Sports
Sub-topics: Basketball, Football, Soccer, Baseball, Golf, Tennis & Racquet, More Sports, Fantasy Sports
The sports media celebrate Kevin Durant for being someone he isn't. 
Slate Magazine
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Kevin Durant (right) vies with Tiago Splitter of BrazilOn the morning of July 7, Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City's supremely gifted pterosaur, who is currently dunking on people's
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Could Today's Tennis Pros Win With Wooden Rackets?
Slate Magazine
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Pakistan will not drop players without proof
Mail & Guardian
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Pakistan will not suspend any players being investigated for alleged corruption without proof of wrongdoing, Pakistan Cricket Board chairperson Ijaz Butt has said.
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Nascar Turns to TV to Boost Minorities
New York Times
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A few clicks on the Web site of Black Entertainment Television leads viewers to a short Nascar tutorial filled with information about popular drivers, racetracks and salaries.
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Australian sport is not incorruptible
Sydney Morning Herald
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It was not the foul stench of corruption, only the stark nature of the evidence that startled: the sight of the now disgraced young Pakistan quick Mohammad Aamer sticking his
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USA eases past Iran at Worlds, earns top seed
CBS Sportsline
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ISTANBUL -- In the political arena, Iran vs. the United States is a matchup that gets attention. In a basketball arena, not so much.
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Top 5 Smartest NBA Players
HoopsWorld
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A lot has been made this summer of Harvard graduate Jeremy Lin, who was signed by the after going undrafted and playing out of his mind in summer league, because he's such a smart
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Athlete's 'Nope To Dope' Became 'No To Sports'
National Public Radio
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Retired star pitcher Roger Clemens' arraignment Monday on charges that he lied to Congress when he denied taking banned performance-enhancing drugs is perhaps most startling for
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Federer’s Trick Shot Is Not for Everybody
New York Times
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Forget the score, which was predictably lopsided. What will endure from Roger Federers routine victory over Brian Dabul on opening night at the United States Open was the shot.
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Sports
Oxford Ency of the Modern World
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[ This entry includes three subentries, an overview and discussions of sports in East Asia and Latin America .
Sports and Sport Industry
Oxford Ency Economic History
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The origins of most sports are shrouded in the uncertain mists of history. Anthropologists know that the Olympic Games date back to at least 776 bce , representing
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Soccer in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oxford Ency of African Americans
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A British export at first played only by local elites, the sport was appropriated by blacks who through it achieved prominence and participated in the construction of national
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The Sociology of Sport
21st C Sociology Ref Handbook (SAGE)
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Organized sport, as an area of social life, has become increasingly significant in the last 150 years.
Athletics, Policy Issues
Ency of Soc Cultural Fdn of Education
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The influence of the sport industry on the social, moral, and economic makeup of American society and its schools has rapidly expanded in the last quarter century.
