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What are the components of sports? For starters, at an early age, sports involvement is designed to teach you things like sportsmanship, competitive spirit, and teamwork. Next, there is usually a set of game rules to follow when taking part in sports. And finally, there's a team or individual competition that yields a winner.
Sounds simple, but when it comes to the world of sports, debates over which team is the best, whether or not the coach blew the game, or which athlete deserves the highest accolades, can rage on and on. The Sports Blog is here to provide a play-by-play and help keep score of the latest sports-related news and views.
From game rules and regulations and recent sports scandals to controversies concerning performance-enhancing drugs to over-the-top contracts, sports stories are always big news. Whether you love baseball, football, hockey, basketball, golf, or other sports, add this to your required reading list, sports fans!

The Shake-Up: Baseball Ownership
To start with, it should be a pretty solid Super Bowl. The sizzle isn’t quite there, but I think that the steak will be. Typically, the ne...

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Kobe Bryant — Drive for Show — Putt for Dough
I didn’t see it. Lying in bed last night, I flipped on SportsCenter just in time to catch the highlights. For a moment, I thought Orson We...

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The Return of the King; No Victory Without Suffering
Break out all your hyperboles, Red Sox Nation, Theo Epstein is back. But there’s only so much of it I can take. Continue reading The Return of the King; No Victory Wi...

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Isiah Thomas vs. Bill Simmons — GM vs. SG
Lets get it on! If you are an avid reader of ESPN.com, by now you know who Bill Simmons is. Simmons, who cut his teeth writing for Digital City Boston,...

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On Athlete Endorsements and Naming Rights
I don’t buy Hanes or Nike just because Michael Jordan says to. I don’t own a Samsung HD TV just because Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason an...

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Salaries — It’s Obscene
I saw these figures in today’s newspaper: $3 million, $5.15 million, $2,675,000, $3,975,000, $930,000, $3 million, $825,000, $3.8 million, $1...

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Running the Count Full
Tuesday morning at the office didn’t offer up any less buzz about the weekend that was in the NFL playoffs. Nobody around here can be...

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The Shake-Up: On-Field Officials
Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Shake-Up, which every week will take a hard look at one aspect of sports today and make a big change. I...

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