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Don't be Kenny Smith; Redick blasts Rivers; the Knicks are back; How about that ASG?You don’t have to put on the pom-poms for Sabrina Ionescu or women’s sports, but too many broadcasters are happy to communicate that women’s participation, or records, or fandom is somehow less than. ...

The end of an errorDan Snyder has reached an agreement to sell the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris, co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils. ...

2021's most inspiring sports figuresJust a few short years ago, there was a push for athletes to be nothing more than mute entertainers. Luckily enough, they refused to “shut up” or “stick to” whatever sport they played....

IOC makes it clear what it is

The case of tennis player Peng Shuai gets scarier by the day. Jane McManus covered the first steps a couple days ago. Since then, the Chinese government, through their propaganda channels, released a statement that Peng is safe, except no one believes the evidence it produced. Which is what any reas...

This wasn’t such a good idea, but we knew that

While we’ve all been distracted by watching Olympians from around the world set new records on the athletic field, COVID has been setting some records of its own....

This week in The Ladies Room: Megan Rapinoe

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This week in The Ladies Room: Lisa Guerrero

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