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OPINION: Wage Gap Widens, ‘We’re Not Treated Anywhere Near Equal’
The debate over equal pay for men and women in the workplace is not new, but that doesn’t make it any less of an issue. If workplace inequality is a problem, than the disparity between…
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Opinion: Being On A Team Keeps You Young, Proven By USA Men’s Basketball Team
No matter how old you are, being part of a team keeps you young, it keeps that 15-year-old self alive. Being part of a team means daring each other to eat weird things, like an…
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OPINION: Trade Deadlines Are More Exciting Than Playoffs
Every year fans wait anxiously for trade deadlines to find out if their team is getting that much better or worse. The 2016 MLB non-waiver deadline is Aug. 1, not that I needed to state…
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OPINION: Barkley Was Wrong, Athletes Should Be Role Models
With every passing day, the United States becomes more divided. It’s the time for athletes to take responsibility and use their platform to engage the public, prompting a change to that narrative. Because whether they…
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OPINION: Olympic Athletes Who Cheat Ruin It For Everyone, Enough Already!
Fans have been let down time and time again. Athletes so highly revered that are caught taking performance enhancing drugs in turn, have medals taken away and lose respect of many, all in one blow. What’s…
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OPINION: Jeurys Familia Is Best Closer In Baseball
Bases loaded, no one out. Kris Bryant on deck. That was the situation New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia faced Tuesday night, with his team was clinging to a 2-1 lead over the Chicago Cubs…
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OPINION: Justin Tuck Deserves Ring Of Honor Nod
He was never a flashy player. He never hung up big numbers either. Justin Tuck just made big plays, in the biggest of moments. OPINION: Justin Tuck Deserves Ring Of Honor Nod The New York Giants…
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OPINION: NBA Summer League Isn’t What It Used To Be
After 67 games over 11 days, the NBA summer league will end in Las Vegas and we will have to wait three months for basketball to officially start again. It’s exciting to have basketball games…
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OPINION: Serena Williams, The Missing Nomination At ESPYs For Female Athlete Of the Year
The ESPYs are always entertaining, and very often predictable, but this year the Best Female Athlete took me by surprise. Serena Williams was not even included in the running for best athlete, how could this…
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Kirk Cousins, Redskins Fail To Reach Long-Term Agreement
The Washington Redskins failed to reach a long-term contract with starting quarterback Kirk Cousins before the NFL’s deadline to do so at 4 p.m. Friday. ‘You Don’t Like That’: Cousins, Redskins Fail To Reach Long-Term…
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OPINION: NBA Headed Down Dark Road With Assemblance Of Superteams
The NBA is ushering a new era of free agency that has middling players signing monster contracts and superstars teaming together to get closer to capturing a championship crown. Gone is the notion that in…
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NBA Owners Implement New Rules To Combat Hack-a-Shaq Strategy
NBA owners have decided they are sick of watching DeAndre Jordan shoot free throws. The league announced Wednesday that there will be rule changes implemented for the 2016-2017 season, aimed at reducing the effect of…
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OPINION: Nolan Arenado Just Cost NL Home-Field Advantage In World Series
Coming out of the 2016 MLB All-Star Game, the story lines have been etched in stone: David Ortiz says goodbye, again. The Kansas City Royals have really good players and a Canadian tenor is treading…
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OPINION: Selling UFC To WME-IMG Is Good For Business, Bad For The Sport
As if UFC 200 wasn’t big enough, two days after the big night it has been confirmed the Fertitta brothers decided it was a good time to sell the company. They have impeccable business acumen as…
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OPINION: Seemingly Unreasonable Contract Guarantees For NBA Players Are Fair
The value of a franchise player is like an intangible asset in business, you can’t put a price on him, or can you? There has been a lot of discussion over the fact that non-superstar…
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OPINION: Wilmer Flores Is Who Mets Thought He Was
New York Mets infielder Wilmer Flores is once again the talk of the town. Flores has had quite a week, first he tied the Mets record for hits in a game Sunday (held by his…
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OPINION: Don’t Jump To Conclusions On Jon ‘Bones’ Jones
He has likely never felt lower. At the beginning of the week, stories circulating everywhere were calling UFC 200 Jon “Bones” Jones last shot at redemption. Now it appears Jones will need more redeeming. OPINION:…
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OPINION: The Best Is Yet To Come For Linsanity
Signing Jeremy Lin to a three-year, $36 million deal is the best move the Brooklyn Nets made during the draft and free agency period according to CBS New York, but could it be that this…
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OPINION: NBA Contracts Are Officially Absurd
It’s beginning to get a little ridiculous, don’t you think? Okay, yes, we know the NBA is going to extend its salary cap in the upcoming collective bargaining agreement, allowing for teams to overspend, but…
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OPINION: Mets Should Attempt To Extend Cespedes Via Bonilla-Like Contract
The Fourth of July was not the only holiday being celebrated this past weekend in the Greater New York City area. Friday July 1 marked a lesser-known holiday that New York Mets fans wish never…
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OPINION: With Joakim Noah Signing, Knicks Earn Shot To Dethrone James’ Stranglehold On Eastern Conference
It is far from official, but according to several reports, the New York Knicks are nearing an agreement with free agent center Joakim Noah with terms in the neighborhood of $72 million on a four-year…
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