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Track and field athletes are negatively impacted by false start rule
From January 2010 onward, the official track and field false start regulation indicated that any athlete starting within 100 milliseconds of the gun being fired would be disqualified from the race. Ever...
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Rick Pitino hire will intensify the New York college basketball scene
After the Iona men’s basketball team’s most successful coach in program history resigned because of medical reasons, the Gaels made a splash with their replacement coaching hire, naming former Kentucky and Louisville...
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Sports franchises should compensate employees for lost hours during COVID-19 crisis
In the span of 36 hours, the sports world came to a screeching halt because of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The NBA, NHL and Major League Soccer suspended their seasons. The MLB delayed...
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Giants should have drafted a guard, not quarterback, over Saquon Barkley
Dave Gettleman was wrong to draft a running back with the second pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. However, he was right to pass over several highly touted quarterbacks available, even given...
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In European football, VAR is not the problem
In the Premier League, it seems that every single week there’s another controversy with the video assistant referee (VAR), accompanied by opinion pieces across media platforms about how VAR is ruining the...
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College football week 15: winners and losers
It feels like the season started only a few days ago, but here we are, at the beginning of December, and college football’s regular season is over, except for Army and Navy....
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College football week 14: winners and losers
Week 14 featured many great rivalry games across the college football landscape, some of which provided a lot of clarity to the College Football Playoff picture. Here are the winners and losers...
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College football week 13: winners and losers
Week 13 was an interesting week in college football. Some teams’ playoff hopes barely survived, while others saw their playoff hopes crash and burn. Here are the winners and losers from week...
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College football week 12: winners and losers
Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, and with it, the end of the college football regular season. The few teams still in contention for the College Football Playoff only have a handful of games...
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College football week 11: winners and losers
After several important matchups this past week, including the “Game of the Century,” the College Football Playoff picture is now a bit clearer. Some teams have a clear-cut path to the playoff,...