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Mike Vorkunov, curator December 14, 2017
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We'd come out to the parking lot after practices, and Coach was there selling meat to players out of the trunk of his car. Some players actually bought that stuff from him.
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LANCE ARMSTRONG. FLOYD LANDIS. ALBERTO CONTADOR. Now, CHRIS FROOME. Winning the TOUR DE FRANCE has become a tacit doping admission. That bright yellow jersey is like hanging a billboard for drug testers and asking "Do you think I'm clean?" At least it seems that way. Those four have all been caught cheating. Froome, a four-time winner, tested positive for an asthma-relief drug. What's it mean for a sport if its champions are doping en masse? And so many others. What do we make of every new winner when there's an ugly truth bubbling underneath? Would it be better for cycling to just legalize PEDs and prioritize performance over moral sanctimony? Would that make it easier to be a fan? No gray areas. No need to wonder who's cheating and who's not. You know who's doping, so you decide what to make of it. Let the fan decide instead of trying to hoodwink them. Can't cheat if it's not cheating... Really tough to read this story on former CHIEFS running back LARRY JOHNSON. He thinks he has CTE. He's worried he might be the next AARON HERNANDEZ. Thinks about killing himself. Imagine going through the world knowing you're a risk to other people. Wondering how long you have until your world crumbles around you. The strain of those thoughts must be crushing. How many other former NFL players are out there thinking the same thing? How many want to know if they have CTE? Only the brains of dead players can be tested right now but if a test existed players are mixed on if they'd take it. Some don't need a test to diagnose themselves. SportsSET: "CTE: The Three Most Dangerous Words in Sports"... Are college football bowl games fun or irrelevant? Both? RALPH RUSSO makes a case for watching each of the 36 non-playoff bowl games... Why was there a fake news campaign trying to fool people into thinking the WASHINGTON REDSKINS had changed their name?... ROLL TIDE... The US' next top curler... GIGLI?

Mike Vorkunov, curator

December 14, 2017