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  1. Hagios

    Sports on Earth shutting down

    Sports on Earth: A Closing Tribute Too bad, it was one of the better sites out there. The internet is evolving away from the written word.
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    Best books on sports?

    I'm looking for some new Audiobooks so I don't have to listen to Felgar and Max on my commute. Does anyone have any sports books to recommend? In the interest of contributing my recommendations are Men at Work by George Will and A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein.
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    Bio Banding (developmental vs physical age)

    I'm sure everyone's heard about how children born early in the chronological year are more likely to become pros than those born later. This article is about "bio banding", or developing players based on their physical maturity rather than age. It is written about soccer academies but I thought...
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    Who Actually Won the Moneyball Revolution?

    Good article on slate.com, not new to anyone here but still worth reading just to see how arrogant the sabermetrics community used to be. http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/the_next_20/2016/09/fire_joe_morgan_and_the_moneyball_revolution.html
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    Good profile on Christian Pulisic

    http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/06/christian_pulisic_us_soccer.html Good article, as much about the youth development system as Pulisic himself.
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    Mark Cuban's Pro Futsal League

    I'm a few weeks late on this, but Mark Cuban and a bunch of other NBA owners are teaming up with some powerhouse soccer clubs like FC Barcelona to start a professional futsal league in the US. (For those who are not soccer fans but occasionally lurk other forums, Futsal is 5 player a side indoor...
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    30 for 30: The Four Falls of Buffalo

    Mods feel free to move or delete - I didn't see a good choice of forum for this. This may be my new favorite 30 for 30. Also interesting because was I just getting into sports as a young adult in college when these games actually happened so it's interesting to compare my memories against the...
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    What's the value of a hitting coach? $66,000 per added hit?

    Hmmm, I had some back of the envelope calculations on the value of a hitting coach but it didn't go through for some reason and I don't feel like redoing it right now ... mods delete unless someone else wants to take the idea over.   Here is an interesting quote from a Yankees forum about their...
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    Chair of NFL Health and Safety Commission: league may ban helmets some day

      http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/american-football/33167457 Banning helmets is an idea that gets bandied about from time to time, but I've never seen it discussed by a high ranking member of the NFL, even if only in speculative terms. I do think they shouldn't ban all headgear, but go back to...
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    If you were Dictator of Sport, what changes would you make?

    I'm not  interested in defending the correctness of these so much as hearing other people brainstorm their ideas. Football. Get rid of the helmets. It would result in fewer head-on-head collisions and less of a concussion problem. It will mitigate but not get rid of the concussion problem. It...