List of Sports articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Soccer’s Strongman Is a Bad Role Model for the World
FIFA's imperious president, Sepp Blatter, is poised to win a fifth term using the playbook of the world’s slickest dictators.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Faster, Higher, More Oppressive
International mega-sporting events like the Olympics have become the playthings of authoritarian regimes. Is it too late to shine the spotlight on human rights abuses?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 International Patriots Fans Are Unhappy With Tom Brady’s Deflategate Punishment
Patriots fans around the world are outraged over Tom Brady's Deflategate punishment.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If you weren’t pissed off at the NFL by now, you will be when you read this
You know all those “salute to the troops” stuff thrown up on football scoreboards? It turns out that the NFL charges for at least some of them. And we’re the chumps footing the bill.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cambodian PM Says He Won’t Pay Up on $5,000 Mayweather v. Pacquiao Bet
The comment is somewhat startling given that the Cambodian government forbids its citizens from gambling.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Are Arabic Soccer Commentators So Damn Good?
Love, joy, Ben Arfa and the search for the perfect “GOOOOOOOOOOOOL.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Anyone in Tokyo Missing a Radioactive Drone?
The curious case of a drone -- carrying a camera and traces of radioactive material -- that landed on the roof of the Japanese prime minister's office.
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People sift through rubbish at a dump, 1 Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Rugby Meets Mardi Gras, With a Dash of Davos
Mainland Chinese tourists are eschewing the island city for friendlier ports, but at least Hong Kong’s still got the Sevens.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Soccer Is the Continuation of Putin’s War By Other Means
Organizers have done their best to keep Russia and Ukraine from facing off against one another in Europe’s second-biggest soccer tournament. But they may not be able to keep them apart for much longer.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Anyone Stop the World Cup in Qatar?
Workers have died by the hundreds constructing the emirate's soccer fantasy land, and still FIFA is intent on keeping the tournament there. Here’s a not-so-crazy alternative.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan’s Little Cricket Team That Could
How the bowlers and batsmen from Kabul became the world's favorite underdogs.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A short addendum on PT: Some wrong ideas about CrossFit in the media
Best Defense guest columnist Jim Gourley questions the media's approach to CrossFit.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Egypt, Police Are the Real Hooligans
Deaths outside a Cairo soccer stadium are par for the course with Egypt's unreformed and unrepentant police force.
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