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A Field Guide to Sports Egos

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

When you have agents and hangers-on handing you money and naked women and Escalades from the age of 14 on, it’s bound to swell your head. Some athletes just get a worse case of it than others. BY MATT TAIBBI

The Awkward Decade

Monday, January 25, 2010

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Through the miracle of the internet, fans were able to wallow in their obsession like never before, relentlessly dissecting every uncomfortable sports moment. The result? Ten years of unintentional comedy gold. By MATT TAIBBI

Why Sports Are for Losers

Monday, December 21, 2009

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There is a dirty truth that professional sports keeps hidden from fans. And that truth is: Watching sports sucks.

Your Logo Here

Monday, November 2, 2009

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From now on I’m putting this space in my column up for sale. And why not? I’m just following the lead of the sports world, where every inch of turf, every minute of airtime, can be had for a price. By Matt Taibbi

If I Ran the NFL

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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For one thing, there’d be no more of these keep-your-hands-off-the-receiver, high-octane-offense, no-lead-is-safe mockeries of a football game. Oh, and fewer talking-baby ads. By Matt Taibbi

Nine Guys I Don’t Hate

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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There’s no shortage of athletes easy to despise. (Preening, overpaid, starbanging phony A-Rod comes to mind.) But even a rabid fan like me has a few opposing players he can’t get too worked up about.

Waiting for Larry

Thursday, May 28, 2009

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White NBA fans yearn for the salad days of the Bird era, when being slow and looking really bad in shorts didn’t matter. And nowhere is this longing more evident than in each year’s draft.

Brian Cashman: The Bad Lieutenant

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Brian Cashman, the GM of the New York Yankees, may be the worst ever at the best job in the world. Which is why he’ll inevitably fail this year in his shameless attempt to buy a World Series.

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