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GOLF IS VERY WEIRD WHEN TIGER IS FINISHED AND SCHEFFLER FINDS MORE TROUBLE
With Woods reduced to ceremonial status, the sport needs Scheffler to battle Schauffele and should forget continuing warfare — with President Trump in…
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Jay Mariotti
DAVE ROBERTS HAS SHUT UP HIS CRITICS … AND EARNS ONLY $8.1 MILLION ANNUALLY?
Though he has won two World Series and could win a few more, Roberts still earns less money than Craig Counsell in Chicago when he’s a riveting…
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TOMMY JOHN SURGERY HAS RUINED BASEBALL, BUT HEY, THE UNDERWEAR IS FUN
Spring creates good vibes only until another ace pitcher is lost, with Gerrit Cole out for the Yankees’ season — even Shohei Ohtani is being watched …
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WHY IS REINSDORF INTACT WHEN MANFRED IS FORCING OUT TAMPA BAY’S OWNER?
The future of the White Sox is more important, yet the commissioner might attach the Rays and the DeBartolo family — which should have bought the Sox…
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WITH JOSH ALLEN ON HIGH AND AARON RODGERS NOT HIGH, THE NFL NEVER ENDS
Imagine the Bills and Rams in Super Bowl LX, with Allen owning the largest guarantees ever while Rodgers is pursued by Pittsburgh (and pierogies) — more…
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I SAID “AROUND THE HORN” HAD TOO MANY WHITE PANELISTS — AND I’M ANTI-WOKE?
Americans who protect wokeness have found a new villain — me! — all because I said the program lost big viewership in the hundreds of thousands because…
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NEVER HAVE JOURNALISTS LOOKED SO GOOD WHEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS ARE SO BAD
LeBron James was reckless in calling out Stephen A. Smith at an arena but not nearly as wrong as Draymond Green, who should retire from media when he…
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STEPHEN A. SMITH SAYS HE’LL WHIP ALL DEMOCRATS — AS ESPN GIVES HIM $100 MILLION
The sports network is beyond desperate, paying off the “First Take” yapper with an all-time contract yet allowing him to say he “can beat them all” in…
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IMAGINE, AMERICA: WE’VE DEVELOPED A “BAD-ASS, COLD-ASS WHITE BOY” IN COOPER FLAGG
Kevin Garnett made the statement, and in truth, Flagg should be the first white American since 1977 to be chosen No. 1 in the NBA draft — in a league…
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“AROUND THE HORN” ENDED A LONG TIME AGO ON ESPN — WHEN I LEFT THE SHOW
Something weird happened to a program that once was about spark and combat — didn’t Snoop Dogg ask me, “Who do you think you is?” — before too many…
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THE CURSE OF LUKA: NO ONE IS HAPPIER THAN DONCIC AS THE MAVERICKS COLLAPSE
It’s staggering to see one destructive injury after another in Dallas, where Nico Harrison somehow keeps his job — while Doncic looks like gold with…
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BELICHICK AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, 24, ARE BETTER FOR “HARD KNOCKS” THAN THE NFL
If league franchises want no part of the HBO show — after the Bears and Giants became the latest to miss the postseason — why did NFL owners ban…
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