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OPINION: Jim Boeheim Is Right About Melo And The Media

Sometimes Jim Boeheim‘s response to reporters is more curt than it needs to be, but this time the situation is flipped. The media has taken a simple, honest comment by Boeheim out of context suggesting Boeheim…

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OPINION: Yasiel Puig’s Future Far From Certain, Career Far From Over

He stands 6-foot-2, tipping the scales at 240 pounds of solid, muscular, athleticism. But at the moment, Yasiel Puig is probably feeling the weight of the world. A former catalyst to a surging Los Angeles…

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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: 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 Fans Can’t Expect Jose Reyes Of Old

When Jose Reyes strolled to the plate for his first at-bat since returning to the New York Mets Tuesday, that familiar sound was there to greet him. OPINION: Mets Fans Can’t Expect Jose Reyes Of…

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OPINION: IOC Should Cancel Summer Olympics in Rio

The time has come to call it quits. Less than five weeks ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, many are wondering if the event will ever actually take place.…

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OPINION: Fire Baylor Coach Art Briles Already!

Enough is enough. Art Briles should be fired by Monday. Hell, he should’ve been fired a month ago. Briles, is still the current head football coach at Baylor University, but his new title reads “suspended,…

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OPINION: Steph Curry Is A Crybaby

Before Game 6, along with most people who follow basketball, I had a tremendous amount of respect for Stephen Curry. The Golden State Warrior’s premier attraction has proven he can play at an elite level…

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Michael Jai White Discusses Late MMA Fighter Kimbo Slice’s Legacy

Michael Jai White, martial artist, star and director of the new movie Never Back Down: No Surrender, talked exclusively to uSports about his thoughts on the passing of legendary mixed martial arts star Kimbo Slice, who died of heart failure…

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OPINION: Joe Biden’s Letter To Stanford Survivor Signals Crossroads Of Sports, Culture

American culture and sports are now once again intertwined. Not as a result of Muhammad Ali being laid to rest, or on account of Serena Williams finally getting closer to equal pay, but because our college…

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OPINION: Old School vs. New School: The Battle to Rewrite Baseball’s Unwritten Rules

A battle has begun brewing between two distinct factions of Major League Baseball. It’s not a debate drawn across racial lines, but more so, one deriving from differences in culture and the way players came…

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OPINION: David Wright’s Fall From Stardom Began Seven Years Ago

The most appropriate way to address the news that New York Mets’ third baseman David Wright’s latest injury has landed him an extended stay on the disabled list is to borrow a line from one…

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Lizards Reinforce Roster Ahead Of Matchup With Outlaws At Shuart Stadium

Heading into its fifth game of the season tonight, the New York Lizards have fattened up the roster. After a hot start to the season, New York (3-1) will play host to the Denver Outlaws…

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OPINION: Darren Collison Collared For Domestic Violence: When Will It End?

The star point guard of the Sacramento Kings, along with many other athletes in the last two years, cannot seem to get the point. STOP PUTTING YOUR HANDS ON FEMALES. It is really that simple. Darren…

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OPINION: Foles Skips OTA Sessions After Goff Arrives

Nick Foles is not comfortable with the Los Angeles Rams selection in this year’s NFL Draft, and when the young buck showed up for Organized Team Activities, Foles gave head coach Jeff Fisher and the…

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OPINION: Wage Gap Widens In Sports World While No One’s Looking

If you are a basketball fan you have definitely heard of LSU’s 6-foot-11 superstar Ben Simmons or Duke’s newest blue chipper, Brandon Ingraham. Even casual fans are familiar with the likes of Buddy Hield and…

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Mookie Wilson, Former New York Met, Sounds Off On PEDs In Baseball | EXCLUSIVE

Steroids and performance enhancing drugs have been a major issue for the sport of baseball for many years. However, even though much has come out in the past decade, there’s some concern that the use…

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Chris Kluwe, Former NFL Punter, Compares The NFL To Big Tobacco

In an exclusive interview with uSports, former NFL punter Chris Kluwe talked about the comparison between the NFL and the tobacco industry. “Yeah, it’s similar in that you make a lot of money off someone else’s…

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