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NFL rookies are becoming brands before they become stars (opens the original)
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The NFLÂ rookie experience used to be relatively simple: get drafted, learn the playbook, earn a roster spot and prove you belong. That job description is getting a little longer. Today's rookies can arrive in the NFL with sponsorships, social-media audiences, content partnerships and recognizable personal brands already attached to their names. The football career may be just beginning, but the business of being an athlete can already be well underway. The NFL Players Association is practically
MLB's unwritten rules are becoming a generational problem (opens the original)
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Baseball has always had rules that aren't actually in the rulebook. Don't admire a home run for too long. Don't steal a base when you're comfortably ahead. Don't swing at a 3-0 pitch in certain situations. Don't celebrate too loudly. Don't make the other team feel embarrassed. The problem for MLB is that an increasing number of its youngest players seem to have looked at that invisible rulebook and decided not to read it. Ronald Acuna Jr. provided another example Sunday when the Braves star admi
Draymond Green, Michigan and the Clippers show why winning is no longer a free pass (opens the original)
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For decades, sports operated on an unofficial bargain: if you helped the team win, there was a lot of management that was willing to forgive. Star players got longer leashes. Successful coaches became nearly untouchable. Programs with championship banners could dismiss uncomfortable questions as distractions. That bargain is starting to look increasingly expensive. The latest example is the Los Angeles Clippers, who just learned that even having one of the richest owners and most accomplished st
NFL teams preach family, then remind players it's a business (opens the original)
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Players are encouraged to trust their teammates, buy into the culture and believe they are part of something bigger than themselves. Coaches talk about brotherhood. Organizations talk about building communities. The language is designed to make a locker room feel less like a workplace and more like a home. This year's deadline required NFL teams to reduce their rosters to 53 players, meaning hundreds of players who spent months competing, practicing and building relationships with teammates sudd
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