Rio
David Barron, Houston Chronicle
Phelps Caps Career With Gold
Karen Crouse, New York Times
Bet on These Under-the-Radar Coaches
Josh Nagel, Sportsline
Elway Not Building Broncos Around a QB
Bucky Brooks, NFL.com
Shattering Tainted Record Raises Eyebrows
Allison McCann, FiveThirtyEight
What Now For Derailed USWNT?
Leander Schaerlaeckens, Vice Sports
Puerto Rico Strikes Gold With Puig
J. Castillo & A. Kilgore, Washington Post
NBA Stars Left Their Defensive Skills Home
Marc Stein, ESPN
Oscar Schmidt's NBA Dream
Michael Lee, The Vertical
Prof. Calipari's Crash Course in the NBA
Alexis Cubit, The Sports Quotient
Bad Shoulder May Explain Harper's Slump
Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
A-Rod Touched Every Base, Good and Bad
Joel Sherman, New York Post
Ladecky's Stanford Roomie in for a Surprise
Mark Purdy, San Jose Mercury
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