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NCAA president Mark Emmert listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “NCAA Athlete NIL (name, image, and likeness) Rights” on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress hopes to pass legislation on NIL compensation at the federal level before it takes effect in several states across the country on July 1.

Death To The NCAA

NCAA Decides That Someone Else Can Pay Its Unpaid Athletes

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Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This British Guy Woggle-Hopping

2021 French Open – Day Fifteen

Tennis

Novak Djokovic’s Breakaway Tennis Players Association Is Taking Shape

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Fun With Sisyphus

Media Meltdowns

Here Is A List Of Weenies Who Work At The New York Times

2021 French Open – Day One

Naomi Osaka Has Work To Do

Online Fantasy Sports Sites, FanDuel And DraftKings, Under Scrutiny Of Government

Journalismism

The AP Reaches New Level Of Sleaziness With FanDuel Deal

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It’s Never About Fairness

Charlotte Hornets v Washington Wizards

Wizards Complete U-Turn

19th International Conference on Competition In Berlin

Soccer

Spotify Guy Really Wants People To Know He’s Serious About Buying Arsenal

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The Reckoning At The Appeal Was A Long Time Coming

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Senators Week

Senate Committees, Ranked

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You Can Crab

Chelsea Football Club fans celebrate outside the team's Stamford Bridge stadium on April 20, 2021 in London, England, after it was announced that Chelsea Football Club would seek to withdraw from the new European Super League. Six English premier league teams have announced they are part of plans for a breakaway European Super League. Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur will join 12 other European teams in a closed league similar to that of the NFL American Football League. In a statement released last night, the new competition "is intended to commence as soon as practicable" potentially in August.

Fans Respond To News Of Football Super League

The Sublime Joy Of Bringing Billionaires To Heel

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Chill Out About Masks

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College Basketball

At Long Last, The Real Gonzaga Showed Up

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Life Lessons

Food-Scented Candles Are An Abomination

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Incoming TNR Editor Lays Out Boring Vision For Magazine In “Depressing” Meeting With Staff

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How A “Deeply Progressive” Coffee Chain Is Trying To Crush Its Workers’ Union

Signage for the New York Daily News is displayed on the facade of their Broad Street office, September 5, 2017 in New York City. Tronc, the publisher of the Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times newspapers, announced on Monday that is had purchased The New York Daily News. Previously owned by Mort Zuckerman, Tronc paid one dollar in cash plus the assumption of liabilities to purchase the nearly 100-year old tabloid newspaper.

Tronc Media Company Buys New York Daily News

Daily News EIC Accidentally Makes Strong Case For Union

Jonah Peretti, CEO, Buzzfeed speaks at NewsCred's Content Marketing Summit at Metropolitan Pavilion on September 18, 2014 in New York City.

NewsCred’s Content Marketing Summit – Day 2

HuffPost Staffers Grill Jonah Peretti Over Layoffs, Diversity

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ESPN Details How Billionaire’s Son Overcame Family’s Wealth And Connections To Become NFL Head Coach